Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

German publisher C.H.BECK takes a majority stake in Noxtua, which develops AI tech to research, analyze, and draft legal documents and raised a $100M+ Series C (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)

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A profile of Noah Shinn, founder of AI assistant Instinct, who soft-launched it as an invite-only site for VCs and is reportedly fundraising at a $10B valuation (Business Insider)

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Global AI glasses shipments, including display-less and AR and AI glasses, rose 263% YoY in H1 2026, driven by Meta and EssilorLuxottica's display-less lineup (Counterpoint Research)

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Sources: China's SASAC, which oversees state-owned companies, is surveying the number of Broadcom switches in state-backed data centers amid a domestic AI drive (Financial Times)

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The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms (Angus Whitley/Bloomberg)

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Patreon co-founder Sam Yam says he is joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product, alongside Patreon's Head of Product Drew Rowny and Head of Engineering Shannon Ma (Sam Yam/@samyamiam)

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