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GPT-6 is here, but what if we just said 'no thanks' to Astra, a model so powerful that we may never fully understand it

OpenAI's next big model, Astra, a.k.a. GPT-6, is done with training and ready to launch, but CEO Sam Altman's warning and recent reports on the model's inscrutable nature have us worried.

TechRadar

Why are AI safety experts alarmed by reports OpenAI’s Astra model uses “recurrent depth”?

OpenAI’s chief scientist says the company is committed to ensuring its models’ reasoning remains interpretable.

Fortune

New US export controls reportedly target Chinese access to remote AI servers — Trump admin's cut-down AI diffusion rule could be shared with industry as soon as September

The Trump administration is reportedly drafting a rule to close a loophole around remote access to advanced AI compute, and it could be shared with trade groups as early as September.

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Nvidia Already Dominates The AI Chip Market. Now It Will Reportedly Own Hugging Face Too.

The reported $12.9 billion price would be nearly three times Hugging Face's valuation in its 2023 funding round.

International Business Times

Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report claims — could strengthen Nvidia's open-model strategy and shore up position against rivals

Nvidia reportedly plans to buy Hugging Face at a price that exceeds its revenue by over 80 times, making it a major strategic investment in AI ecosystem.

Tom’s Hardware

Elon Musk's Tortured AI Logic Stuns Critics After Arguing Uncontrollable Tech Is Totally Inevitable

Elon Musk warns Cursor employees about the uncontrollable nature of AI while urging SpaceX to catch up with rivals, highlighting a paradox in the AI development race.

International Business Times UK

Nvidia Could Double Down on Perplexity. AI Startup Seeks $30 Billion-Plus Valuation.

The potential financing from Nvidia would represent a jump of more than 50% from the $20 billion valuation Perplexity finalized about a year ago as a result of the AI agent Perplexity Computer.

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Nvidia denies report it will ship Groq-based LPUs to China by year-end — says there is 'no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap'

Nvidia has rejected a report published by The Information that it plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026.

Tom’s Hardware

Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end

"The reporting in The Information on Nvidia's LPU is incorrect. We have no LPU ‌sales in ⁠the China ⁠market today, and no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap," an Nvidia spokesperson said.

The Economic Times

Nvidia reportedly testing lower memory configs of Rubin Ultra as memory shortage bites back — designs tested include as little as 192 GB and step back to HBM4 [Updated]

Nvidia is reportedly testing at least three Rubin Ultra configurations that pack as little as 192 GB of memory, as opposed to the 1 TB of HBM4E originally announced.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft plans to unveil its new Maia 300 AI chip this fall: The Information

Microsoft is planning to publicly unveil ‌its ⁠new ⁠Maia 300 chip this fall, potentially as ⁠soon as ‌next month, The ⁠Information reported on Monday, citing people with direct ‌knowledge of the plans.

The Economic Times

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity [Updated]

Amazon Web Services is telling engineers to slow down on EC2 usage as it struggles to meet CPU capacity demand for external customers.

Tom’s Hardware

China's DUV Chip Tool Push Shakes Markets. ASML's Dominance Faces Scrutiny, But Major Hurdles Remain

China has reportedly begun producing homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, marking another step in its drive for semiconductor self-sufficiency as technology restrictions reshape the global chip industry.

International Business Times

Nasdaq Futures Plunge as Chip Selloff Rages On, FOMC Meeting and Earnings on Tap

September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are down -1.07% this morning as investors continued to ditch chipmakers amid concerns over the sustainability of the AI spending boom.

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Google reportedly developing 'Frozen v2' chip with Gemini's architecture etched into the silicon — engineers project 6 to 10 times more tokens per watt than latest TPUs

Google is developing a server chip, informally dubbed "Frozen v2," that would etch part of its Gemini model's architecture directly into the silicon.

Fortune

Exclusive: Marc Lore says Wonder is gearing up for an IPO after raising $650 million at a $9 billion valuation

Wonder, which owns Grubhub and Blue Apron, is betting robotics, AI, and a nationwide expansion can reshape restaurant delivery before going public.

The Economic Times

Apple chasing AI chip company deals, The Information reports

Apple is reportedly exploring acquisitions of chip companies to enhance its AI server processors. The tech giant faces performance challenges with its current in-house M2 Ultra chips. A planned future AI server chip, internally codenamed Baltra, has experienced delays. Apple previously struggled to run Google's Gemini models on its own…

International Business Times

ChatGPT's Guest Traffic Now Runs On Far Fewer GPUs After Internal Optimization. Yet The Bigger Question Is Whether Those Savings Extend To Paid And API Workloads.

OpenAI inference cost reduction cut ChatGPT guest traffic from tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to just a couple hundred, using software optimization alone. Engineers achieved more than 50% savings with techniques analysts believe include KV cache reuse, quantization, and smarter GPU request batching, as OpenAI pursues a 52% gross…

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The Guardian - UK

OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request

Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos

The Economic Times

OpenAI spices things up with Jalapeno chips: Why the Sam Altman-led AI startup is building its own processors

OpenAI said it designed the chip from scratch in nine months. Broadcom handled silicon implementation, networking, and connectivity, while Celestica developed the physical computing hardware of the chip, including its circuit board, hardware frame, and system integration.

Tom’s Hardware

Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — deal for AI chipmaker would value the company at between $8 billion and $10 billion

Qualcomm is in talks to buy RISC-V-based AI accelerator and CPU developer Tenstorrent for $8 billion - $10 billion.

Player One

Microsoft Reportedly Considers Spinning Out Xbox to 'Make It Easier to Sell'

Microsoft wants to overhaul its struggling Xbox, and one of the options the company is considering is making it its wholly owned subsidiary.

PC Gamer

Microsoft is looking to speed up development of future Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games

A new report suggests Microsoft may also be giving thought to spinning off its Xbox division or selling it entirely.

The Economic Times

OpenAI expects to go public 'within the next year,' the Information reports

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated an IPO within the next year, with the company having recently filed confidentially. While a timeline remains undetermined, Altman noted that rapid advancements in AI's self-improvement capabilities could influence the timing of a public offering. OpenAI is also preparing for a tender offer at its…

The Economic Times

OpenAI expects to go public within the next year: Report

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is preparing for a stock market debut. CEO Sam Altman has indicated a public offering could happen within the next year. The company has confidentially filed for a US initial public offering. This move signals a strong push towards listing amid high investor demand for…

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