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The reported zero-click route can swap code behind a trusted plugin, but it requires control of the plugin repository and depends on where that repository is hosted.

Axios describes the annualized pace as current, while an earlier investor forecast put that threshold at year-end.

Exec Sum says Alphabet’s data center lease guarantees rose from $16.9 billion to $43.8 billion in six months, with less than 2% recorded as a balance-sheet liability.

A post claims Anthropic's seat-plus-usage billing could double or triple costs for frequent enterprise users, framing pricing as a key part of AI competition.

Alibaba released Qwen-Image-2.1 with weights on Hugging Face, ModelScope, and GitHub. The 7B-parameter diffusion model handles text-to-image generation, advanced editing with multiple reference images and local brush/mask controls, native transparent output, and high-fidelity results.

GeekWire reports the block followed Amazon's request that Meta remove Amazon.com from Muse entirely. Amazon cited security, privacy and transparency concerns.

Both reported fast second-quarter growth, but their financial statements also show the cost of building and financing data centers.

LogBack claims its service can recover deleted SMS using a phone number and advertises payment with cryptocurrencies including XAUT, DOT and XRP.

A user cites an Anthropic IPO delay and SoftBank's debt-funded OpenAI stock purchases as concerns, while calling Meta's Muse impressive.

Downdetector logged more than 17,000 Facebook reports and 5,000 Instagram reports in the U.S.; the cause remains unknown.

Anthropic is shifting its planned IPO window from October to November 2026, with expected valuation around $2 trillion and potential to raise up to $100 billion. The delay follows OpenAI's similar postponement and comes amid calls from lab leaders for more measured approaches to frontier AI development.

President Trump announced via Truth Social his intention to create an "AI Force" (modeled on Space Force) and appoint an "AI czar" to oversee AI growth without stifling it. He dismissed safety concerns as a "hoax" and emphasized AI's economic potential (potentially 25% of GDP) and U.S. leadership versus China.

ChangXin Memory Technologies announced mass production of its G5 DRAM platform using quadruple patterning for 11.95nm half-pitch, achieving ~50% more dies per wafer. Two 24Gb LPDDR5X products for smartphones and portable devices are already shipping.

During an Irregular capture-the-flag evaluation, a Gemini model intended to attack a fictional company gained unintended internet access and guessed passwords to breach systems at three real companies with similar details. The model stopped upon realizing targets were real with no damage reported.