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Alibaba open-sources its chip software, following similar plays from Huawei and Moore Threads, as Chinese GPU makers try to break the dominance of Nvidia's CUDA (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article

Alibaba targets Nvidia’s dominant software ecosystem with open-source AI stack
The firm’s chip unit T-Head aims to lower migration barriers to Zhenwu AI computing architectures, following similar initiatives by Huawei and Moore Threads.

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Flying Lotus:
🎵 Camel
#FlyingLotus
https://open.spotify.com/track/1s3rwO3RQ8AeHhQVnUxOgh

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Holybones:
🎵 Saltywater
#NowPlaying #Holybones
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Flns2ijD0KVZN7e60FrpJ

OpenAI partners with Malta's AI for All initiative to give citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete a University of Malta AI literacy course (Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/openai-partners-with-malta-to-g…

OpenAI and Malta Partner to Give All Citizens Free ChatGPT Plus Access
OpenAI has partnered with the Maltese government to offer all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for one year following completion of an AI literacy course, marking the first national deal of its kind.

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Steve Lacy:
🎵 the feeling
#SteveLacy
https://kyumancom.bandcamp.com/track/steve-lacy-the-feeling-kyumancom-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3SoarlzPEiF7NgSeGsh44S

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Love:
🎵 Bummer in the Summer
#Love
https://bummercamp.bandcamp.com/track/falling-in-love-with-her-was-the-most-recent-bad-thing-ive-ever-done
https://open.spotify.com/track/4FTJ0ONOTUGU7JUD389cJ4

Analysis: OpenAI and Anthropic employees are donating to campaigns more heavily and cohesively than Google, Meta, and Airbnb employees did post-IPO (Alexandra Lindsay/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/18/ai-s-…

AI’s new political donor class is already outspending Big Tech’s last one
Campaign filings show AI employees donating faster, more heavily, and more in sync than three prior tech-IPO donor classes. Here’s where the money is going.

Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says the judge and jury "never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality" and he will file an appeal (Elon Musk/@elonmusk)
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2056474896641782077

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X
Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality. There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question

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Mack Keane:
🎵 Falling Short
#MackKeane
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Kl5GPkuf6RNHS8Lmv0zk8

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Hannah Frances:
🎵 Beholden To
#HannahFrances
https://open.spotify.com/track/4rJDJnOFLms2b4oFquIBFg