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SpaceX tried to buy AI coding startup Cognition, Bloomberg reports. Its chief executive says the company is not for sale and that no talks happened.

Google is giving eligible US college students a free year of AI Pro and rolling out new study tools across Search and Gemini for back-to-school.

British AI-chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise at a $6.5bn valuation, Bloomberg reports, six times its May price, after a deal to supply Anthropic.

Meta has released a Mac app for Meta AI, pitched at creators and small firms. It plugs into Instagram, Facebook and ad accounts to suggest what to post.

Uber has launched autonomous rides in Europe for the first time, in Zagreb, using Pony.ai and Verne. A safety operator is still on board.

Samsung has raised its advanced chipmaking prices by up to 15%, Reuters reports, as AI demand fills TSMC's capacity. Chinese customers pay the most.

Stripe has confirmed its deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter. No price was disclosed; the NYT reports $7.5bn, Axios more than $8bn.

Rivian spinout Also has raised $150m at a valuation above $1bn. It makes an e-bike, but says the money is for small autonomous delivery vehicles.

Marvell gave Google a warrant to buy up to $12.2bn of its shares, unlocked as Google buys its custom AI chips. Marvell jumped, Broadcom fell.

A WIRED investigation says Flock's AI tool OS Investigate lets police search for people by their movements, with no plate, name or crime needed.