July 29, 2025

OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT: OpenAI's Study Mode aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than just giving answers. Read More

YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections: YouTube is introducing age-detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply protections. Read More

Elon Musk's Boring Company to build Tesla tunnels under Nashville: Construction could start fast — but that speed has endangered Boring Company workers in the past. Read More

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Jack Dorsey's Bluetooth messaging app Bitchat now on App Store: Jack Dorsey's Bitchat is now available on the App Store, but security researchers have questioned the app's privacy claims. Read More

Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round: The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining. Read More

AI data analyst startup Julius nabs $10M seed round: Julius is designed to act like a data scientist by analyzing and visualizing extensive datasets and then performing predictive modeling from natural language prompts. Read More

Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI's tech beyond AGI milestone : Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup's technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI's transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise. Read More

Adobe adds new AI-powered image-editing features to Photoshop: Adobe is rolling out a feature that lets you place an object in a scene, remove its background, and have Photoshop use Firefly models to adjust color, lighting, shadows, and visual tones to fit the object in the scene. Read More

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Google's NotebookLM rolls out Video Overviews: With this new capability, NotebookLM is taking a more visual approach to helping users understand different topics and ideas. Read More

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