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What happened to the promise of a "powerful digital brain"? The launch of GPT-5 disappointed users | Calcalist

https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/ryenn5p00eg

GPT-3: An Open-Source Alternative

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The Future of Commerce is Run by AI Agents

https://jordanodinsky.substack.com/p/how-were-thinking-about-agentic-commerce?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

GitHub is being absorbed into Microsoft as its CEO steps down. In a significant agreement, Nvidia and AMD will pay the U.S. Treasury 15% of their revenues from China. Reddit intends to block the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The AI sector continues to see rapid developments, with models like Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT being compared in tasks like chess, and the overall "AI rush" is reportedly creating new billionaires at a record pace amid debates over models like GPT-5. In other business news, the founders of Medigate have raised $20 million to launch a new cybersecurity company. Broader industry trends suggest a difficult job market for junior high-tech professionals, while there is speculation that a Trump administration could offer exemptions to major tech companies in exchange for investments.

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down

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https://www.theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit

Warp Drive: Scientists Say a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65653811/scientists-say-physical-warp-drive-is-now-possible

Requiem for a 10x Engineer Dreamhttps://www.architecture-weekly.com/p/requiem-for-a-10x-engineer-dream

Order from Noise: The Rise of Diffusion Models

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‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a-brain-bending-trip-to-quantum-theorys-100th-birthday-party-20250808

OpenAI is releasing its new GPT-5 model for free to all ChatGPT users, bringing significant changes to the service, while also awarding multimillion-dollar bonuses to some employees. Microsoft is integrating GPT-5 into its Copilot product and is also cautiously onboarding Grok 4 due to content concerns. In other business news, tourism giant Trivago is acquiring Israeli company Holisto for approximately $40 million, The Browser Company has launched a $20 subscription for its AI browser, and Google has reportedly fallen victim to a scam it had also discovered.

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/google-sales-data-breached-in-the-same-scam-it-discovered
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/openai-launches-gpt-5-free-to-all-chatgpt-users
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/754647/microsoft-grok-4-roll-out-private-preview-notepad
https://www.theverge.com/openai/748017/gpt-5-chatgpt-openai-release
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Google states that integrating AI into its search has not negatively impacted website clicks and has even improved their quality. A jury found that Meta illegally collected menstrual data from users of the Flo app. In a new partnership, Apple's chip technology will enable Samsung to produce iPhone image sensors in the US. The CEO of Microsoft Israel commented that the model of equating business success with a large workforce is outdated. OpenAI has launched GPT-5, described as being like "talking to a doctor." In financial news, Palantir's revenue reached one billion dollars for the first time, thanks to a US Army contract, and Israeli company Descartes raised $100 million at a $3.1 billion valuation. Meanwhile, Kaltura is laying off 10% of its employees.https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/08/google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks

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