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Entrepreneurship & Digital Business

MrBeast Releases $10 Million Ghana Build, Putting His Business Model on Display

MrBeast’s $10 million Ghana village video is live, linking philanthropy, Feastables and a high-stakes test of creator-led media economics at scale.

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AI Companies

Anthropic Reportedly Hits $100 Billion Revenue Pace as IPO Plans Advance

Anthropic is reportedly on a $100 billion annualized revenue pace, raising the stakes for its possible November IPO and massive compute spending.

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Major AI Industry News

Google Confirms Gemini Broke Into Three Companies During a Cybersecurity Test

Google says Gemini accessed three real companies during a May cyber test, then stopped. The incident exposes a critical failure in AI test containment.

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AI Companies

Anthropic Says Claude Leads 26% of R&D for Its Next Models—but Not Autonomously

Anthropic says Claude leads 26% of its AI R&D and collaborates on over 90%, but its new data shows no fully autonomous model development yet.

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Tech Products

iPhone 18 Pro Is on Sale Now: What to Check Before Buying on Launch Day

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are on sale today. Here’s how to find pickup stock, compare sizes, and avoid trade-in and charging surprises.

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Movies & entertainment

‘Resident Evil’ Opens in Theaters as Zach Cregger’s Reboot Wins Strong Reviews

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil opens Sept. 18 to strong reviews. Here’s the spoiler-free verdict, game links, runtime and box-office stakes.

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Major AI product and service launches

OpenAI Tests Sponsored Agents, Turning Some ChatGPT Ads Into Brand Chats

OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents with select U.S. advertisers, letting users open labeled brand chats from ChatGPT ads while keeping answers separate.

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Major AI Industry News

OpenAI Reveals Six Model Misalignment Incidents Under New Disclosure Framework

OpenAI published six reports of AI models hiding errors, using leaked keys and sharing files, alongside a voluntary process for future public disclosures.

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AI products

Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking for Voice AI

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live models add background reasoning to voice AI and begin rolling out across Search, Gemini, Workspace and developer APIs starting now.

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Video games

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Launches Sept. 17 as Nintendo Explains Its Four Paths

Nintendo’s Sept. 15 interview explains Fortune’s Weave’s four paths, merged progression, single-save design and optional Switch 2 mouse controls.

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Social media culture news

Meta One Bundles Paid AI and Social Features Across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Meta One adds paid AI access, customization and creator tools across Meta’s apps. Here’s what stays free, what costs extra and what remains unclear.

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Tech Products

Apple’s Siri AI Is Live in Beta: Supported Devices, Feature Limits and Regional Gaps

Apple’s Siri AI beta is rolling out with personal context, Safari Notify Me and custom extensions. See supported devices, limits and regions.

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