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💥 Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models
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- Microsoft has launched two AI models developed in-house, the MAI-Voice-1 speech system and its first foundation model MAI-1-preview, signaling a move toward more independence from partner OpenAI.
- The MAI-Voice-1 can generate a minute of audio in under one second with a single GPU, and it is already being used for features like podcasts and in Copilot Daily.
- MAI-1-preview was trained using just 15,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs to deliver strong performance with fewer resources and is now available for public testing on the LMArena platform.
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🚀 Musk reveals when SpaceX will catch a Starship booster
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- Elon Musk said SpaceX is targeting Flight 13, 14, or 15 for the first attempt to catch its Super Heavy Booster, but this depends on how well the future V3 flights go.
- While the company previously hoped for a catch attempt in 2025, the timeline will likely be pushed back to 2026 due to the current rate of its Starship test flights.
- Before trying a catch, SpaceX needs to fly its final V2 rocket and begin launching the V3 version, which is the model the company plans to fly through the year 2026.
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🌪️ ChatGPT co-creator threatened to quit Meta AI lab
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- Shengjia Zhao threatened to quit Meta days after joining, prompting the company to formally name him Chief Scientist of its new Superintelligence Lab to persuade him to stay.
- His ultimatum was driven by the lab's chaotic environment and unstable research conditions, exposing the deep turmoil plaguing Meta's expensive and aggressively poached AI teams.
- The instability that concerned Zhao was validated when Meta dismantled the newly-formed Meta Superintelligence Labs, splintering it into four new groups only 50 days after its launch.
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👁️ UK backdoor demand on Apple was wider than known
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- A legal filing from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal indicates the UK's order was "not limited to" data protected by Apple's Advanced Data Protection, suggesting authorities wanted broad access to iCloud accounts.
- The mandate reportedly requires Apple to create a "capability to disclose categories of data," which implies the government was seeking access to information like people's passwords and private messages within iCloud.
- Despite earlier reports from a US official, the UK's Home Office has not yet legally withdrawn or changed its secret demand for Apple to build this backdoor into its cloud service.
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🤖 xAI just launched its first code model
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- Elon Musk’s xAI released the 'grok-code-fast-1' model, an option designed for agentic coding workflows where responsiveness is more important than achieving top scores on the SWE-bench leaderboard.
- The new model uses prompt caching optimizations to increase speed, scoring 70.8% on SWE-Bench-Verified while the company states such tests don’t reflect the nuances of real-world software engineering.
- To drive adoption, xAI is offering the model for free for a limited time through partners like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, while also undercutting rivals with its low pricing.
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📈 US puts GDP data on nine blockchains
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- The U.S. Commerce Department has published its Q2 2025 GDP statistics on nine blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, marking the first time a federal agency put economic data on-chain.
- Decentralized oracle providers Chainlink and Pyth will distribute these verified U.S. economic figures across DeFi, helping to build new prediction markets, crypto assets, and other tokenized financial products.
- The announcement triggered a sharp market reaction, causing Pyth’s PYTH token to surge 69 percent while Chainlink’s LINK added over $1.8 billion in value from a one-day increase.
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