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SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.5 for Coding and Agentic Tasks in Partnership with Cursor, NHTSA Directs Autonomous Vehicle Developers to Resolve First Responder Interference, and Block Reaches $65 Million in Combined Settlements Over Cash App Fraud Allegations.Link to Show Notes

Meta is rolling out a mandatory smart glasses update to disable cameras when the recording light has been tampered with, CloudFlare partners with OpenAI for a research pilot, and DuckDuckGo's browser blocks YouTube ads by default. Check out the show notes here.

Xbox announced four game studios are no longer part of the company and will cut approximately 20% of the company in fiscal 2027, the UK's National Crime Agency and Internet Watch Foundation warns parents not to post pictures of children due to AI abuse, and Amazon announces the end of new customers for Mechanical Turk. Check out the show notes here.

Instagram approved and displayed ads in India promoting CSAM, Midjourney hits back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros, Amazon’s Project Leo satellite internet service nears launch.Show Notes

Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Agent Progress Slower Than Expected, Google Loses Long-Running EU Antitrust Battle Over Android, and Anthropic Temporarily Transitions Fable 5 to Usage-Based Billing.Link to Show Notes

OpenAI Proposes $42.6 Billion Equity Stake to U.S. Government, India Temporarily Blocks WhatsApp's New Username Feature Over Security Concerns, Cloudflare to Block Mixed-Use Web Crawlers Starting September 15th.Link to Show Notes

The US Department of Commerce lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5, Meta adds rate-limits to certain features on previously sold smart glasses, and Sony announces the end of physical discs for games beginning 2028.Check out the show notes here.

Study Finds Half of Social Media Child Safety Features Fail, California Partners with Anthropic for AI Access, and a UK Regulator Proposes New Competition Rules for App Stores and NFC Tech.Link to Show Notes