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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Launches Publicly After Government Clearance — Sam Altman Calls It 'Best Model Ever'

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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Launches Publicly After Government Clearance — Sam Altman Calls It 'Best Model Ever'

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 is now publicly available after clearing a Trump administration regulatory review. CEO Sam Altman calls it the best model OpenAI has ever built.

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Meet Charmloop for Telegram — your own AI companion bot, plus roasts, GIFs & more

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Meet Charmloop for Telegram — your own AI companion bot, plus roasts, GIFs & more

This week we launched Charmloop's Telegram bot experience, with persona chat, selfies, group games, and account syncing — plus translations in 13 languages.

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Behind the scenes improvements — exploring Charmloop's creative potential

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Behind the scenes improvements — exploring Charmloop's creative potential

A quiet week for new features, but the perfect time to dive deeper into Charmloop's creative tools and discover hidden gems.

Jul 9, 2026

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OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1: A Voice Model That Talks, Listens, and Knows When to Wait

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OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1: A Voice Model That Talks, Listens, and Knows When to Wait

OpenAI's new GPT-Live-1 model can speak and listen simultaneously, interrupt less, and hold pauses — a meaningful shift for anyone building voice-driven AI workflows.

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Grok CSAM Lawsuit: xAI Faces Claims It Reported Just One Prompt While User Generated 7,000 Images

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Grok CSAM Lawsuit: xAI Faces Claims It Reported Just One Prompt While User Generated 7,000 Images

A federal lawsuit alleges a Grok user generated roughly 7,000 child sexual abuse images of his stepdaughter — and that xAI reported only a single prompt to authorities. The case has direct implications for how AI platforms handle safety obligations.

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Google's Deepfake Detector Flagged a Fake McConnell Hospital Photo — Here's What That Means for AI Image Credibility

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Google's Deepfake Detector Flagged a Fake McConnell Hospital Photo — Here's What That Means for AI Image Credibility

A fabricated image showing Senator Mitch McConnell in a hospital bed circulated widely before Google's deepfake detection system identified it as AI-generated. The incident is a live test of where detection tech actually stands.

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Google Photos' New Video Remix Tool Adds Cinematic Relighting, Background Swaps, and Artistic Styles to Clips

Google Photos' New Video Remix Tool Adds Cinematic Relighting, Background Swaps, and Artistic Styles to Clips

Google Photos has launched Video Remix, an AI editing tool that can relight dark footage, swap backgrounds, and apply artistic styles — all without a timeline editor.

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How AI Is Pushing Robots Toward General-Purpose Autonomy — and What It Takes to Get There

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How AI Is Pushing Robots Toward General-Purpose Autonomy — and What It Takes to Get There

Top robotics researchers say AI is closing the gap between single-task robots and truly autonomous machines — but dexterous manipulation and real-world unpredictability remain hard walls.

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HalluSquatting: Researchers Show 9 Major AI Tools Can Be Weaponized to Build Botnets

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HalluSquatting: Researchers Show 9 Major AI Tools Can Be Weaponized to Build Botnets

A new attack technique called HalluSquatting exploits AI hallucinations to trick popular AI tools into recommending malicious packages — and researchers say 9 of the biggest platforms are vulnerable.

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SambaNova Raises $1B at $11B Valuation — Five Months After Its Last Mega Round

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SambaNova Raises $1B at $11B Valuation — Five Months After Its Last Mega Round

SambaNova has closed a $1B Series F first close at an $11B valuation, just five months after its previous mega round — a sharp reversal from Intel's rumored $1.6B acquisition talks.

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ZML Releases Free LLMD Software to Cut AI Inference Costs Across Multiple Chip Brands

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ZML Releases Free LLMD Software to Cut AI Inference Costs Across Multiple Chip Brands

French startup ZML has launched LLMD, free software that accelerates AI inference across hardware from multiple chip vendors — a move that could lower the cost of running image-generation models.

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Former OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil Joins Stoke Space Board — What It Signals About Silicon Valley's Rocket Bet

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Former OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil Joins Stoke Space Board — What It Signals About Silicon Valley's Rocket Bet

Kevin Weil, OpenAI's former Chief Product Officer, has joined the board of Stoke Space, the reusable rocket startup backed by serious aerospace ambitions — a move that tracks where top AI talent is placing long-term bets.

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