Author Dave Eggers used an invitation from Sam Altman to address OpenAI staff to deliver a scathing critique of ChatGPT's impact on education.Chinese chip startup Biren has introduced a new optical supernode architecture designed to connect thousands of AI chips in a single cluster.The Trump administration is piloting a program in six states using AI to reduce unnecessary medical spending through automated prior authorization decisions.TikTok is testing an opt-in tool that scans for AI-generated content using creators' likenesses, allowing them to report unauthorized deepfakes. Initially rolled out to some US creators, it requires Jumio identity verification.A humanoid robot demonstrated its cooking skills by preparing traditional Xinjiang dishes during a live culinary show in China.A Chinese EV manufacturer is targeting production of 1,000 Iron humanoid robots per month ahead of a 2027 global rollout. The robot features 22-DoF hands for delicate and heavy tasks, with an expressive display designed to enhance human-robot interaction.Chinese company Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, an open source model that "demonstrated frontier-level performance" despite trailing Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol. Independent analyses from Arena.ai and Vals AI confirmed Kimi is competitive with flagship frontier models.updated at July 18, 2026WIRED Google has completely revamped how Gemini AI usage is measured across subscription tiers (Free, Plus, Pro, Ultra). Instead of counting requests, Google now measures usage by the computing power requirements of each request.Researchers from Tracebit found that planting malicious prompt injections alongside secrets stored on AWS can shut down attacking AI agents.updated at July 16, 2026WIRED Anthropic is urging states to adopt tougher AI regulations beyond the landmark transparency laws it supported in California and New York last year. Its head of US state and local policy says the existing laws may already be outdated given the rapid pace of AI advancement.updated at July 15, 2026WIRED Current and former OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC pushing for stricter AI regulation, directly opposing Leading the Future โ a pro-AI industry PAC bankrolled by $100M+ from OpenAI president Greg Brockman.MIT, IBM, and Red Hat researchers developed GIFT (Geometric Inference Feedback Tuning), a framework that improves AI-driven CAD design by teaching models using their own near-miss mistakes.TikTok is testing an opt-in tool that scans for AI-generated content using creators' likenesses, allowing them to report unauthorized deepfakes. Initially rolled out to some US creators, it requires Jumio identity verification.updated at July 17, 2026NVIDIA NVIDIA and Hugging Face have released a joint integration combining NVIDIA NeMo Automodel with the Diffusers library, enabling memory-efficient fine-tuning of video and image models at scale.Databricks announced a new funding round valued at $188 billion, led by Coatue. The company has been on a year-and-a-half fundraising tear as it successfully transitioned its image into an AI provider.UK luxury phone maker Vertu is selling its Alphafold foldable phone to executives for $6,880, pairing luxury materials with a built-in Hermes Agent AI that can analyze files, automate tasks across apps, and hand off requests to a human concierge.Index Ventures co-founder Neil Rimer, at a tech festival in Athens, said he has "a strong sense that there will be some sort of a redistribution" of the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley, either voluntary or involuntary.A judge has ordered Apple and Google to remove AI-powered "nudify" apps from their app stores. The apps use generative AI to create non-consensual explicit images, raising serious privacy and consent concerns in the AI era.Netflix has acquired Ben Affleck's AI startup in a deal valued at approximately $587 million according to an SEC filing.