August 06, 2025

Microsoft brings OpenAI's smallest open model to Windows users: Microsoft will bring OpenAI's new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, its platform that lets users tap AI features, APIs, and popular open-source models on their computers. Read More

Google says hackers stole its customers' data by breaching its Salesforce database: Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases. Read More

Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China; Nvidia says no to kill switches: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegally shipping "tens of millions of dollars" worth of high-performance AI chips to China. Read More

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Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door: Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks. Read More

Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare 'named and shamed' it: In a debate likely to get louder as AI agent usage grows, some people say Perplexity crawling blocked websites isn't a simple matter. Read More

OpenAI launches two 'open' AI reasoning models: For the first time in more than five years, OpenAI is launching a new open language model that appears to be state of the art. Read More

Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation: The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round. Read More

Instagram takes on Snapchat with new 'Instagram Map': Instagram notes that location sharing is off by default on Instagram Map, and a user's location only updates when they open the app, meaning it doesn't provide real-time location updates. Read More

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Cohere's new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure: Canadian AI firm Cohere is taking aim at alleviating data privacy concerns with its new AI agent platform, North, which can be deployed privately so that enterprises and governments can keep their, and customers', data safe behind their own firewalls.  Read More

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