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August 18, 2025

EP-346 Gemini’s Ipo Leap 🚀, Openai’s Future Ambitions 🤖, Meta’s Ai Chatbot Controversy 🔍

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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, august 18. here's what's happening in the tech world:

gemini's ipo ambition: the crypto exchange, founded by the winklevoss twins, files for an ipo, aiming to list on nasdaq as gemi, despite significant net losses in 2025.

openai's future plans: sam altman discusses ambitions for an ai-powered browser and potential investment in merge labs, a brain-computer interface startup, possibly challenging neuralink.

senator hawley's investigation into meta: focusing on ai chatbots' inappropriate interactions with minors, plans for an investigation alongside senator marsha blackburn.

cybersecurity alert on solar inverters: cisa issues advisory on vulnerabilities in eg4's inverters, with ongoing consultations to address security issues.

space sector deregulation: president trump's push for simplifying launch licensing raises environmental concerns, yet could benefit companies like spacex and blue origin.

that's all for today's tech rundown. we'll see you back here tomorrow for more updates.

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