Happy Wednesday.
OpenAI built a ChatGPT for teens that won't use romantic language, encourage emotional dependence, or imply it has feelings.
No word on a version that does the same for the rest of us.
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Enjoy today's news.
OpenAI pauses reinforcement learning on frontier models for two weeks, tightening security and monitoring as capabilities grow.
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Einride orders 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon freight, marking the largest electric truck deployment yet.
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Etched raises $700M at a $21B valuation, shipping its first AI inference chip rack to Jane Street.
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Whoop drops the wearable membership requirement for its Advanced Labs blood-testing service, adding GRAIL’s Galleri multi-cancer detection test.
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TikTok develops a direct messaging payment feature, allowing users to send money to each other within DMs.
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Peacock raises prices across all streaming plans, pushing its ad-supported tier to $9 and its ad-free plan to $20 per month.
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Fairphone launches its repairable Fairphone 6+ in the U.S., starting at $649 with five years of software support.
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Daniel Ek’s Neko Health opens its first U.S. body-scanning clinic in New York, with over 25,000 people on its waitlist.
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Kraken partners with Stripe to launch Krak Cards in the U.S., allowing users to spend crypto anywhere Visa is accepted.
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OpenAI expands DevDay globally this October, hosting builder meetups across eight cities including Tokyo, Berlin, London, and São Paulo.
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Google plans to move all Pixel manufacturing out of China, shifting production to Vietnam and India starting in 2027.
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Chinese startup LandSpace lands its Zhuque-3 rocket booster, joining SpaceX and Blue Origin in reusable orbital rocket technology.
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Harvey rolls out Harvey II, an AI platform featuring its proprietary legal model Tenet and context-aware agents that adapt to attorney workflows.
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China’s Pony.ai plans to deploy over 4,000 robotaxis internationally, accelerating its expansion into Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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New School of Hard Knocks episode: James Dumoulin interviews tech billionaires on building wealth, taking risks, and scaling billion-dollar companies.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
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