08 Jul 2026
The Future Is Always Listening: OpenAI Says Its New Voice Assistant Is 'One Step Closer to a Truly Accessible AGI’
OpenAI just dropped a new AI model that’s designed to sound like an actual, human conversation partner—and the company says it marks a step closer to AGI.
@_webbwright, Webb Wright
2026
08 Jul 2026
You Can Now Remix Your Google Photos Into Stylized Videos With Gemini Omni
If you have a stash of pictures in your Google Photos library that you didn't know what to do with, now you do.
@CNET, Omar L. Gallaga
2026
08 Jul 2026
SpaceX stock closes below debut price at $148 in two-day slide after Nasdaq 100 inclusion
SpaceX stock closed at $148 on Wednesday, below the company's first trading price of $150 per share for a second day in a row. Elon Musk's aerospace and defense contractor was included in the Nasdaq 100 index on Tuesday, less than a month after its stock market debut on June 12.
Lora Kolodny
2026
08 Jul 2026
OpenAI Introduces GPT-Live to Make ChatGPT Voice Feel Like a Real Conversation
OpenAI today introduced GPT-Live, which it describes as a new generation of voice models meant to make talking to AI feel more like having a conversation with a real person.
Juli Clover
2026
08 Jul 2026
ChatGPT might actually be worth talking to now
PCWorld reports that OpenAI is rolling out GPT-Live, a new full-duplex voice mode for ChatGPT that enables simultaneous listening and talking.
Ben Patterson
2026
08 Jul 2026
Bank Of America Corp. Quietly Handed A $520 Million Credit Line To OpenAI In Recent Weeks - Bloomberg News
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News Desk
2026
08 Jul 2026
A Chinese robotics startup with a Tesla Optimus rival is seeking a new chief scientist with an $18 million salary
The race for AI and robotics talent is getting expensive. Chinese humanoid-robot startup UBTech is hiring a chief AI scientist with a maximum salary of $18 million. This comes as China seeks to build on its robotics dominance.
Tom Carter
2026
08 Jul 2026
Anthropic 3Q26 Profit Over $1B: The Anthropic IPO Financials Sneak Peak
When Dario Amodei left OpenAI to start Anthropic in early 2021, the viral release of ChatGPT was over 18 months away and the commercialization of LLMs was practically zero.
Joey Brookhart
2026
08 Jul 2026
Anthropic gets closer to an AI super app
The holy grail for the frontier labs is a super app that combines the power of AI coding with the simplicity of a chatbot, and I’ve spent time reporting on how OpenAI and Anthropic are each chasing it.
Alex Heath
2026
