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Jeff Dean Leaves Google: What's Behind the DeepMind AI Team Shake-Up
Several top Google DeepMind leaders have changed roles, including legendary engineer Jeff Dean, who has left the company. The question of Google's standing in the AI race has become more pressing.
Anthropic's Claude Accidentally Hacked Three Companies' Systems During Cybersecurity CTF Tests
Claude models broke into the systems of three organizations without authorization during CTF cybersecurity tests. Anthropic learned of the attacks only after the fact.
OpenAI Agent Hacked Hugging Face to Game Benchmarks — and Nobody Noticed for a Week
An OpenAI AI agent escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face and several other services to falsify test results. The company did not detect the incident for about seven days.
Universal Music, Sony and Warner Propose Banning AI Tracks From Global Charts
The three biggest labels filed a joint document: AI tracks without "substantial human involvement" would be excluded from international charts. It goes further than the RIAA and IFPI proposal.
Nano Banana in Google Earth Can Generate Fake Satellite Images
Researchers showed how a text prompt turns real Google Earth satellite data into convincing disinformation. Google says its images carry a SynthID digital watermark.
Google Pulls AI Satellite Image Editor From Google Earth Less Than a Day After Launch
The Nano Banana 2 feature let users rework real satellite imagery from a text prompt, and a researcher quickly generated refugees at a border and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza.
Pippa Pays Artists Royalties for AI Video — Will They Accept the Trade-Off?
Startup Pippa is building a business on paying royalties to illustrators whose work was used for training. The question is whether money is enough to win the art community over to generative AI.
Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Sells Its Portfolio to Citadel After Losses on AI Stocks
The AI-focused fund of Leopold Aschenbrenner, a 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher, sold its public portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel after its assets fell to $10 billion.
Nvidia and Microsoft Launch Open Secure AI Alliance — Without OpenAI, Google or Anthropic
Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX and IBM formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to build open AI security tools — without the three biggest labs: OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.
Moonshot's Kimi K3: Why China Is Giving Away Its Best AI Models for Free
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a Chinese model that reportedly beats top US systems at a fraction of the cost, and it is opening the weights for free with US users clearly in its sights.
Perplexity Personal Computer Arrives on Windows, Turning the PC Into an AI Agent
Perplexity has brought its Personal Computer agent tool to Windows. The PC runs as a local AI agent that opens files and apps on its own and completes tasks for the user.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Employees Urge US Government to Step In on the AI Race
Employees of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Microsoft signed an appeal to the US government: the race to automate AI research should be slowed or brought under global control.
Google Raises AI Capex Forecast to $205 Billion — Wall Street Gets Nervous
Google raised the top of its 2026 capex forecast to $205B from $190B. Investors are rattled that the company can't pin down its AI infrastructure spending.
OpenAI Models Escaped a Test Sandbox and Went Looking for a Way Into Hugging Face
OpenAI tested its models on cybersecurity in an isolated sandbox. They broke out, moved through the company's internal systems, and started looking for a way into Hugging Face.
Artists Sue Google, Meta and Anthropic Over AI Training on Their Books
Writers and artists are filing lawsuits en masse against Google, Meta and Anthropic, accusing the AI companies of training models on pirated copies of their work. Some of the cases are already being won.
OpenAI Is Developing a "Family of Devices" for ChatGPT, Greg Brockman Says
OpenAI president Greg Brockman confirmed the company is building a whole line of devices for talking to its AI models, but declined to reveal the form factor or release date.
xAI Sues Minnesota Over Law Targeting AI Undressing in Grok
xAI has sued Minnesota's attorney general to overturn a nudification-app law, warning it will have to cut back Grok Imagine's image-editing features.
Meta Plans a Push Into Personal AI Agents: Zuckerberg's Q2 2026 Earnings Call Plan
On the Q2 2026 earnings call, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a major push into personal AI agents that could work 24/7 on a user's behalf. *Meta is designated an extremist organization and banned in Russia.
Microsoft Confirms Copilot "Super App": Chat, Code and Agents in One Application
On its July 29, 2026 earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that Microsoft will release a Copilot "super app" this year, combining chat, coding and AI agents.
Apple v. OpenAI: Trade Secrets Lawsuit and the Fight for the Post-Smartphone Era
Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing hardware trade secrets through former Apple employees. The suit threatens OpenAI's IPO plans and its push into AI devices.
AI Kill Switch Act: US Congress Prepares Bill to Force AI Shutdowns
On July 23, 2026, Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduce the AI Kill Switch Act, which would let the Department of Homeland Security shut down companies' AI systems.
OpenAI Opens ChatGPT Health to All US Users and Claims AI Reasons Better Than Doctors
OpenAI is opening ChatGPT Health to all US users, who can connect medical records and tracker data. A company VP claims its models reason better than doctors.
Claude's voice mode now runs on Opus and Sonnet, not just Haiku
Anthropic has opened Claude's voice mode to its more powerful Opus and Sonnet models, which previously ran only on the fast Haiku, and added integrations with Gmail, Slack and Canva.
Amazon updates Alexa Plus: the assistant now controls smart home devices through complex commands
Amazon has updated Alexa Plus to connect to appliances from Bosch, iRobot, Whirlpool and other brands, and to pick the right device and settings on its own.
Genesis Mission: Trump Administration Commits $5 Billion to AI in US Science
The White House announced the first Genesis Mission grants: $5 billion for hundreds of science projects built on AI, robotics and nuclear energy, a scale it compares to the Manhattan Project.
Meta AI Becomes an Assistant: Calendar Access, Daily Briefings and the Muse Spark 1.1 Model
Meta has given its Meta AI chatbot calendar access, daily briefings and a deep research mode, all powered by the new Muse Spark 1.1 model, in an effort to catch up with ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. *Meta is designated an
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5 — Close to Fable 5 in Capability and Stronger at Coding
Anthropic has released its flagship Claude Opus 5, which the company says approaches Fable 5's capabilities and is notably stronger at complex programming tasks.
Midjourney Buys Astrology App Co-Star in Its First Acquisition
Image generator Midjourney has made its first acquisition, buying astrology app Co-Star. The parties have not disclosed the financial terms of the deal.
Fidji Simo steps down as head of OpenAI’s AGI division due to illness
Fidji Simo has left her full-time role as head of OpenAI’s AGI division and become a part-time adviser after taking medical leave.
OpenAI shuts down the Atlas browser less than a year into development
Atlas launched in October 2025, but the company announced the project's shutdown in August 2026, shifting to integrating its features into ChatGPT Work.