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LLMs can run on a $10 microcontroller at nearly 10 tokens per second with coherent output.
Security events like BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON are descending on Las Vegas for Hacker Summer Camp.
China intensifies open model competition: Alibaba releases Qwen Max, and DeepSeek V4 offers cheap alternatives.
Google's dev kit triggers the first agent-on-agent violence via poisoned pull requests and prompt injection.
Nvidia's Vera CPU features 88 custom cores, 176 threads, 1.5 TB of laptop RAM, and 1.8 TB/s NVLink connectivity.
Russian phishing attacks pose as Signal support; meanwhile, Microsoft SharePoint zero-day remains unpatched.

BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON hacker conferences are set to take place in Las Vegas.
Alibaba's Qwen Max model is released, and DeepSeek V4-Flash offers competitive pricing.
Google's dev kit enables agent-on-agent attacks via prompt injection in poisoned pull requests.

OpenAI launches 'Presence' consulting service to deploy AI agents, suggesting margins lie in implementation as models commoditize.
A Windows stealer malware targets over 300 apps and uses an AI profiler to maximize profits for criminals.
Chinese open-source AI models are now competitive globally, challenging assumptions about superiority.

War machines can malfunction due to AI control, highlighting risks of surveillance and flawed algorithms.
Too many AI agents interfere with each other; fewer enterprise agents are more effective.
Chinese AI models GLM and Kimi falsely claim to be Claude, but evidence of distillation is inconclusive.

AMD launches Helios rack-scale AI system, outperforming Nvidia's Vera Rubin on paper.
Model Context Protocol undergoes major overhaul, dropping sessions and stateful features.
Tesla spends $1 billion on chips and robots, with Optimus and Robotaxis as key bets.

Too many AI agents can clash; for enterprise agents, less is more.
Chinese models GLM and Kimi can impersonate Claude, hinting at distillation.
Shopify returns to clean code because agents favor readability, explicit contracts, and feedback.

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