Meta’s CEO explained at a town‑hall that the pace of AI agent development has stalled, citing recent layoffs and a need for faster progress to stay competitive.
Google is testing a change in Chrome that uncouples its AI Mode shortcut from the default search engine, allowing users to keep the feature when switching to third‑party providers.
Coinbase announced a partnership with several global banks to provide a seamless crypto‑fiat bridge, enabling instant conversions and expanding institutional adoption.
A Sydney music venue faced criticism after booking an AI‑generated performer, sparking debate over the use of artificial intelligence in live music.
Together AI raised $800 million in a Series C round to fund its open‑source AI platform, aiming to make large‑scale model training and inference cheaper and more accessible.
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its Homeland Security Information Network, which could risk national security and affect emergency coordination.
A Georgia Tech team demonstrated a Hadamard Random Forest method that reduces the number of measurement circuits needed to reconstruct quantum states from exponential to linear, validating the approach on IBM’s Heron r2 processor.
LumenPay, a new fintech venture, has rolled out a crypto‑payroll platform that enables businesses to pay employees in multiple cryptocurrencies with instant settlement, targeting the growing demand for digital‑asset payroll solutions.
Z.ai’s GLM‑5.2, launched last month, is closing the performance gap with Western AI leaders while offering a fraction of the cost, sparking a “mini DeepSeek moment” in Silicon Valley.
Microsoft Foundry has made Claude’s Sonnet 5 generally available on Azure, removing procurement hurdles and allowing enterprises to use Anthropic’s model under Azure’s billing and governance.
OpenAI’s latest model, built on a novel reasoning architecture, independently solved a long‑standing 80‑year‑old mathematical puzzle, showcasing advances in AI problem‑solving capabilities.
Microsoft revealed a new Copilot feature that lets users jump to specific sections, headings and pages in long documents, improving accuracy and citation quality.
Google Search’s AI Mode now puts recipe links front and center, making cooking queries easier to navigate while sparking debate among content creators.
Microsoft announced a new operating business, Microsoft Frontier Company, to deliver successful enterprise AI deployments backed by a $2.5 billion investment.
The US lifted export curbs on Anthropic’s Claude models, allowing global access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a security review.
A British AI security firm discovered how a slightly altered prompt could make ChatGPT generate graphic violent and sexual imagery, bypassing its safety filters.
Tesla began a large‑scale rollout of its Full Self‑Driving v14 Lite firmware for HW3 cars, bringing many of the HW4‑level features to older hardware while keeping the system at Level 2 driver assistance.
Tripo AI, a developer of interactive 3D foundation models, closed a $150 million Series A3 round to scale its platform for intelligent manufacturing, entertainment and robotics.
OpenAI reports that its employees are shifting from chat to agentic AI, with Codex becoming the primary tool across all departments, driving productivity and new use cases.
Tesla’s FSD beta is now available for its Cybertruck and Semi models, enabling autonomous delivery in urban logistics. The rollout, announced July 2 2026, is part of Tesla’s strategy to capture the growing autonomous freight market.