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OpenAI is merging its Model Behavior team with its Post Training group to bring the work of the Model Behavior team closer to core model development (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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The best robot vacuums we’ve tested for 2025

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Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger

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Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon Ride Pilot, a hands-free driver assistance system that is launching with the BMW iX3 and has been validated for use in 60+ countries (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

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Two authors file a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging Apple knowingly used a dataset of pirated books to train its AI models (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

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Hollow Knight Silksong interactive map

Polygon - All

What the new jobs report tells us, briefly explained

Vox - All

Peacemaker season 2 seems to be setting up a really bleak multiverse twist

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AppLovin stock jumps 7%+ and Robinhood jumps 8%+ in extended trading after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index on September 22 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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How to get a Dawntrail (Phantom) relic weapon in FFXIV

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Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors in Landmark AI Settlement

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Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube

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Lilo & Stitch, The Naked Gun, and every new movie on streaming this week

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Can you play Silksong without playing Hollow Knight?

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US tech industry's eight companies valued at $1T+ gained a combined $420B in market cap this week, lifting their total value to $21T, led by a Google rally (Ari Levy/CNBC)

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Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement

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How to unlock the Hunter's March bench in Hollow Knight: Silksong

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8 Hollow Knight: Silksong beginner’s tips to help you get started

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At the White House dinner, Zuckerberg said Meta plans to spend "something like at least $600B" through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure in the US (Kalley Huang/The Information)

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After EU's fine ruling, Trump says he may "be forced" to start a trade investigation to nullify the unfair fines, totaling $16.5B for Google and $17B for Apple (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

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