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Sources: China plans to let some of the country's major AI companies buy a small number of Nvidia's H200 chips to alleviate a domestic computing shortage (Qianer Liu/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chi…

China Plans to Let Top AI Firms Buy Limited Amount of Nvidia H200 Chips
China plans to allow some of the country’s biggest AI companies to buy a small number of Nvidia’s H200 chips, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The chip purchase approvals would offset a shortage caused by soaring demand for AI chips. U.S. President Donald Trump gave ...

Progressive site Zeteo plans to expand to the UK with a standalone site that will begin publishing this week, ahead of a hard launch in September (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/08/2026/progressive-site-zeteo-plans-uk-expansion

Exclusive: Progressive site Zeteo plans UK expansion
Zeteo UK is a standalone site that will begin publishing this week, with a hard launch date in September.

Cowboys Quietly Cut Ties With Ex-1,000 Yard Playmaker Before Playing Game for Dallas https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nfl-news-rumors-cowboys-roster-moves-cuts/

Raiders Who Can Earn More Playing Time During Preseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-who-can-earn-more-playing-time-during-preseason

Sources: Chinese AI developer MiniMax is working on a 2.7T-parameter model, dubbed M3 Pro and set for release as early as Q3, and plans to open-source it (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusiv…

Exclusive: China’s MiniMax Plans to Launch 2.7-Trillion Parameter Model
Chinese AI developer MiniMax is working on a new large language model with 2.7 trillion parameters, larger than any other Chinese AI models currently on the market, according to two people with knowledge of the plan. The new model could be released as early as the third quarter, according to the people. The model is known as M3 Pro among MiniMax employees involved in its development, but it is

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Improving Shanahan plans to coach preseason https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49562792/kyle-shanahan-nears-full-strength-plans-coach-preseason-opener

Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans
Anthropic are really confident in Claude Code's auto mode, to the point that they are making it the default setting for new sessions in most Claude Code plans starting on …

Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/kal

Memo: SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, after pushing back the launch to improve model efficiency (Grace Kay/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclus…

Exclusive: SpaceXAI Plans to Launch New Model with Cursor as Soon as Wednesday
SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, according to a memo sent to staff. The companies pushed back plans to launch the new model earlier this week in order to improve its efficiency, according to the memo. The model is expected to process information quickly, making it competitive in some respects with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 and OpenAI’s