Tootfinder

A live blog of OpenAI DevDay 2025, where the company is expected to announce a visual agent builder and other developer updates (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/06/open-ai-devday-live-updates-altman-jony-ive.html

OpenAI DevDay live: Sam Altman set to give opening keynote
Fresh off an AI chip deal with AMD, OpenAI makes its case to developers about the latest in research, product and engineering.

In den 80ern hat der Harald Lesch diese erfolgreiche Astro-Show auf Bayern3 gemacht. Und dann umgesattelt auf Klima. Muss das für den nicht total frustrierend sein, wo die politik doch nichts davon umsetzt?

Nicht von dieser Welt: Wie Jeff Bezos sich KI-Datenzentren der Zukunft vorstellt
Der KI-Boom erfordert immer mehr Rechenzentren mit hohem Energiebedarf. Jeff Bezos sieht die Zukunft nicht in Atomstrom, sondern in Solarenergie im Orbit.

Putin says Moscow is the best venue for talks with Zelensky but sees little point in holding them: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/06/putin-says-moscow-is-the.html

Got bright Maritime colors if you want ’em: #Maritimes

Maritime Colors

‼️Die #Petition
"Erweiterung des Leistungsumfangs der GKV im Zusammenhang mit Prostataerkrankungen vom 22.06.2025"
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Es fehlen noch 29938 Unterschriften bis zum 20.10.2025.

Selection bias is a Schedule I drug

Bari Weiss' appointment as CBS News editor-in-chief is an acknowledgment of her professional ascension in the five years since leaving the NYT (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/business/media/bari-weiss-free-press-cbs-…

How Bari Weiss of The Free Press Won the Top Job at CBS News
At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.

An emergent principle of UI design is that the popup that explains how to fill in the box hides the box to be filled in, thus guaranteeing one cannot read what to do while doing it. An important side effect is that the popup can also steal focus if timed just right.

tiere gucken fahr'n

Forgetting for a moment you 2 chuckle fucks invaded DC w/the military just to have them add mulch to parks (that's your raising up warriors?!) but chess playing computer, Big Blue, beat human players not by trying to make the most winning move, but by making the move least likely to lose.
How about kegseth the Ax Tosser and the Bone Spur in Chief google the phrase "game theory" learn a thing or 2 and update the group chat from there, you dumb bastards.

“Found” Music In The Musician’s Dustbin #improvisation #recording https://muz4now.com/2025/found-music-i

"Found" Music In The Musician's Dustbin
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Good. More. Bigger.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/

Erster Eindruck aus dem Bundestagsmaschinenraum:
Bei der #Chatkontrolle ist alles offen. Jetzt, also wirklich _jetzt_ ist der Moment, dazu laut zu werden, auf alle erdenklichen Arten und Weisen.
Wenn Ihr Zugang zu Berufsgruppen oder gesellschaftlichen Gruppen habt, die nicht zu den üblichen Verdächtigen gehören: Sprecht mit allen.
Eine neue Petition - wichtig!

@… @… I’m very proud of that project’s name

Supreme Court judges and federal judges will continue to be paid due to Article III of the U.S. Constitution that specifies
judge’s compensation “shall not be diminished” during their term. 
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/10/03/

Happy Birthday @…⁠! 🎈⁠🎂⁠🎉

Anybody know what tupa actually smells like?
Every time I buy tupa scent milk it just smells like regular milk.
Wumpa scent doesn't smell any different either.

@… https://levidayan.substack.com

Unknown Rhythms | Levi Dayan | Substack
words on experimental/improvised/underground music. Click to read Unknown Rhythms, by Levi Dayan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen : Shots - Health News : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532143/hhs-responds-to-report-about-autism-and-acetaminophen

Average man, average man
Median height, weight, and arm span
Fits a shirt, medium size
Airplane legroom will suffice
Average man, average man
Tells his dates he's five foot ten.
Faster than half his peers,
Gets buzzed from a couple beers.
How tough is he? Worry not:
Orders takeout "medium hot."
Average man, average man
Has a 401k plan
Doesn't follow news at all
Skipped his annual physical
Wears ties wi…

Immigration appeals court expands mandatory detention for millions (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/immigration-mandatory-detention-00548660
http://www.memeorandum.com/250905/p130#a250905p130

"But increasingly, I suspect the #Pixel is showing colors people like, as opposed to what’s real."
@… on Maritime Colors

I did a 21 mile bike ride today. Along the way I saw a turkey, found a good pair of scissors, discovered Hidden Lake, and stopped to see Mama Rosa at Firefly Grove Park in Wauwatosa.
#bikeTooter #biking #mke

New #Music by the San Jose based prog band Fractal. Formed in 2000, they released two albums Continuum and Sequitur then life intervened for a while and they are now back with Ice Miner (about mining ice on the moon in 2049) and their usual, unusual rhythmic patterns. Available on all the usual music platforms

Researcher Unearths Thousands of #Leaked Secrets in #GitHub’s “Oops Commits”
https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/09/github-

Now widely known, but widely heard. He made good music.
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/mark-volman-dead-turtles-happy-together-1236509450/

Mark Volman Dead: Turtles Co-Founder, Singer on Happy Together Was 78
Mark Volman, a founding member of the 1960s rock band The Turtles and singer known as "Flo" of Flo & Eddie, died in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday.

i should have a counter on the wall i flip every time i use a new build system
so far this project involves:
- bazel
- xmake
- cmake
- ninja
- opam
- make
- pip
but i'm sure i've missed something

Check out the playlist for this week’s episode of @… radio
It contains links to #Accordion artists up on #bandcamp this

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2025-09-03: Jo Ann Castle’s Birthday Bandcamp Friday
Last night’s episode of CFRO’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir program, celebrating the occasion of Jo Ann Castle’s birthday, is another look into the catalogue of squeezy music a…

I keep using “lol” too often in work messages. Finding myself editing it out to replace with the more professional “haha”

he's missing
the splendor
and misery
of bodies
of cities
of being missed

Snap Q2: revenue up 9% YoY to $1.34B, vs. $1.35B est., 469M global DAUs, vs. 467M est., and global ARPU of $2.87, vs. $2.90 est.; SNAP drops ~15% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/snap-q2-earnings-report-2025.html

Snap shares plummet 15% after weak second quarter revenue metric
Snap reported second-quarter earnings in which sales were basically in line with analysts' estimates while global average revenue per user missed expectations.

Deutscher Pflegerat : "Digitalisierung muss erlebbar werden"
Über das Pflegekompetenzgesetz und darüber, was Digitalisierung leisten sollte, haben wir mit Thomas Meißner vom Deutschen Pflegerat gesprochen.

Trump signals support for security guarantees for Ukraine, stresses Europe's role: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/06/trump-signals-support-for-security.html

Anyway, good night to everyone but Pete Buttigieg.

Longtime WNYC radio talk-show host Leonard Lopate, who was fired in 2017 for inappropriate behavior that he vehemently denied, died on Tuesday at 84 (Clyde Haberman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/media/leonard-lopate-dead.html

Leonard Lopate, Longtime New York Radio Host, Dies at 84
He mastered the art of the interview over 32 years on public radio, at WNYC. He was fired in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment, which he vehemently denied.

‼️Die #Petition
"Unbeschränkte Steuerpflicht für deutsche Staatsangehörige mit Wohnsitz im Ausland vom 06.08.2025"
hat bisher 113 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29887 Unterschriften bis zum 23.10.2025.

Anybody know how to convert between these and cartesian or polar?

Es gibt ja das #GenerischeMaskulinum und das #GenerischeFemininum. Wie wärs, wenn wir die nächsten 100 jahre das #GenerischeDiversium verwenden? Frauen und Männer sind mitgemeint.

Staying On Track – Detours Galore
#CreativeProcess #RecordingStudio
https://muz4now.com/2025/stayi…

Staying On Track - Detours Galore
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

My niece is in charge of props for a local theater group and asked if I could try to get these light sabers working.
I have never used one of these but when I finally got it powered on and it said "Powered up!" I nearly shit myself.
I did not expect it to talk.
I've seen every Star Wars film and they never talk!
I got one of them working fine, the other had a spicy pillow so I'll replace the battery and see if that gets it sorted.

Apple is investing another $100 billion in the US, Trump set to announce (Lisa Eadicicco/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/06/business/apple-investment-us-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p59#a250806p59

Sept 3: Judge Diane Goodstein put a hold on DOJ's request to deliver South Carolina kvoter lists to the federal government.
This is the judge's house in Colleton County on Saturday,
Oct 4.
Three people were hospitalized and law enforcement is investigating

Public records show C3 AI's Project Sherlock, company's flagship contract to speed up policing in San Mateo County, has struggled with usability issues and more (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewste

Billionaire Tom Siebel's C3 AI Was Supposed To Speed Up Policing. It’s Not Going Well.
San Mateo County pumped $12 million into a grand AI surveillance system that was supposed to level up its police work. Three years later, it still hasn’t seen the benefits.

Riesige Wafer-KI-Beschleuniger: Cerebras ist 8,1 Milliarden US-Dollar wert
Cerebras bekommt 1,1 Milliarden US-Dollar frisches Kapital für seine Wafer Scale Engine. Der Börsengang hingegen ist vorerst vom Tisch.

Trump renames US Defense Department 'War Department': https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/06/trump-renames-us-defense-department.html

Found it! https://youtu.be/iYPSANP9B4k?si=-hm5N-h59mh0C-U4

A federal judge struck down a California law blocking large platforms from hosting deceptive AI-generated content related to elections, citing Section 230 (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/elon-musk-x-cou…

@geist@troet.cafe @why_not@mastodon.social "Höhle der Löwen" schaue ich ja aus Gründen prinzipiell nicht. Und jetzt erfahre ich auf Mastodon so nebenbei, dass in Höhle der Löwen Produkte für die Vorbereitung auf Analverkehr präsentiert werden.
Offenbar habe ich die Sendung völlig falsch eingeschätzt. Vorurteile halt.

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Förderantrag

Klingbeil: Kfz-Steuerbefreiung für Elektroautos wird verlängert
Wenige Tage vor dem "Autogipfel" kündigt der Finanzminister eine erste Maßnahme an, um die Branche zu stützen. Es geht um einen Anreiz zum Kauf eines E-Autos.

We biked next to a section of the Menomonee River that has a railway bridge over it and you can see the debris left from the flood back in August. Yes, the river was as high as the bridge!
#mke #milwaukee #water

Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover (Richard Luscombe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/kennedy-center-ticket-sales-trump-takeover
http://www.memeorandum.com/250905/p123#a250905p123

New York-based sales tool startup Clay raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $3.1B valuation, up from $1.25B in January 2025, and expects $100M in revenue in 2025 (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/business/dealbook/c…

Clay, a Sales Tool for the A.I. Era, Raises $100 Million
Investors valued the company, which describes its core user as a kind of marketing engineer, at $3.1 billion.

Ritüel Kaçış (Ritual Escape) #PentatonicMusic #NowPlaying #originalmusic
5 tracks of mystical delight

Ritüel Kaçış (Ritual Escape) #PentatonicMusic #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would review a Hawaii law that forbids gun owners from bringing firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.
If the law falls, the court could make it significantly harder for states and cities to keep guns out of everyday life.
💥Wolford v. Lopez traces its origins to the Supreme Court’s recent decisions that rewrote the nation’s gun-related jurisprudence.
The court’s conservative majority fir…

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier to Bring a Gun Everywhere
The justices just took up a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns on private property against the owner’s wishes.

Datenschutz unter Beschuss: Messengerdienste reagieren auf EU-Chatkontrolle
Nach Signals Drohung mit EU-Rückzug äußern sich WhatsApp und Threema zurückhaltender zur Chatkontrolle. Beide sehen die Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung gefährdet.

A look at OpenAI's search for the sites of its Stargate data centers in the US; OpenAI has received 800 applications since January and has 20 finalist sites (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/05/openai-stargate…

This Meta alum has spent 10 months leading OpenAI's nationwide hunt for its Stargate data centers
OpenAI's effort to build a massive industrial base to power the future of artificial intelligence is being led by Keith Heyde.

Lavrov meets Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi at BRICS summit, reiterates Russia's offer to mediate disputes over nuclear program: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/lavrov-meets-iranian-counterpart-abbas.html

Disney says it is "fully integrating" Hulu into Disney and plans to launch a "unified" Disney and Hulu app in 2026 now that it is Hulu's sole owner (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hulu…

Hulu App to Be Phased Out; 'Fully Integrating' Into Disney+
Disney said it is "fully integrating" the Hulu service, which it now owns 100%, into its flagship Disney+ streamer.

@… I assume so? That was my first thought as well. I did not pop it into a computer to check...

‼️Die #Petition
"Kennzeichnung von Zahnpasta mit dem Wert der Abrasivität (RDA-Wert) vom 31.07.2025"
hat bisher 71 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29929 Unterschriften bis zum 22.10.2025.
https…

Israel at War Day 701 | IDF Says It Attacked Gaza City Building Used by Hamas for Intelligence Gathering (Haaretz)
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-09-06/ty-article-live/netanyahu-to-hostage-parents-israel-wont-be-discouraged-by-hamas-evil-propaganda/00000199-1c8c-d336-addd-7fff40450000?liveBlogItemId=243517664
http://www.memeorandum.com/250906/p11#a250906p11

When Family Comes First - Spending time with them all https://muz4now.com/2023/when-family-comes-first-spending-time-with-parents/

When Family Comes First - Spending time with them all
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

U.S. forces hit another vessel on the pretext of illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday evening,
Donald Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. would also "start" looking at drug trafficking occurring on land.
Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk, next to the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
It was not immediately clear if he was referencing a strike announced Friday by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Freier Zugang zu Forschung: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern investiert in Open Access
Damit Wissenschaft nicht hinter Bezahlschranken bleibt, möchte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Publikationen leichter zugänglich machen. Es gibt Beratung und Geld.

OpenAI is merging its Model Behavior team with its Post Training group to bring the work of the Model Behavior team closer to core model development (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/openai-reorganizes-research-team-be…

OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT's personality | TechCrunch
OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models' behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.

I did a 21 mile bike ride today. Along the way I saw a turkey, found a good pair of scissors, discovered Hidden Lake, and stopped to see Mama Rosa at Firefly Grove Park in Wauwatosa.
#bikeTooter #biking #mke

‼️Die #Petition
"Vorsätzliche Verbreitung medizinischer Desinformation unter Strafe stellen vom 15.08.2025"
hat bisher 117 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29883 Unterschriften bis zum 23.10.2025.

As Money Rushed In, ICE's Rapid Expansion Stalled Out (Nick Miroff/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/ice-immigration-detention-centers/684465/?gift=5aCzJ5uvQf7qTzgohcYQnezgOo7IcXkBdbNUHRryNVw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251006/p89#a251006p89

Create connection to end the tragedies #relationship https://muz4now.com/2022/create-connection-to-end-the-tragedies

Create connection to end the tragedies
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

The House will likely have enough support to pass a bill forcing the release of the Epstein files at the end of next month,
but the Senate is an open question.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jeff…

Where the Epstein files release effort stands as victims push for information from Trump, Congress
Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers traveled to Capitol Hill this week to implore Trump and Congress to release all of the government’s files related to his investigation.

Senior analytics leaders from Fox and ESPN criticize Nielsen's opaque and unaccredited audience measurement method for YouTube's Chiefs-Chargers livestream (Eric Fisher/Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/fox-espn

Fox, ESPN Cry Foul Over Big Nielsen Number Expected for YouTube’s NFL Brazil Game
Even before YouTube streamed its NFL game Friday night in Brazil between the Chiefs and Chargers, other league rights holders cried foul.

PCI Express 8.0 verdoppelt die Geschwindigkeit
Die überübernächste PCIe-Generation soll ihre Update-Kadenz beibehalten. 512 GByte/s sind dann über 16 Leiterbahnen möglich.
https://www.heise.de/n…

A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Also, it's always interesting to see how things are designed and go together.
Both of these have a mechanism where when you slide the electronics into the cylinder that putting the set screw in place pushes the PCB up so the button goes into the hold of the cylinder.
I thought that was a clever design choice!
One of them is really nice and the other is really cheap. (The good one is a SNV4 PRO.)

‼️Die #Petition
"Überweisung von Vermögenswirksamen Leistungen durch die Bundesagentur für Arbeit vom 10.08.2025"
hat bisher 26 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29974 Unterschriften bis zum 15.10.2025.

OpenAI is offering ChatGPT to US federal agencies at a nominal cost of $1 per year, in a bid to boost its adoption after the US GSA approved OpenAI as a vendor (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/openai…

Trump-Supporting Muslim Mayor Halts English/Arabic Police Department Patch (Lowell Cauffiel/Breitbart)
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2025/09/05/trump-supporting-muslim-mayor-halts-english-arabic-police-department-patch/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250905/p122#a250905p122

Trump droht mit Chip-Zoll von 100 Prozent – und zeigt Ausweg
US-Präsident Trump sprach schon lange von hohen Zöllen auf Chip-Importe und nennt jetzt deren Höhe: 100 Prozent. Es gebe aber einen Ausweg.
https://ww…

Austin-based Hello Patient, whose AI agents let healthcare organizations handle patient communications, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Marissa Plescia/MedCity News)
https://medcitynews.com/2025/09/hello-patient-conversational-ai/

Hello Patient Secures $22.5M for Conversational AI Solution
Hello Patient's Series A round was led by Scale Venture Partners and included participation from 8VC, Bling Capital, Max Ventures, Remus Capital and FirstLook Partners.

My niece is in charge of props for a local theater group and asked if I could try to get these light sabers working.
I have never used one of these but when I finally got it powered on and it said "Powered up!" I nearly shit myself.
I did not expect it to talk.
I've seen every Star Wars film and they never talk!
I got one of them working fine, the other had a spicy pillow so I'll replace the battery and see if that gets it sorted.

After Elon Musk announced a US political party called the America Party, Donald Trump called Musk a "TRAIN WRECK" fueled by discontent over EV subsidies ending (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/elon-musk-…

We biked next to a section of the Menomonee River that has a railway bridge over it and you can see the debris left from the flood back in August. Yes, the river was as high as the bridge!
#mke #milwaukee #water

SoftBank Group consolidates 13 robotics-related companies from its main group and 7 from Vision Fund 2 into a new holding company called SoftBank Robotics Group (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/softbank/beyond-pepper-softba…

Beyond Pepper: SoftBank charts new course in robotics with AI
Group puts robot investments under one holding company to coordinate strategy

Tavily, which is helping AI agents connect to live web data, raised a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners and Alpha Wave, taking its total funding to $25M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/tavily-raises-25m-to-connect-ai-agent…

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web | TechCrunch
The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.

Sources: AI video startup Runway is looking to raise ~$500M at a $5B pre-money valuation; rival Luma AI aims to raise $1.1B at a $3.2B pre-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-talks-mul…

Runway, Luma in Talks for Multibillion-Dollar Fundraises as Revenue Picks Up
Startups that use artificial intelligence to make videos for Hollywood studios and amateur filmmakers are getting thirsty for more capital. Runway, a startup that has cut deals with Lionsgate and AMC Networks, is in talks with investors to raise around $500 million at a valuation of at least $5 ...

Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham, one of India's most prominent SaaS founders, announced he will step down as executive chair effective December 1, 2025 (Chandra R Srikanth/Moneycontrol)
https://www.

Source: Alibaba's supermarket chain Hema plans to gradually wind down the last of its Costco-like members-only stores in China in a bid to improve profitability (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-…

Filing: in its ChatGPT lawsuit, the NYT asked OpenAI to produce 120M user chats to analyze how often ChatGPT regurgitates its articles, after OpenAI offered 20M (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

OpenAI offers 20 million user chats in ChatGPT lawsuit. NYT wants 120 million.
OpenAI asks judge to drastically limit NYT access to ChatGPT logs.

OpenAI told investors that it projects its cash burn this year through 2029 will rise to a total of $115B, about $80B higher than it previously expected (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-says-business-will-bur…

OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029
OpenAI recently had both good news and bad news for shareholders. Revenue growth from ChatGPT is accelerating at a more rapid rate than the company projected half a year ago. The bad news? The computing costs to develop artificial intelligence that powers the chatbot, and other data ...

The "spicy" option on Grok's new generative AI video tool Imagine produces nude deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift, even without explicit user prompting (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/718975/xai-grok-imag…

Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes
Groke Imagine’s “spicy” setting will generate uncensored topless videos of Taylor Swift without specifically asking the bot to take her clothes off.

Sources: Intel's 18A process is facing significant yield challenges, with only ~5% of chips meeting its specifications in late 2024 and ~10% by summer 2025 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/…

Coinbase adds Embedded Wallets to its mobile SDK, allowing devs to integrate wallets into their apps with minimal code, with support for on-ramps and swaps (Vishal Chawla/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/365559/coinbase-launches-embedded-wallets-devel…

The US General Services Administration approves OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic for AI contracts with civilian federal agencies via its Multiple Award Schedule (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-0…

Match Q2: revenue of $864M, flat YoY, net earnings of $125.5M, down from $133.3M YoY, and provides a Q3 forecast beating estimates; MTCH jumps 11% after hours (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

South Korea's top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo says Samsung and SK Hynix will not be subject to 100% tariffs on US chip imports, citing the US-South Korea trade deal (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Wikipedia editors adopt a policy giving admins the authority to quickly delete AI-generated articles that meet certain criteria, like incorrect citations (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-adopt-speedy-deletion-p…

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

Alibaba's Qwen releases Qwen-Image, an AI image generation model focused on accurate text rendering, with support for alphabetic and logographic scripts (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/qwen-image-

ElevenLabs launches Eleven Music, letting individuals and businesses use its AI model to generate music cleared for commercial use via English-language prompts (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voice-startup…