OpenAIs KI-Agent knackte nicht nur Hugging Face – was genau passierte
OpenAI-Modelle attackierten vergangene Woche scheinbar weitere Software. Die Firma erklärt nun ausführlicher, was genau passiert ist.
China’s renewable energy generation surpasses 40% of total power output for first time in H1 2026
According to CCTV News, the National Energy Administration (NEA) held a press conference on Wednesday, announcing that China’s renewable energy sector saw rapid growth in the first half of 2026, with renewable power generation accounting for more than 40% of total electricity generation for the first time. During the first half of the year, China’s […]
Finance firms set to pour more investment into AI amid ‘data divide’ fears
A majority of surveyed global asset management firms plan to raise their artificial intelligence budgets by at least 50 per cent within the next year as the technology transforms the finance industry, a recent study showed. The adoption of AI is also going to have a big impact on labour-intensive operations: 62 per cent of polled fund managers expect transformative change in data generation and summarisation, according to a study released Tuesday by US fintech firm Clearwater...
AI investment concentration risk is not just in equities
Bond markets are increasingly dominated by a bet on the same thesis as other asset classes
The UK has worse mobile coverage than Romania. Why?
Operators blame planning rules and low prices for a lack of investment
CuspAI's Max Welling: ‘We are building molecules to remove forever chemicals from water’
The co-founder of the UK-based science start-up explains how AI can help create new materials to address some of the world’s most complex challenges
Home water harvesting is being supercharged by Nobel Prize-winning tech
Start-up Ahbstra applies MOF technology to draw moisture from the atmosphere at volume, using minimal energy
Final Call: Age Verification and Restricting Social Media for Children, Delhi, 31 July #NAMA
Join experts at MediaNama event to discuss age verification, social media restrictions for children, platform design, privacy, online safety, and practical regulatory approaches. The post Final Call: Age Verification and Restricting Social Media for Children, Delhi, 31 July #NAMA appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness seeks to raise capital after AI rout
Hedge fund has held talks with existing investors and lenders in recent days
Joyce Carol Oates Defends ‘The Odyssey’ and Slams Translator for Scathing Review: ‘Speaks in the Crude Language of MAGA Folks’
Author Joyce Carol Oates came to the defense of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” after translator Emily Wilson wrote a viral review attacking the film. “Rather than disagreeing with interpretations of Homer in a collegial manner, this person, who has benefited enormously from Nolan’s film, speaks in the crude language of MAGA folks attacking someone with […]
China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it 'severely damages' relations
China's Commerce Ministry said Thursday the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has repeatedly ignored Beijing's restrained stance.
Zuckerberg lays out Meta's AI capacity dilemma: What to sell vs. what to keep
For investors anxious to hear more about Meta's plans to make money from its big AI spending, Mark Zuckerberg said there's a trade-off.
Justin Bieber’s Sneakers Worn During World Cup Final Performance Sold at Auction for Almost $30K
Christie's auction house handled the One Goal auction, which benefits the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, a $100 million initiative to expand access to quality education and football for children worldwide.
SpaceX faces House Energy Committee demand to tour its AI data centers in Memphis
The ranking member of the House Committee on Energy is demanding SpaceX records and a tour of its data centers and power plants in and around Memphis.
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology
First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Musk’s company sued on Monday in federal court, days before the law is set to take effect on Saturday and make M
Freehand raises $75m for AI agents that manage supply chain spend
Freehand, a startup building AI agents that manage supply-chain spend for giants including Meta and Pfizer, has raised $75 million in funding.
Meta shares tumble as Zuckerberg tries to sell his vision for AI ‘agents’
Social media chief defends strategy based on personalised bots as costs rise and revenue projections disappoint
White House’s new high-risk life sciences policy calls for monitoring AI dangers
“The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will convene an interagency group to monitor advancements at the intersection of biological sciences and artificial intelligence, including in silico life sciences research,” the guidance says.
Production Assistants on CBS’ ‘Cupertino’ Vote to Unionize
The New Jersey-based workers unanimously declared their support for joining LiUNA Local 724 in the labor group’s first victory on a CBS Studios series.
Digital avatar of Jair Bolsonaro tests Brazil’s AI election rules
Lawyers for former president insist he did not authorise the projection following legal challenge from leftwing groups
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar tells employees that annualized revenue in July topped all of Q2
OpenAI is trying to reassure employees that the business is healthy as competition emerges from Anthropic as well as a host of open-source players.
K-12 cyber information exchange, incident catalog would be directed by CISA under new legislative proposal
The Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act failed to pass in 2023. Sens. Mark Warner and Marsha Blackburn said their bill is urgently needed in 2026.
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years
As Meta pours billions into AI infrastructure and agents, Zuckerberg is working to convince investors that the payoff will be worth the price.
Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag
When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing.
Howard Revisits Disenrollment Decision
Howard Revisits Disenrollment Decision Joshua.Bay Wed, 07/29/2026 - 06:27 PM In a conversation with Inside Higher Ed , Interim President Wayne Frederick said Howard reinstated more than 200 students and outlined changes to improve communication. Byline(s) Joshua Bay
Zuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agents
On the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sees a “large enterprise opportunity” spanning AI agents, APIs, compute, and internal software.
Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year
Microsoft is working on an AI "super app" that combines Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span "both consumer and commercial experiences" when it launches this year. "Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to Autopilots," Nadella said. "This quarter, […]
Microsoft’s cloud just hit a new milestone—Azure crosses $100 billion in annual revenue
Microsoft’s fiscal Q4 revenue of $90 billion topped Wall Street targets, while Copilot reached 30 million paid seats, and an investment in Anthropic delivered a $3.2 billion windfall.
Mark Zuckerberg is planning a big push into personal AI agents
Meta is all-in on AI, and sometime soon, the company is going to make a big push into personal AI agents that can do things on your behalf. On Wednesday's Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg previewed a high-level vision of how the company is thinking about personal agents and what it will do […]
John Thune Isn’t Bowing to Trump’s Pressure: ‘Show Me How This Ends’
A standoff over the restrictive voting bill Trump is pushing has left nerves raw at the Capitol, with even the typically staid Thune showing signs of frustration.
In an era defined by AI, can work still be measured by the clock?
Hwaseong, South Korea, past midnight. An engineer watches a defect pattern surface on her screen – the kind that, caught now, saves a week of wafers. She is locked in, fully absorbed, the way engineers get when a breakthrough is close. But she has to go home. The law says so. Yet something is disrupting the clock she races against. Artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting what her hours are worth. On June 29, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stood alongside the leaders of Samsung...
Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI
Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law
xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in various ways." The law, the company argues, violates the First Amendment. Back in January, […]
In Diary, Fauci Bragged of Role in School Closures. At Hearing, He Took the 5th
In a three-hour hearing Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the influential scientist who led the national response to COVID, refused to respond to questions about his role in school closures and the mask and social distancing guidelines that experts say have drastically set back students’ learning. Subpoenaed by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the Republican chair […]
Musk's X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
Takes aim at eSafety.
Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate
The post Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate appeared first on ProPublica .
A.I. Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters by the Thousands
The future of artificial intelligence depends on finding more skilled humans for some very physical jobs.
Homeland Security plans to add more AI to FOIA processing
The agency wants automation tools to improve efficiency amid an increasing volume of requests, but advocates of transparency and accountability have concerns. The post Homeland Security plans to add more AI to FOIA processing appeared first on FedScoop .
Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?
Government ban on foreign-made robots may hinder instead of help US robotics.