TechCrunch: OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot
amid breakup chatter Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/openai-says-gpt-5-6-is-the-preferred-model-for
-microsoft-co...
TechCrunch: Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude
him Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/dont-want-to-invest-in-elon-musk-two-new-etfs-
explicitly-exclude-him/
TechCrunch: Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/fidji-simo-steps-down-from-openais-no-2-role/
MMA Fighting: Israel Adesanya reveals he’s split with longtime head coach Eugene
Bareman and City Kickboxing: ‘A long time coming’ Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/498264/israel-adesanya-reveals-...
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6 Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/openai-launches-its-new-family-of-models-with-
gpt-5-6/
TechCrunch: An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million
fundraise Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its
-100-million-fundraise/
TechCrunch: Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/elon-musk-praises-mythos-fable-promises-not-to
-cut-off-anthropic/
Wired: Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the
Trump Phone Arrives Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-maine-senate-race-implodes-me
ta-threads-trump...
TechCrunch: Can AI answer the $3 trillion question? Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/can-ai-answer-the-3-trillion-question/
NASA News: NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
Link:
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasa-space-telescope-maps-magnetic-fields
-of-lighthouse-pulsar/
TechCrunch: Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1 Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/meta-enters-the-crowded-ai-coding-battle-with-
muse-spark-1-1/
TechCrunch: New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/new-york-times-says-openai-hid-evidence-in-cha
tgpt-copyright-trial/
TechCrunch: Slate Auto teams up with Crayola to color its EV truck Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/slate-auto-teams-up-with-crayola-to-color-its-
ev-truck/
Bloody Elbow: Max Holloway’s ‘disrespectful’ claim he’ll hold back vs Conor
McGregor to set up trilogy upsets fans Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/09/max-holloways-disrespectful-claim-hell-hold-...
TechCrunch: FanDuel sent a video from star athlete Bryce Harper to a customer
with a gambling problem Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/fanduel-sent-a-video-from-star-athlete-bryce-h
arper-to-a-...
TechCrunch: Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/mercor-is-in-talks-for-a-20b-valuation/
TechCrunch: Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by
Nvidia Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/paris-based-ai-voice-startup-gradium-raises-10
0m-seed-backed-by-nvidia/
TechCrunch: How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to
release? Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-did-the-government-decide-openais-frontier
-model-was-safe-to-release...
TechCrunch: How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram
photos Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-to-stop-metas-ai-image-generator-from-usin
g-your-instagram-photos/
Bloody Elbow: Alexa Grasso books Noche UFC return against ex-title challenger
after her KO of the Year contender Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/09/alexa-grasso-books-noche-ufc-return-against-e...