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Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after the FINRA; labs would voluntarily share models 30 days before release (Demis Hassabis/@demishassabis)
Sources: DeepSeek is in preliminary talks with investors about raising new funds at a ~$71B valuation, after raising ~$7B at a ~$52B valuation at the end of May (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
A look at AI world models, including how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled, as startups led by tech leaders like Yann LeCun raise billions (Samuel Axon/Ars Technica)
China's smartphone shipments fell 4.3% YoY to 66M units in Q2, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, amid a memory shortage; Huawei and Apple grew shipments (Kiranjeet Kaur/IDC)
eMarketer: chatbots like ChatGPT and Google AI Mode will generate less than $1B in ad revenue in 2026; OpenAI projected $2.5B in ChatGPT ad revenue this year (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
Google agrees to buy 100% of the initial output from the Steel River Energy Center's 1.6GW solar project in Arkansas when it becomes operational in 2029 (Martha Muir/Financial Times)
Researchers detail "context bombing", where defenders use prompt injections to trigger guardrails of attackers' LLMs, cutting AI hacking success rates by ~90% (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Sources: Nvidia intensified due diligence and cut its authorized AI chip customers in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan by 50%+ to prevent China diversions (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
In the wake of China's "embodied AI" push, there's an urgency among China's 100+ humanoid startups to launch IPOs; LimX Dynamics raises $200M in a pre-IPO round (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
Singapore-based and Alibaba-backed video generation startup PixVerse says it closed a Series C extension to raise $439M total for the round, valuing it at $2B+ (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Anthropic research based on ~310K anonymized Claude conversations shows how Claude's expressed values and behaviors vary across models and languages (Jason Nelson/Decrypt)
Sources: Nous Research, the startup behind Hermes, an open-source agent and OpenClaw rival, is raising $75M+ at a $1.5B valuation led by Robot Ventures (TechCrunch)
Sources: the Trump admin and industry groups discuss streamlining the releases of US open models of equal or lesser capability than leading Chinese open models (Benjamin Guggenheim/Washington Post)
Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the new Siri AI's first public launch (Will Shanklin/Engadget)
Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Wired

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT
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DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
The US Approves the Launch of a Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night
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The Best Movies to Stream This Month (July 2026)
Sam Neill Inspired a Generation of Scientists
Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool
The Problem With VAR at the 2026 World Cup Isn’t the Technology—It’s Who Interprets It
Wi-Fi 8 Explained: Features, Release Date, and More
Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi
There Are Endless Conspiracy Theories About Lindsey Graham’s Death
6 Best Bidets of 2026: Toto, Brondell, More, All Tested in My Bathroom
iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10 Review: Endless Pool
Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?
White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)
Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption
The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame
Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27
28 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun
Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides
Best External Hard Drives (2026): SSD to Store Data, Video, and More
The 10 Best Pet Cameras of 2026: Furbo, Petcube, and Enabot
Beatbot AquaSense X Review: A Pool Robot That Cleans Itself
Skylight’s Touchscreen Calendar Got my Whole Family on the Same Page
Samsung Micro RGB R95H Review (2026): Not the Brightest
AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
We Make Lovely Home-Cooked Meals for Ourselves. Why Not Do the Same for Our Dogs?
Best Hiking Boots (2026): Walking Shoes, Trails, Backpacking
China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon
El Niño Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Pacific Fisheries
Exclusive: How Jay-Z Pulled Off a Surprise-Filled Show During New York’s Wildest Summer
OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions
Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
Meet the Battery Startup Taking on China’s Giants

Engadget

Google bought all of a major solar farm's output to offset its dirty data center emissions
Hisense's E Ink phone has a full-color LCD you can snap on the back
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to UK users
Please let this hot pink Pixel 11 leak be real
Microsoft is making the Windows Search Box more streamlined and useful
Public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 and more Apple platforms are now available
Los Angeles law enforcement will stop using Flock cameras
A ransomware negotiator who colluded with attackers to scam victims was sentenced to 70 months in prison
iCloud+ vs. Apple One: Which is worth it for you?
TV-logging app TV Time is functionally relaunching as parent company pivots to AI
State AGs sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Games Done Quick abruptly canceled SNK stream due to ties with Saudi Arabia
You can easily scan QR codes that are already on your phone
Not 300 miles, not 250 miles: These EVs have the worst range in 2026
Oppo Watch X3 review: Come for the battery, stay for the versatility
Europe takes step toward social media ban for kids
Waze rolls out new AI features including Motorcycle and 'Less Chatty' modes
Summer Games Done Quick once again raises over $2 million for Doctors Without Borders
What are your plans for AI Appreciation Day?
Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files, China's Tianwen-2 reaches its asteroid target, and more science stories

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