Weekly AI summary - curated from 1109 articles
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Here are the weekly AI news:
Anthropic:
• Anthropic discloses Claude Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, internal model hacked three organizations in April during cyber testing; 141,000 runs reviewed theverge
OpenAI:
• July 30: OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna 80% to $0.20/$1.20, Terra 20% to $2/$12, adds Sol fast mode 2.5x speed at 2x price. startuptalky
NVidia:
• Nvidia and SK Group unveil $500B AI initiative with 2GW data centre using Vera Rubin chips and high bandwidth memory HBM4 by 2027 livemint
Investment:
• Nscale acquires Anyscale for $1.65B to vertically integrate AI workload management with its neocloud infrastructure. techcrunch
• CXMT’s $8.6B semiconductor IPO on July 27, 2026, surges 531%, becomes China’s top A-share firm, driven by AI memory demand. technode
• Nvidia’s reported $250B financing for OpenAI’s 10-gigawatt data center project shifts AI leadership to infrastructure, capital, and energy. devdiscourse
Automated Driving:
• FREENOW partners with Baidu Apollo Go to test Apollo RT6 robotaxis in London’s Brent borough, public rides begin 2027. technode
China:
• Pboc launches national tech finance data catalogue with 26 indicators across 8 categories on July 29, 2026 technologynewschina
• China’s AI models train at one-tenth cost, API at 10-20% of rivals, with 20-40% gross margins. technode
• Open-weight Moonshot Kimi K3 nearly matches GPT-5.6; Microsoft coalition backs open models over proprietary. zdnet
• Model distillation becomes latest US-China AI battleground as Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax of extracting Claude capabilities; OpenAI also detects. livemint
Europe:
• EU opens €30B tender for up to seven AI gigafactories, bids due November 12, 2026, awards early 2027. tagesschau
• Google signs EU AI Act code of practice with SynthID partnerships, warns regulatory complexity contradicts EU competitiveness goals. blog
Germany:
• Munich court rules Suno infringed GEMA copyrights, rejecting text-and-data-mining defense; injunction immediately enforceable, damages later. techtimes
Hardware:
• 1950 billion in forward HBM (high bandwidth memory) contracts lock AI accelerator supply through 2030, leaving unsecured firms facing years-long shortages. techtimes
Agents:
• In 2026, AI automation market at $169.46B dwarfs RPA’s $35.27B, but enterprises need both in intelligent automation layers. tekrevol
Large Industry-Specific AI Models (LIMs):
• SAP’s July 27, 2026 tabular AI foundation model with table-native transformer and in-context learning reduces retraining for autonomous enterprise. towardsai
Healthcare:
• AI-driven drug discovery hits data wall, needs negative data and autonomous labs to close loop by 2026. technologyreview
Adoption & Transformation:
• AI governance platforms market emerges with dedicated tools, cloud integration, and growing agentic AI controls in 2026. techtarget
Regulation & Government:
• Trump administration bans new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs, and power inverters citing national security; 15,000 humanoids shipped in 2025 techcrunch
• June 2026 federal restrictions on Anthropic and OpenAI mandate six minimum conditions for frontier AI governance. ari
• Over 1,100 AI workers urge U.S. to develop governance tools for slowing automated recursive self-improvement. businessinsider
Curated with AI from 1109 news reports. Article summaries are in the attachment for viewing in a browser (not email reader).
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