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📊 Elon Musk Promises to Open Source X Fully

Elon Musk promised to make X fully open source, not just parts like recommendation algorithms. Independent experts will verify that the open code matches the live system.

X is the platform formerly known as Twitter. This move aims to build trust through full transparency of its operations.

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🤖 Anthropic limits Fable 5 access

Anthropic restricts Fable 5 to the priciest plans, Max and Team Premium, with no usage limit changes.

Starting July 20, pro users switch to credit-based payments and get a one-time $100 API credit.

Anthropic lacks capacity for wider access amid competition from GPT-5.6 and Kimi K3.

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🍏 Apple opens new Siri beta to all iPhones

Apple released the new Siri in a public beta with iOS 27, ending its developer-only phase. This test covers 2.5 billion active Apple devices, an unprecedented scale.

The updated Siri reads mail, photos, and messages, answers based on screen content, and searches the web like ChatGPT or Gemini. It uses AI models co-developed with Google, optimized for Apple chips and running on Private Cloud Compute without saving data on servers.

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🤖 ChatGPT adds unified chat search

ChatGPT now supports searching across chats, projects, images, and documents in one window. The feature is live on web, iOS, and Android.

Users can apply filters to narrow results and jump directly to the matching spot in conversations or projects.

This replaces slow manual scrolling through history with keyword search that finds information in seconds.

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📺 Higgsfield launches AI film academy

Higgsfield offers an interactive course revealing the full workflow behind their 95-minute film Hell Grind, shown at Cannes.

The academy focuses on practical techniques used in AI-assisted filmmaking, not just theory.

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🤖 ChatGPT launches Chrome extension to rival Gemini

OpenAI released a ChatGPT extension for Chrome that reads the active tab and answers questions about its content without copying text into the chat.

The extension can summarize, translate, and respond based on the open webpage, directly competing with Google's Gemini sidebar.

Gemini still leads by handling 10 tabs at once and integrating with Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, plus Auto Browse for form filling and bookings.

The competition now focuses on which browser better understands and acts for the user, not just on chatbot intelligence.

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📈 AI Token Costs Match Engineer Salaries

Analysts at a16z found that in the top 1% of companies, spending on AI tokens per employee nearly equals the average annual salary of an engineer. This cost has grown exponentially recently, suggesting engineers could soon be 'cheaper' than AI usage by the end of the year.

AI tokens are the computational credits companies pay to run large language models and other AI services. Despite high token costs, companies heavily using AI increased their workforce by 10.2% within two years, while those spending less on AI saw almost no growth.

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🤖 OpenAI launches Codex Micro keyboard

OpenAI released the Codex Micro, a $230 keyboard made with Work Louder for users of its AI agent Codex. It has six large keys, each linked to a separate agent and showing status by color: blue means working, green means task done, orange means waiting for human input.

The keyboard lets users switch agents with one press or open the Codex window with two. Codex has over 8 million weekly users, many running multiple agents at once.

Managing several agents on screen is tricky, so OpenAI built this device to track their states physically. It doesn’t write code but helps users handle multiple AI agents simultaneously.

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🤖 Claude’s behavior shifts by language and model

Anthropic analyzed 300,000 real dialogues with Claude and found its responses vary by language and model version. They identified four value axes: compliance vs caution, warmth vs strictness, depth vs brevity, and openness vs obedience.

Different Claude models lean differently. Sonnet 4.6 is warm and encouraging, Opus 4.7 is cautious and questioning, Opus 4.6 is brief and task-focused. Language also matters: Claude is softer and humorous in Hindi and Arabic, but strict and demanding in English and Russian.

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❤️ Telegram Launches Major Update with Communities Feature

Telegram has rolled out its largest update in recent times, introducing Communities, a new feature that groups channels, chats, and bots into a single space with unified navigation. This addition is already being compared to Discord servers.

The update also includes an enhanced post editor featuring tables, checklists, and other formatting tools, AI-powered content generation on demand, and secret messages from bots visible only to specific users.

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🚀 Japan tests reusable rocket RV-X

On July 11, Japan's space agency JAXA performed the first hop test of the reusable rocket RV-X at Noshiro. It rose 11 meters, moved 16 meters sideways, stayed stable, and landed softly in under a minute.

RV-X is 7.3 meters tall with a reinforced engine and four landing legs, developed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It aims to create a reusable successor to Japan's single-use H3 rocket to reduce launch costs.

The engine passed 165 static tests. Future tests will reach about 100 meters. This follows China’s recent recovery of a Long March 10B booster on a sea platform, showing faster progress in reusable rockets.

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🍏 Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets

Apple accuses OpenAI of recruiting former Apple employees to steal trade secrets for a new device designed by ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive. The lawsuit names two former Apple staff, Tang Tan and Chang Liu, alleging they brought confidential info to OpenAI and bypassed Apple's exit procedures.

Tang Tan reportedly asked Apple candidates to bring real device parts and share secret details during interviews. Chang Liu allegedly downloaded sensitive files after joining OpenAI. Apple also claims OpenAI sought demos of Apple's metal processing tech from its suppliers.

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🍏 Apple’s Car Project Sparked AI Chips

Apple’s abandoned self-driving car project drove the development of its powerful AI chips. The car needed strong on-device AI without cloud reliance. Though the car’s processor never launched, its work evolved into the Neural Engine.

The Neural Engine debuted in 2017 with the iPhone X and A11 Bionic chip, handling tasks like Face ID and AR. It became the base for Apple’s on-device AI and later appeared in M-series desktop chips.

Apple’s AI software still trails, but its hardware leads and supports privacy by keeping data local. The upcoming M6 chip will skip Pro, Max, and Ultra versions, focusing on the M7 with a stronger Neural Engine due next year. The M7 Ultra will power a new server with up to 1.5 TB RAM.

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🤖 ChatGPT Codex lifts session limits

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⚔️ Altman and Musk Clash Over AI and Space Data Centers

Elon Musk called Sam Altman a "new level" fraud for selling space-based data centers to investors. Altman replied that Musk pitched the same idea.

Sam Altman added Musk's obsession is the best benchmark for GPT-5.6. This shows ongoing tension between the two tech leaders.

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🤖 OpenAI Enables ChatGPT to Speak and Listen Simultaneously

OpenAI replaced ChatGPT's voice mode with new full-duplex models GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini. These models let the assistant speak and listen at the same time, avoiding awkward interruptions and enabling live translation.

The voice model streams complex queries to text models like GPT-5.5 in real time, can pause to absorb context, and shows visual responses. The voice product lead uses it for 30-40 minute walks. Live translation still struggles, with a strong American accent on Hindi demos.

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🤖 1X unveils humanoid hands with human-like dexterity

Each hand has 25 movable joints with motors hidden in the forearm, transmitting movement through tendons like a human hand. Every joint includes a force sensor, allowing the robot to feel how hard it presses on objects.

The humanoid NEO can perform tasks like assembling LEGO, handling coins, screwing in bulbs, using a screwdriver, zipping zippers, pouring tea, catching soft balls, inserting USB-C, and signing in gestures.

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🐈‍⬛ Shanghai Opera House Opens with Fan-Shaped Roof

The Shanghai Opera House was completed after six years, covering 146,000 square meters on the Huangpu riverbank, the former site of Expo 2010. The building features a dramatic spiral roof designed to resemble a Chinese fan, which is also accessible as a viewing platform overlooking the city skyline.

Designed by Norway's Snøhetta and China's ECADI, the complex includes four halls. The largest, Harmony Hall, has one of Asia's biggest stages at 3,500 square meters with China's first six-block stage system, allowing rapid scene changes during performances.

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