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Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."

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Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives

New EU rules stipulate that people must be told when they’re interacting with AI or looking at AI-generated or -edited content, leading to fear of “disclosure fatigue.”

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Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward.

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YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that "the level of dopamine that I've been getting from interacting with LLMs ... is not healthy for me or good for the world."

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Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a "cool use case" for parents.

MLPerf Endpoints v0.7: A Foundation Release

MLPerf Endpoints v0.7 marks the foundational release of a buyer-centric AI inference benchmark, publishing initial results from Coreweave, Google, Intel, KRAI, and Nvidia across three benchmarks. The release supports automated submission pipelines, continuous review tooling, and dynamic result visualization, with v1.0 planned for later this year.

SGLang and Miles Add Day-0 Support for Kimi K3

SGLang and Miles Add Day-0 Support for Kimi K3SGLang TeamJuly 27, 2026We are excited to announce Day-0 support for Kimi K3 in SGLang and Miles. K3 is the first open-source model in the 3-trillion-para

Towards Blackwell-Native 8-bit and 4-bit RL: End-to-End MXFP8 and NVFP4 RL in Miles

Towards Blackwell-Native 8-bit and 4-bit RL: End-to-End MXFP8 and NVFP4 RL in MilesZiang Li, humans& and Miles TeamJuly 29, 2026 TL;DR: We implemented two Blackwell-native RL recipes in Miles: end

RadixArk Joins Forces with Google to Bring Full SGLang Features to TPUs

RadixArk Joins Forces with Google to Bring Full SGLang Features to TPUsRadixArk & GoogleJuly 30, 2026RadixArk and Google Cloud are partnering to bring SGLang to TPUs, giving developers ultimate fl

Toward a Cleaner Quantization Stack in SGLang

Toward a Cleaner Quantization Stack in SGLangSGLang X Ascend TeamJuly 28, 2026Quantization has moved from an advanced feature to an essential part of high-throughput LLM serving. As the number of chec

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This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.

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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews

Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.

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7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.

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Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

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