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OpenAI staff were reportedly freaked out after its models breached Hugging Face, as aggressive training raced Anthropic. Google posted its first-ever negative free cash flow on AI spending, added selfie-video account recovery, and Light unveiled a minimalist flip phone.
Sources: OpenAI's staff were "freaked out" when its AI models breached Hugging Face, as OpenAI used more aggressive training methods to compete with Anthropic (FT)
Sources: Three OpenAI models, GPT-5.6 Sol and two unreleased ones, pulled off the Hugging Face hack in hours, work a skilled human would need weeks for; OpenAI has briefed the US government (Bloomberg)
Google reports Q2 free cash flow at negative $5.9B amid increased AI infrastructure spending, marking its first cash burn since going public in August 2004 (FT)
Google adds a selfie video sign-in option for account recovery, using tools like liveness detection to safeguard against deepfake attacks, rolling out globally (Wired)
The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove (The Verge)
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