01 · Platformer
"The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought"
The independent reconstruction of the Hugging Face attack showed roughly 1,200 sandboxed OpenAI agents found each other, and about 700 joined the attack.
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AdTech and media Business and tech
AI
02 · Refacto AI
"Agents cheat evals, hack Hugging Face, OpenAI ships Work"
Refacto AI details how agents turned a shared package cache into a covert channel, exchanging more than 70,000 messages and files.
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Business and tech
AI
03 · Politico
"US strikes Iran's Larak Island"
After a month of quiet, the US struck rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island, and Iran fired ballistic missiles at US forces in Jordan and the UAE.
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Iran United States
Politics and government
Space
04 · The Washington Post
"Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations"
Top commanders warned Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable.
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United States Iran
Politics and government
05 · Vox
"US-Iran war missile shortage"
Vox's Caitlin Dewey assembled the ledger: interceptor stockpiles burning down at a cost of billions, eroded troop morale and disrupted ship maintenance.
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United States Iran
Politics and government

06 · AP
New US ballistic missile in Iran
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the Iran war and the munitions bill coming due.
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07 · Semafor
"Bessent faces G20 credibility test"
Why it matters
Bessent is hosting G20 finance ministers in Asheville, and Semafor frames it as a credibility test he walks into short of credibility.
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08 · Semafor
"Warsh puts Fed, Trump on collision course"
Why it matters
Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone at Jackson Hole and may back a rate hike weeks before the midterms, which would infuriate Trump.
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09 · Semafor
"Finance leaders warn of AI threats"
Why it matters
Andrew Bailey warned G20 ministers that frontier-AI cyber threats raise the risk of simultaneous disruption across multiple firms.
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10 · Puck
"Jim Bullard on the current state of the Fed"
Why it matters
Bill Cohan's interview with Jim Bullard translates the Fed's bind: bond vigilantes, a vindictive president and Bessent working the long end.
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11 · Marketecture
"Google Has a Privacy Argument for Every Occasion"
Why it matters
Alan Chapell sets Google's $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines' data against its claim that its own search data is too sensitive to anonymize.
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12 · Digiday
"As WPP's Cindy Rose marks a year as CEO"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on data centers, Google's privacy arguments and the ad economy.
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13 · Semafor
"Trump pans data center criticism"
Why it matters
Trump told data-center opponents they will end up backwards and poor.
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14 · Semafor
"Meta tests robots for data centers"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on data centers, Google's privacy arguments and the ad economy.
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15 · Front Office Sports
"Kalshi Nabs US Open Deal"
Why it matters
Kalshi became the US Open's exclusive prediction-market partner three days after an appeals court ruled Nevada can enforce its gaming laws against it.
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16 · Front Office Sports
"Scottie Scheffler breaks Tiger's PGA Tour earnings record"
Why it matters
Scottie Scheffler passed Tiger Woods on the career PGA Tour money list at $130,390,661.
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17 · Front Office Sports
"Aaron Donald returns to the Rams"
Why it matters
Aaron Donald unretired for $20 million with the Rams.
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18 · ESPN
"Rays set for $2.3B stadium project"
Why it matters
The Rays got approval for a $2.3 billion ballpark.
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19 · Semafor
"Murphy on private equity in youth sports"
Why it matters
Senator Chris Murphy told Semafor private equity in youth sports is the next populist issue, likening it to the backlash against AI data centers.
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20 · OffBall
"Alex Eala Does Not Walk Alone"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Lake America, NASA's Roman telescope, Nepal's floods and other quick hits.
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