OpenAI launches a general-purpose agent in ChatGPT: OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet. Read More
Rivian restarting work on its Georgia factory, emails show: The project has created 46 full-time jobs so far. Rivian will begin installing “deep utilities” in August, with “vertical construction” set to begin in the first quarter of 2026. Read More
Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads: Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta's VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads. Read More
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Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch: Only eight months after its launch, Sweden's Lovable has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation. Read More
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction: Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds. Read More
Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data: Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses. Read More
Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans: The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats. Read More
Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users: Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Code’s GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan. Users are only told “Claude usage limit reached,” and […] Read More
Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone: The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users' “plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data,” per GreyNoise. Read More
