Zhemal Khamidun
Hamidun News editorial desk led by Editor-in-Chief Zhemal Khamidun (CPO of AlpinaGPT). Daily curation across 50+ global AI labs, research feeds, and industry reports in 6 languages.
Sierra Publishes Draft of Poppy Protocol, Adds 35 More Partners
Sierra AI has published a draft of the Personal Agent Protocol, or Poppy, and added 35 design partners. The protocol aims to connect personal agents with businesses.
Lambert Expects Rapid AI Progress, but Not a Path to Superintelligence
Interconnects author Nathan Lambert pushes back on lab leaders: AI may outperform them at their jobs within a few years, but he sees no path to general…
Bloomberg: Walmart and other retailers are laying the groundwork for personalized shelf prices
An electronic price tag could raise the price of mayonnaise if tuna is in your basket. Bloomberg reports on retail "surveillance pricing," which Walmart denies…
Crunchbase: AI and Energy Lead the Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds
Trump Administration Suspends Microsoft and Adobe From Green Card Sponsorship Program
Kleiner Perkins Bets on Physical AI as the Source of the Next Trillion-Dollar Companies
CFOs Are Counting Every Token: Tokenmaxxing Gives Way to Value-Maxing
OpenAI and Anthropic Count Revenue Differently, Making Their Valuations Less Precise
Investors compare OpenAI and Anthropic on revenue, but the two companies calculate it with different methods. Putting their figures side by side can mislead.
OpenAI Heads Toward $70 Billion in Annual Revenue While Oracle Trucks Gas to Its Data Centers
OpenAI's annualized run rate is expected to reach $70 billion or more by year-end. Oracle is keeping data center launch dates on schedule with natural gas delivered…
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers Over Contacts With Outside Organizations
Torvalds explains where AI helps him and where it endangers the Linux kernel
Three Major Publishers Quietly Roll Out LLMs, and Staff Are Angry
Goldman Sachs moves to the third phase of AI: from saving money to making it
Starlink Gets Nationwide 800 MHz Spectrum for Indoor Coverage
Starlink has secured nationwide 800 MHz spectrum. Low-band signals penetrate walls better, giving Musk a real shot at challenging AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.
Debian Opens Art Contest for Forky Release — Debian 14 Is Looking for Artists
Debian has opened submissions for Forky artwork, the future Debian 14. The last release, Trixie, shipped on 9 August 2025, and the project's release cycle runs…