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Jio Platforms received Sebi approval for a $3.8 billion IPO, India's largest, comprising a fresh issue of up to 27 crore shares with no offer-for-sale. The digital arm of Reliance Industries filed its draft papers on June 19 and plans to repay subsidiary borrowings.

Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The deal was tracked among more than 35 European tech funding deals worth over €475 million and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, and related news stories.

OpenAI has begun rolling out ChatGPT ads to users in India. The ad rollout marks a new phase for the AI assistant in the Indian market, expanding its presence among local users.

OpenAI is ending its partnership with Cursor, cutting the coding tool's model access on November 12, citing trust issues with SpaceX after its $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere. Cursor will lean on Anthropic's Claude and its in-house Composer model.

Apple's September 9 "Surprise and Shine" event is expected to unveil iPhone 18 Pro models, a foldable iPhone, Apple Watch Series 12, fourth-generation Apple Watch Ultra, and AirPods 5. New Mac Mini and Mac Studio models launched early, with John Ternus becoming CEO.

Samsung launched the Galaxy S26 FE starting at $699.99, featuring a 3nm Exynos 2500 chipset, One UI 9, and a 6.7-inch screen. It ships with only a USB-C cable and comes in Blueberry, Pistachio, and Graphite colors.

A US judge ruled the Trump administration broke the law by designating Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling it unlawful retaliation. Judge Rita Lin barred federal agencies from enforcing Donald Trump's order to stop using the AI firm.

A federal judge ruled the Pentagon illegally blacklisted Anthropic as a national security threat, citing retaliation for the company's refusal to allow Claude in autonomous weapons. Judge Rita Lin found central claims about Claude's capabilities entirely unfounded, noting Anthropic cannot remotely modify deployed models.

Distinguishing AI-written text from human writing is becoming increasingly difficult. The growing sophistication of language models makes detection less reliable, raising questions about content authenticity and the future of AI text identification tools.

NASA will launch a $4.3 billion space telescope to scan the universe. The mission aims to observe distant cosmic phenomena. The telescope represents a major investment in space-based astronomy.