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Source: OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, complete with mini and nano versions that will also be available through its API (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/712950/openai-gpt-5-m…
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"A hacker compromised a version of Amazon’s popular AI coding assistant ‘Q’, added commands that told the software to wipe users’ computers, and then Amazon included the unauthorized update in a public release of the assistant this month"
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Wired expands its offerings with five new weekly newsletters, livestream AMAs running at least twice per month, and narrated audio versions of many articles (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-era-for-wired-that-starts-with-you/
Playbook: Mission accomplished? (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/06/23/mission-accomplished-00417937
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p9#a250623p9
How Brett Kavanaugh Is Putting His Thumb on the Scale for Trump | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/198304/trump-tariff-lawsuit-brett-kavanaugh?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
Hillsdale's lobbying pays off (Caitlin Oprysko/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2025/06/24/hillsdales-lobbying-pays-off-00422218
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p171#a250624p171
Uncle Sam Accepts Venmo, But Don't Ask Him for Health Insurance (Jessica Karl/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-07-24/uncle-sam-accepts-venmo-but-don-t-ask-him-for-health-insurance
http://www.memeorandum.com/250724/p114#a250724p114
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http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p137#a250624p137