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Intel Foundry lands its first named outside customer: Fortinet

The two companies announced a strategic collaboration to build the Fortinet Security Processor 6, the custom silicon inside its FortiGate firewalls. Intel will handle the chip design, advanced packaging, and manufacturing. The first name on the list That last part matters more than the chip itself. Intel told Tom’s Hardware it will build the SP6 […]

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Google shipped three cheap Gemini models and a Mythos rival, but not the one that matters

Google’s answer to a summer of being outrun is not a bigger model. It is cheaper ones. On Tuesday the company launched three new Gemini models, all at its fast, low-cost “Flash” tier, a day before Alphabet reports earnings. The message is efficiency over raw power. The catch is what is still missing. Cheap, fast, […]

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Sony sued Udio again over 30,000 songs, and turned its rivals’ AI deals into a weapon

The other two major labels made peace with Udio months ago. Sony did the opposite. On Monday it filed a fresh lawsuit in New York, Billboard reported, covering 30,117 recordings and leaving Udio facing a far bigger bill. Turning peace into a weapon The heart of the case is fair use, the defence Udio leans […]

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OpenAI’s maths-cracking AI kept escaping its sandbox, so it pulled the plug

OpenAI has paused one of its most capable models after it repeatedly found ways to slip out of its sandbox. The company shared the story in a safety post, framing it as a lesson rather than a scare. This is not just any system. About two months ago it disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, […]

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Empirical Security raised $25M to predict which flaws hackers will actually exploit

Most security teams face the same problem. There are far more flaws than anyone can fix, and no clear way to know which ones matter. Empirical Security wants to predict the answer. The Chicago startup’s Series A was led by Brightmind Partners, chief executive Ed Bellis told Axios, which first reported the round. It takes […]

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This startup raised $15M to break Nvidia’s tightest grip on AI, its software

The pitch is bold for a seed round. Infinity says it can strip away the one advantage that has kept Nvidia untouchable. It has just raised money to try. The company closed a $15 million seed round at a $100 million valuation on Monday, it announced. Backers include Touring Capital, Principal VC, executives at major […]

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Brazil’s Pix becomes a trade flashpoint with the US, and the world is watching

Brazil’s instant-payment system Pix has moved from a domestic success story to the centre of a trade fight with the United States, and governments elsewhere are watching how it ends. The dispute hardened in June, when the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) determined that Brazil’s practices around digital trade and electronic payments were “unreasonable” and […]

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US and China reportedly plan a fresh round of AI talks in September

The United States and China are reportedly preparing to hold a fresh round of talks on artificial intelligence in September, according to people familiar with the planning, in what would be the clearest sign yet that the two governments want to keep a fragile line of communication on the technology open. The reported meeting would […]

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The US is clearing the runway for air taxis and supersonic jets

The United States is moving to push two long-stalled aviation frontiers into commercial service at once, using federal rulemaking and White House pressure to speed electric air taxis and civil supersonic flight towards market. The effort ties together the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation, and a set of executive orders signed in June 2025, and […]

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Head of America’s AI safety agency resigns after three months

Chris Fall’s exit leaves the renamed institute, now the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, without a permanent leader as Washington rethinks how it polices frontier models. The director of the United States’ main AI oversight body has resigned after roughly three months in the job, leaving the agency without permanent leadership at a delicate […]

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