AI News
AI News
English-language AI news, collected automatically every day. Click a headline to read the original article. (Last updated: July 20, 2026)
July 20, 2026
What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit
Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.
Read article →Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get i…
Read article →I hate that I don’t hate this song made with Suno
1010Benja won’t apologize for using AI. | Image: 1010Benja / Instagram I would never go so far as to say there's no plac…
Read article →July 19, 2026
‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’
"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."
Read article →Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all
Current AI, a non-profit building AI that leaves no one culture behind, has made remarkable progress across devices, AI…
Read article →Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Dave Eggers attends the "The Turning Point: To Be Destroyed" premiere. | Image: John Lamparski/Getty Images for Tribeca…
Read article →Kimi: Threat or menace?
Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communi…
Read article →July 18, 2026
The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here…
Read article →Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?
The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions.
Read article →Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach expo…
Read article →How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
Now that Google has changed how its usage quotas are tallied, you might not get as many AI responses as you did before.
Read article →Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents
“Context bombing” tricks malicious AI agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
Read article →Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silic…
Read article →Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs
From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every…
Read article →Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI mode…
Read article →The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’
If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?
Read article →Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.
Read article →AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to cor…
Read article →Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.
Read article →TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool
TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as…
Read article →How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pat…
Read article →Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI
Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to thi…
Read article →San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores
Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.
Read article →July 17, 2026
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 1…
Read article →A scorecard for the AI age
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, introduces a practical AI scorecard to measure ROI through useful work, cost per successful…
Read article →A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president’s son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it’…
Read article →The risk of weather data sabotage is rising
Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing:…
Read article →Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
On today’s Uncanny Valley, we unpack OpenAI’s ongoing drama, both legal and reputational, and whether these developments…
Read article →It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
Read article →xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.
Elon Musk's xAI files first lawsuit against Grok user accused of making child sex images.
Read article →Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory
Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.
Read article →Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."
Creator says he will "very loudly ignore" those arguing for a ban on AI tools.
Read article →The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economi…
Read article →The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials
Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain th…
Read article →Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and lo…
Read article →New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not ag…
Read article →The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can…
Read article →The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate…
Read article →Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini…
Read article →Why teens deserve access to safe AI
Learn how OpenAI is making ChatGPT safer for teens with age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls,…
Read article →Connect more of your apps to Search
You’ll be able to securely link and interact with your go-to services directly in AI Mode.
Read article →Create, edit and star in videos with two Google Vids updates
Gemini Omni and personal avatars in Google Vids make video creation easier than ever.
Read article →Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
Read article →July 16, 2026
Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you
1Password has launched a new browser integration for Claude that allows the Anthropic chatbot to access stored security…
Read article →Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after t…
Read article →Computer cops
I stood before a hulking glass and brick structure in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. Thousands gathered inside to see w…
Read article →Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI
I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the defa…
Read article →A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping
Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently.
Read article →QumulusAI’s direct listing: Accelerating the neocloud for enterprise AI
Neocloud provider QumulusAI said today that it will starting trading Thursday as a publicly traded company on Nasdaq und…
Read article →How Cars24 scales conversations and builds faster with OpenAI
Cars24 uses OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to handle 1M+ monthly conversation minutes, recover 12% of lost leads,…
Read article →Cadence extends its AI agents beyond chips with AuraStack for circuit boards and packaging
Integrated circuit and electronic hardware design company Cadence Design Systems Inc. today announced a new artificial i…
Read article →Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by…
Read article →xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child…
Read article →Construction robot startup Monumental reels in $32M
Monumental BV, a Dutch startup that operates a fleet of bricklaying robots, has raised $35 million in funding. Khosla Ve…
Read article →3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design
Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural…
Read article →AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs
This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan's…
Read article →AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet
Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little b…
Read article →Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Ma…
Read article →Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer
OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that it uses as a sparring partner to help its other models boost th…
Read article →Atlassian evolves Jira into an orchestration hub for developers and AI agents
Atlassian Corp. today announced it is expanding Jira with updates that will help developers prepare, distribute and trac…
Read article →OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?
The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.
Read article →Perplexity launches secure sandbox to make its AI agents secure and powerful
Perplexity AI Inc. today introduced a new feature that takes its current agentic artificial intelligence service, Comput…
Read article →July 15, 2026
The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action
OpenAI outlines a “reverse federalism” approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for s…
Read article →An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI
Gidi Littwin’s new AI startup, Hemispheric, makes diagnostic brain scans for conditions like depression, PTSD, and Parki…
Read article →GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness
Explore GPT-Red, OpenAI’s automated red teaming system that uses self-play to improve AI safety, alignment, and prompt i…
Read article →My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell
Companies’ increasing reliance on AI chatbots isn’t making the customer service experience smarter. It’s just making it…
Read article →Construction automation startup TerraFirma raises $115M
TerraFirma Inc., a startup with a platform that enables construction teams to remotely operate heavy machinery, has rais…
Read article →Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis calls for creation of AI standards body
Artificial intelligence pioneer Demis Hassabis today called for the creation of a standards body focused on regulating f…
Read article →IBM shares plummet 25% on weak preliminary earnings
Shares of IBM Corp. plunged 25% today after it posted preliminary second-quarter earnings that missed expectations. The…
Read article →Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
Read article →US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time
US military’s drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
Read article →Can AI build a jet engine? JARVIS Challenge tests role of AI copilots in tough-tech engineering
MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-per…
Read article →Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI
The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.
Read article →Concho AI turns enterprise codebases into a knowledge layer for AI agents
Concho AI today introduced its flagship platform, an artificial intelligence platform that understands software developm…
Read article →Celebrating 25 years of visual search innovation
Google Images is turning 25. Here’s a look back at some major milestones — and new ways to explore and create visual con…
Read article →Chai Discovery nabs $400M Series C as AI-designed antibodies reach Big Pharma
Chai Discovery Inc., a company that develops artificial intelligence models to predict interactions between biochemical…
Read article →July 14, 2026
Cribl buys AI-native threat detection engineering startup CardinalOps
Data observability and telemetry management company Cribl Inc. says it’s extending its capabilities into security operat…
Read article →Oracle opens Fusion Agentic Applications to pro-code developers and coding agents
Oracle Corp. today announced a new artificial intelligence-native experience for its Fusion Applications within Oracle A…
Read article →How to manage AI investments in the agentic era
Learn how enterprises can manage AI investments in the agentic era by measuring useful work per dollar, improving effici…
Read article →How sales teams use ChatGPT Work
See how sales teams can use ChatGPT Work to create pipeline briefs, meeting prep packets, forecast reviews, account plan…
Read article →How data science teams use ChatGPT Work
See how data science teams can use ChatGPT Work to build root-cause briefs, impact readouts, KPI memos, scoped analyses,…
Read article →AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data
“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, an…
Read article →What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox fir…
Read article →July 13, 2026
July 10, 2026
How Deutsche Telekom is rewiring telecommunications with AI
How Deutsche Telekom is becoming an AI-native telco with OpenAI-transforming customer service, employee workflows, netwo…
Read article →Getting started with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT, start your first conversation, and discover simple ways to write, brainstorm, and solve proble…
Read article →Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on ins…
Read article →Tiny robot boats build floating structures
MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assemb…
Read article →July 9, 2026
GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Learn how GPT-5.6 powers Microsoft 365 Copilot with stronger AI capabilities across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and C…
Read article →GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty
Details about the OpenAI Bio Bounty program
Read article →MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern manufacturing
MIT and Tec de Monterrey will expand FrED curriculum to universities across Mexico.
Read article →July 7, 2026
The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases…
Read article →Expanding Managed Agents in Gemini API: background tasks, remote MCP and more
We’re announcing new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready age…
Read article →Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox fir…
Read article →July 3, 2026
July 2, 2026
Building the foundation for an autonomous enterprise
Artificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its…
Read article →Teaching AI to run with the turbines
Artificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its…
Read article →The latest AI news we announced in June 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from June 2026.
Read article →New York City educators and industry leaders gathered at Google’s offices to shape the future of AI in classrooms.
Google, the New York Jobs CEO Council and Urban Assembly hosted an AI summit for 150 education and industry leaders.
Read article →July 1, 2026
LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.
Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number betwee…
Read article →Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product
At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers on Tuesday, Anthropic announced Claude Scie…
Read article →Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?
Computer scientist Phillip Isola cuts through the hype to explain how AI agents work and what the future might hold for…
Read article →June 30, 2026
Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t
Artificial intelligence is transforming what is possible in agriculture, but industry leaders should be wary of investin…
Read article →Unlocking Britain’s next era of productivity: Building a nation of AI trailblazers
Google UK shares its latest Economic Impact Report and how to enable more people to unlock the benefits of AI-powered te…
Read article →Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd.
Read article →3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgmen…
Read article →Ask an AI expert: What exactly is the full stack?
A Google expert explains what it means to take a full-stack approach to AI and why it’s been the foundation of our AI wo…
Read article →June 26, 2026
LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details
To help robots do chores in places like homes and factories, a new approach from MIT uses one language model to clarify…
Read article →Our latest Google Finance upgrades, including a new app
The new Google Finance is coming out of beta and launching a new Android app.
Read article →