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Nvidia reports $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% increase year-over-year, driven by its AI-dominated data center business, with $41.1 billion in revenue from data center sales, and expects $54 billion in revenue in the third quarter.

A new report from Andreessen Horowitz shows Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok are closing the gap to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The report highlights the growth of various AI products, including those from Meta AI and Chinese AI makers. Gemini and Grok have seen significant growth, with Gemini coming in second on the web and mobile, and Grok ranking fourth on the web and 23rd on mobile.

OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models, citing the need for collaboration on safety and alignment work. OpenAI and Anthropic briefly opened up their AI models for joint safety testing, surfacing blind spots in internal evaluations. The effort aims to demonstrate how leading AI companies can work together on safety, despite fierce competition.

Google Vids has added AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools. It has also launched a free consumer version with limited features. The AI avatars feature allows users to create videos using scripts and avatars. The consumer version has basic edit controls and access to Google's template library, font collection, and stock media library.

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered feature in Google Translate to help people practice and learn a new language. The feature creates personalized lessons based on the user's language level and goals, and also offers real-time conversation translation in over 70 languages.

AGENTS.md is a new open standard designed to assist AI coding agents in software development. It provides a straightforward and open format for agent-specific instructions, reducing noise in READMEs and giving agents a clear path to follow. Already adopted by over 20,000 repositories on GitHub, it aims to reduce friction in human-AI collaboration.

The Boring Company is testing Tesla's Full Self-Driving in its Las Vegas tunnels. The tests have been ongoing for a few months with safety drivers onboard. Despite the progress, safety drivers still need to intervene periodically.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after a California couple claims the AI chatbot assisted in their 16-year-old son's suicide. The company admits its safety controls can 'degrade' over time, especially in long conversations.

OpenAI and Anthropic, two rival AI companies, conducted safety evaluations of each other's publicly available AI systems. The evaluations found flaws and areas for improvement in both companies' models, including issues with sycophancy, whistleblowing, and self-preservation. The tests also highlighted the importance of safety features, such as OpenAI's Safe Completions, in protecting users and the public. This rare collaboration between rivals aims to improve AI safety and address growing concerns about the technology's potential risks.

ESET researchers discovered PrompLock, a generative AI-powered ransomware implant that uses a large language model to execute attacks. It generates malicious Lua scripts and can perform filesystem enumeration, data exfiltration, and encryption.

Aurelian, an AI startup, has developed a voice assistant to help 911 call centers manage non-emergency calls, reducing the workload of human dispatchers. The AI system can triage non-urgent issues, collect information, and create reports for police departments. With many 911 centers facing understaffing issues, Aurelian's solution aims to alleviate the pressure on dispatchers.

33 US AI startups have raised $100M or more in 2025, with companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Abridge leading the pack. These startups are working on various AI applications, including healthcare, legal tech, and infrastructure.

Malaysia's SkyeChip has unveiled the country's first edge AI processor, MARS1000, marking a technological milestone. The processor is a significant development in Malaysia's efforts to play a bigger role in the global AI race, with the country already having a foothold in the chip manufacturing sector and increasing its investment in AI.

Nvidia reported mixed Q2 earnings with revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% from last year, but missing market expectations for its data centers business. The company's shares dipped 4% initially but have since pared back those gains to around 2%.

Nvidia's GB10 superchip is a miniaturized version of its superchip architecture, designed for local AI development. It features a CPU tile with 20 Arm v9.2 cores and a GPU tile with 1 petaFLOP of peak FP4 performance. The chip is paired with 128GB of LPDDR5x memory and has a TDP of 140 watts. It is positioned as a development platform for prototyping and model fine-tuning, and is available starting at $2,999.

The US and China are engaged in a high-stakes race to develop Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a technology that could surpass human capabilities and have significant geopolitical implications. While AGI has the potential to bring about immense benefits, it also poses significant risks, including the possibility of losing control of superhuman AI systems. The Trump Administration has unveiled an AI policy that prioritizes investment in AI development, but critics argue that it does not adequately address the risks associated with AGI.

A Stanford study found that early-career workers aged 22-25 in AI-exposed jobs experienced a 13% relative decline in employment, while older workers remained stable. The study suggests that AI automation is disproportionately affecting young graduates, potentially leading to a 'lost generation' of workers.

Microsoft has expanded Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers, allowing more users to stream cloud-playable games across various devices, including mobile, smart TVs, and PCs. This move is part of Microsoft's shift towards a device-agnostic gaming strategy, focusing on selling Game Pass subscriptions rather than competing in the console market.

A data theft campaign has targeted Salesforce customers via compromised OAuth tokens associated with the Salesloft Drift application, with hundreds of customers potentially impacted. The threat actor, tracked as UNC6395, systematically exfiltrated large volumes of data and searched for sensitive credentials.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority is exploring the use of AI to inspect nuclear power plants, potentially helping with oversight of aging facilities and new plant designs. The regulator faces staffing challenges and sees AI as a possible solution to enhance inspection efficiency, though any implementation would need to clear significant regulatory hurdles.