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Top stories today:
1. Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”
2. Meta to launch new LLaMA, open-source and commercially available, soon
3. Google adds image uploads to Bard, but no image generation yet
4. FTC appeals loss to Microsoft in Activision case, while UK regulator budges
5. CPI falls more than expected to 3.0% YoY

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1. Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”

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Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”

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1. Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”

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Apple’s iPhone Duo debuts as its first foldable, with 7.6” inner display, A20 Pro chip

OpenAI says internal model solved Navier-Stokes problem amid data-use concerns

Anthropic said to walk away from ~$6B Decart acquisition after due diligence

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launches as its latest frontier model, touted as ushering in “AGI era”

Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”

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1. Elon Musk announces xAI to “understand the true nature of the universe”

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Apple’s iPhone Duo debuts as its first foldable, with 7.6” inner display, A20 Pro chip

OpenAI says internal model solved Navier-Stokes problem amid data-use concerns

Anthropic said to walk away from ~$6B Decart acquisition after due diligence

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launches as its latest frontier model, touted as ushering in “AGI era”