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Thinking Machines Lab : Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area   —  Try on Tinker Model card Hugging Face  —  Our mission is to build AI that extends human will and judgment.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States no longer believes it needs a military presence in Iraq, arguing Iran has been weakened enough for Baghdad to stand on its own as the U.S.-led coalition mission approaches its planned Sept. 30 conclusion. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi echoed that vision, declaring that armed factions operating outside state control would have "no justification" once the coalition mission concludes and insisting Iraq's security forces would be capable of protecting the country on their own. Al-Zaidi said limiting weapons to the state was "a decision, not an option." Trump said the U.S. partnership with Iraq would shift away from military cooperation toward investment and energy development, while al-Zaidi said: "The 30th of September, the U.S. forces would be out of Iraq. While U.S. companies will be inside Iraq ." TRUMP ADMIN WARNS IRAQ OVER IRAN TERROR PROXIES AS US REPORTEDLY BLOCKS CASH PAYMENTS "We don...

Washington Post : A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product   —  State Affairs combines media and technology at a time when tensions between the two industries are at a fever pitch.  —  Summary

Zac Bowden / Windows Central : Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders   —  Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more.

Even as NATO allies increase defense spending, arm Ukraine and impose sanctions aimed at weakening the Kremlin, European Union countries haven't yet been able to shake dependence on Russian liquefied natural gas, providing Russia with a key source of revenue as it wages war in Ukraine. A new analysis of commercial shipping data shows European countries spent billions in the first half of 2026 on purchases of Arctic liquefied natural gas. Environmental watchdog Urgewald, using trade intelligence platform Kpler shipping data, found that 136 cargoes of the 140 cargoes exported from Russia's flagship Yamal liquefied natural gas project between January and June were delivered to European Union ports.  China, once viewed as a major market for the Arctic project, received just four cargoes during the same period, the analysis found.  The group estimated those shipments were worth roughly €5.96 billion, or about $6.8 billion, based on benchmark European natural gas prices. DRONE OFFENS...

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and more   —  Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need lidar  —  Today, I'm talking with Xinzhou Wu, who is the head of automotive at Nvidia.