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Sources: DeepSeek is developing an agentic AI model that can carry out multistep actions with little human intervention and can learn and improve, coming in Q4 (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

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Indian government data: India's push to develop a local chip industry is gaining momentum, with $18B in investment commitments and $7B+ in allocated subsidies (Menaka Doshi/Bloomberg)

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Universities have begun appointing Chief AI Officers tasked with developing curricula, promoting tech partnerships, and integrating AI into faculty workflows (John Kell/Fortune)

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Taiwan's Hsinchu chip hub, where childcare perks and high salaries make raising children more viable, is the only place where its fertility rate is not falling (Hsiuwen Liu/Rest of World)

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As the Pentagon rushes to deploy AI into its weapons systems, some experts fear humans can't keep pace with AI's aggressive tendency to escalate in a crisis (Michael Hirsh/Politico)

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AlliedOffsets: Microsoft dominates credit purchases from technology-based carbon removal projects, accounting for about $8B of the $9.5B market to date (Financial Times)

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US banking groups warn a GENIUS Act loophole, which lets crypto exchanges reward stablecoin holdings, could drive users to pull money from traditional banks (Adam Willems/Wired)

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At IFA 2025, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Samsung and startups like Doma are expected to showcase how AI could make smart homes more intuitive (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

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Uber is using Indian drivers for its Uber AI Solutions data-labeling arm, offering extra income for completing micro tasks like tagging objects in photos (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)

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Despite a setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue Big Tech antitrust cases while defending US tech companies abroad (Financial Times)

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CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and others are expected to attend an AI event hosted by Melania Trump and dinner at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday (The Hill)

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Orchard Robotics, which uses cameras and AI to help fruit growers manage crops more precisely, raised a $22M Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

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Switzerland launches Apertus, an open-source AI model trained only on publicly available data across more than 1,000 languages, in 8B and 70B parameter sizes (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

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Bengaluru-based FirstClub, a grocery delivery startup prioritizing quality over speed, raised a $23M Series A led by Accel and RTP Global at a $120M valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Lambda, a cloud provider that rents out Nvidia chips, hires banks to prepare for a US IPO as soon as H1 2026; Lambda was valued at $2.5B in February (The Information)

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Anthropic named the Qatar Investment Authority as a "significant" investor in its $13B round; QIA expects to do up to 25 tech deals through 2026 (Bloomberg)

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American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on September 3, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B (Reuters)

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A US jury orders Google to pay $425M+ to plaintiffs in a 2020 class action lawsuit for collecting data even after they turned off Web & App Activity tracking (Margaret Attridge/Courthouse News Service)

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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Projects available to all free users, and allows more files to be added to projects; Projects was previously exclusive to paid subscribers (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)

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France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision (France 24)

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Roblox will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, ID verification, and parental consent (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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C3 AI reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $70.3M, and names long-time tech exec Stephen Ehikian as CEO, replacing Thomas Siebel; its stock falls 10%+ after hours (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

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Polymarket CEO says the company "has been given the green light to go live" in the US after the CFTC issued a no-action letter regarding event contracts (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)

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Figma reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $249.6M, vs. $248.8M est., $28.2M net income, and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above est.; FIG drops 14%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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HPE reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.14B, vs. $8.65B est., Server revenue up 16% YoY to $4.9B, and Q4 revenue and profit guidance below estimates (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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Salesforce reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to $10.2B, net income up 32% YoY to $1.9B, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; CRM drops 4%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Apple plans an AI search tool, World Knowledge Answers, for a spring 2026 Siri revamp; Apple and Google have agreed to test a Google AI model for Siri (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Mistral AI is finalizing a €2B investment that values the startup at €12B, its first fundraise since June 2024, when it was valued at €5.8B (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)

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Source: OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale from $6B to ~$10.3B, at a $500B valuation, in line with expectations, set to close in October (CNBC)

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Sources: xAI CFO Mike Liberatore left the startup around the end of July, after joining in April; xAI has seen several high-profile departures in recent weeks (Wall Street Journal)

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Google rolls out new Android and Pixel features: Material 3 Expressive design for Pixel 6 and newer models, on-wrist navigation for the Pixel Watch, and more (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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Scale AI sues former employee Eugene Ling and his current employer, Mercor, one of Scale's key competitors, for allegedly stealing 100+ confidential documents (Hayden Field/The Verge)

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Google Pixel 8 and newer models can now stream audio to multiple headphones at once with expanded Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast support (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

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Mistral updates Le Chat with a Memories feature in beta and an MCP connector directory supporting 20+ enterprise platforms, both available on its free plan (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

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NYC-based Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure on Ethereum for financial institutions, raised $40M led by Electric Capital and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

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Meta launches Instagram for iPadOS, 15 years after its iOS debut; it is slightly different than the mobile app, most notably opening directly to a feed of Reels (Mia Sato/The Verge)

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The FTC and Utah say Pornhub operator Aylo has agreed to pay a $5M fine to Utah to settle charges that it did little to block CSAM and non-consensual material (Rami Ayyub/Reuters)

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A profile of Flock Safety, which operates 80K+ AI surveillance cameras across the US and hit a $7.5B valuation in March 2025, as it expands into US-made drones (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

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Anti-piracy organization ACE says a joint operation with Egyptian law enforcement shut down Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)

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Israeli cybersecurity company Cato Networks acquires Aim Security, sources say for ~$350M, its first acquisition, says it passed $300M in ARR, and raised $50M (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

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You.com, which pivoted from AI search to business AI tools, raised $100M led by Cox Enterprises at a $1.5B valuation, after a $50M Series B in September 2024 (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

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reMarkable Paper Pro Move review: the $449 digital notepad has a spacious 7.3" color E Ink display and a slim design, but it is not ideal for lengthy notes (Nena Farrell/Wired)

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Garmin unveils the $1,200+ Fenix 8 Pro, featuring new satellite and cellular communications tools, and a $2,000 microLED version, both shipping from September 8 (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

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Utila, which is building an "operating system for stablecoins", raised a $22M Series A extension led by Red Dot, taking its total funding to $51M+ (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

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HappyRobot, which uses AI to automate freight operator communications, raised a $44M Series B led by Base10 Partners, a source says at a ~$500M valuation (Aditya Soni/Reuters)

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Finnish quantum computing startup IQM raised a ~$320M Series B led by Ten Eleven at a $1B+ valuation, and plans a US expansion and to scale its data centers (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)

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AI search engine startup Exa Labs raised an $85M Series B led by Benchmark at a $700M valuation, up 10x on its 2024 Series A, and plans to grow its GPU cluster (Bloomberg)

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Tests show Character.AI chatbots of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan, and Patrick Mahomes sent messages about sex, self-harm, and drugs to users aged 13 to 15 (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

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Acer unveils the $3,999+ Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation with a Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip to run AI models locally, its first Mini AI workstation (VideoCardz.com)

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Polar debuts the $199 Polar Loop, a screenless fitness band to track activity, sleep, and more with no subscription, in three colors, shipping from September 10 (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

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