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Amazon Rethinks Its AI Strategy and Winds Down Many In‑House Models

Amazon is overhauling its AI portfolio, phasing out flagship Nova models and focusing on frontier‑model research.

Act Security raises $60M to take action against agentic access sprawl at the infrastructure layer

The cloud‑security startup Act Security has secured $60 million to launch an action‑centric platform that protects enterprises from AI‑agent access risks in large‑scale cloud environments.

PayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover offer following earnings beat

PayPal’s Q2 2026 earnings beat expectations and the company signaled it remains open to a higher valuation offer, while pushing an AI‑focused turnaround and cloud modernization.

'Never advocated a ban': Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei breaks silence on open‑weight AI controversy

Anthropic’s chief executive clarified that the company has not called for a broad ban on open‑weight AI models, while urging U.S. regulators to address Chinese model distillation and safety.

Tesla quietly closes mystery AI acquisition, still no details

Tesla finalized a roughly $2 billion AI hardware acquisition, details remain undisclosed in its Q2 2026 filing.

Enigma raises $71M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume

Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI’s hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to handle. Enigma, a research lab set to emerge from stealth, wants to study how humans engage with robots to create intuitive interfaces.

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research

Safe Superintelligence, the AI lab founded by former OpenAI co‑founder Ilya Sutskever, announced a partnership with Nvidia to access its Vera Rubin GPU platform.

Introducing MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash

Microsoft AI launches new high‑fidelity image and voice models that power Bing, PowerPoint and Azure services.

Sam Altman Says AI Has Entered ‘Singularity’: Should We Be Worried?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that AI has reached the singularity, sparking debate over the future of advanced AI and its societal implications.

Oracle debuts Base Database Cloud@Customer system for on-premises databases

Oracle introduced a new on‑premises appliance that lets enterprises run its flagship database and AI workloads in branch offices, blending cloud economics with local control.

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms secures $1.7bn to scale physical AI businesses

The former Uber founder’s industrial AI venture raises a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, aiming to automate mining, food production, construction and transport.

AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems

A proposed law would grant U.S. officials the power to shut down AI systems that could cause catastrophic harm, requiring AI makers to embed technical kill switches.

Musk Updates Progress of Tesla’s Optimus Humanoid Robot, Warns of Initial ‘Long and Flat’ Production Ramp

Tesla announced a dedicated Optimus production line in Fremont, with initial output expected later this year, but CEO Elon Musk cautioned that scaling the humanoid robot will be harder than any previous manufacturing program.

Natural Raises $30M for AI Agent Payments to Rival Stripe

The fintech startup Natural secured $30 million to build a machine‑to‑machine payment infrastructure, positioning itself as a direct competitor to Stripe.

Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

Librarians in Philadelphia and across the U.S. are teaching adults how to disable AI features on their devices, sparking a viral movement to reclaim digital autonomy.

Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary

Prediction‑market platform Kalshi sent a cease‑and‑desist to Netflix over a trailer it says contains defamatory and fabricated content about betting on the platform.

Google Cloud releases State of AI Infrastructure report 2026

The report outlines Google Cloud’s latest AI infrastructure capabilities, including the Agentic Data Cloud and new time‑slicing techniques for reinforcement learning.

Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse

Tesla’s Robotaxi network drove fewer miles for paying customers in Q2 than in Q1, with the fleet covering only about 700,000 miles compared to 1.1 million in the first quarter.

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