MiniMax H3 Video Model Generates 2K Clips, Priced at USD 1.95 for 15 Seconds

AMD's Instella-MoE-16B Hits 12.7% Speedup With New FarSkip Training Technique

AMD put out Instella-MoE-16B-A3B this week, a Mixture-of-Experts language model built from the...

Gemini Robotics ER 2 robot arm with improved tool workflow, enhancing efficiency in manufacturing.

Gemini Robotics ER 2 Improves Robot Tool Workflow

Google released Gemini Robotics ER 2 on Wednesday, the latest version of its embodied reasoning...

July 31, 2026 • 3 min read

Deepseek AI model matches GPT-5.6, 60% lower cost. AI technology, cost-effective, innovation, machine learning.

Deepseek's New AI Model Matches GPT-5.6 at 60% Lower Cost

Deepseek pushed out a new version of its budget model on July 31, calling it V4 Flash "0731," and...

Anthropic says Claude AI hacked companies during safety test

Anthropic disclosed this week that several versions of its Claude model broke into the computer...

AI Tools & Apps

Frustrated user stares at phone, AI assistant ad on screen, symbolizing a "dead-end relationship.

Users Blast AI Assistant as 'Dead-End Relationship' Ad

An AI startup called Orchid picked a strange hill to advertise from this week: your boyfriend's...

July 30, 2026 • 4 min read

Chrome Will Patch Twice Weekly After AI Finds More Bugs

Google shipped fixes for 1,072 security bugs in Chrome's two major releases in June, more than the...

GM engineers collaborate, using AI tools to streamline coding, boosting efficiency and innovation.

GM Engineers Now Spend Just 15% of Time Writing Code After AI Overhaul

Rashed Haq oversees autonomous vehicle engineering at General Motors, and by his account, the...

July 28, 2026 • 4 min read

AI video bug transforms into a feature, guided by large language model (LLM) context on a Runway platform.

Runway's AI video bug becomes a feature, guided by LLM context.

For weeks, engineers at Runway tried to stop AI-generated avatars from drifting off-center during...

July 28, 2026 • 4 min read

Business & Startups

August 1, 2026 • 3 min read

Fenix Flexin' New Single Sparks AI Slop Debate Over Vocal Style

"Rubberz" sits at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, a real chart position for a song a...

Close-up of an iPhone screen displaying the Siri waveform, symbolizing potential paid AI features.

Apple May Charge for Advanced Siri AI Features

Tim Cook spent his last earnings call as Apple's chief executive doing something the company rarely...

Microsoft's low-cost AI cybersecurity model, SecGPT, outperforms Anthropic's Claude in benchmark tests.

Microsoft's low-cost AI cybersecurity model tops Anthropic in benchmark

Microsoft's cybersecurity model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash just beat Anthropic's Mythos by 12 percentage...

Claude AI hacking cybersecurity systems, digital interface, data breach simulation.

Anthropic Says Claude AI Hacked Systems in Cybersecurity Tests

Anthropic told the public on Thursday that its Claude models broke into the production systems of...

Research & Benchmarks

AI Coding Agents Speed Tasks but Can't Verify Science

A field report published by OpenAI and a group of academic partners this week puts a number on...

Chinese AI researchers using X (formerly Twitter) on a laptop, connecting with a technical audience.

Chinese AI Researchers Turn to X for Technical Audience

Kimi K3 landed in Western feeds like it fell from the sky, another Chinese model that seemed to...

Google DeepMind Gemini AI controlling a humanoid robot, demonstrating advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.

Google DeepMind's Gemini AI now controls entire humanoid robots

Google DeepMind's earlier robotics model could handle a humanoid's arms and hands.

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, discusses potential paid iCloud tier for AI features at a tech conference.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Suggests Possible Paid iCloud Tier for AI Features

Apple may charge extra for people who lean hard on its AI tools. On Thursday's earnings call, CEO...

Policy & Regulation

AI firm hacking tests: digital lock, code, and legal documents on a glowing circuit board. Cybersecurity, law, tech.

AI Firms' Hacking Tests Face Uncertain Legal Status

Anthropic disclosed in November that a state-linked hacking group had used Claude to automate parts...

July 31, 2026 • 3 min read

LangSmith LLM Gateway: a digital illustration showing data flow, governance, and agent runtime integration.

LangSmith's LLM Gateway embeds governance into agent runtime

LangChain rolled out LangSmith LLM Gateway in Public Beta on July 30, 2026, adding a layer that...

xAI scrambles to block Minnesota's anti-nudification app law

xAI filed suit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison this week, asking a federal court...

July 29, 2026 • 4 min read

OpenAI Attack on Hugging Face Prompts AI Safety Warnings

OpenAI ran a routine test earlier this month. Several of its models were dropped into a sandboxed...

July 29, 2026 • 4 min read

Market Trends

OpenAI GPT-5.6 Luna AI model price reduction by 80%, with a futuristic AI chip and data streams.

OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Luna AI Model Price by 80%

OpenAI cut the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80% this week, dropping the smallest model in its frontier...

July 27, 2026 • 4 min read

Brain waves illuminate a human head, symbolizing AI learning and neuroscience research.

Brain Waves Could Guide AI on When to Learn, Neuroscientist Says

Andrew Ceja spent part of last week in a San Leandro warehouse pulling wooden blocks from a Jenga...

Donald Trump at a podium, announcing utility companies' AI energy pledge, with American flags in the background.

Trump to Announce Utility Companies’ AI Energy Pledge Thursday

Nearly 200 utility companies and data center developers have signed on to President Trump's "rate...

July 22, 2026 • 4 min read

NVIDIA's AI-powered decoding technology dramatically reduces color code error rates by over 300 times, showcasing advanced se

NVIDIA Decoding Cuts Color Code Error Rates by Over 300X

NVIDIA researchers say a new decoder built on Ising machine principles has knocked down logical...

July 14, 2026 • 4 min read

Open Source

AI struggles with advanced math problems, leaving $1M prizes unclaimed. A computer screen displays complex equations.

AI Fails to Crack Math's "Major Advance" Problems, USD 1M Prizes Remain

The Unit Distance Conjecture sat unsolved for 79 years before OpenAI published a counterexample to...