An AI model called Claude Mythos reportedly broke a post-quantum cryptography challenge that stumped human researchers for years, raising new questions about AI vs. cryptographic security.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells the Financial Times that banning Chinese AI from the US is not effective, and argues openness beats restriction.
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Perplexity has launched Personal Computer for Windows, extending its agent platform to more than a billion Windows devices and adding local file control.
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Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged a man with destroying government property after he entered a GrapheneOS duress password at the airport, erasing his phone.
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X Money has launched in limited US beta for Premium and Premium+ subscribers, offering a deposit account, peer-to-peer payments, and a metal debit card.
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NVIDIA and 40+ companies launch the Open Secure AI Alliance to build open cybersecurity tools, AI safety research, and defensive AI stacks.
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Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and 47 other organizations signed an open letter urging Washington to keep open-weight AI models unrestricted, citing U.S. leadership and competition.
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China's cyberspace regulator has banned AI companion chatbots for minors, prompting ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent to disable features amid demographic concerns.
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Anthropic launched Claude for Small Business, a package of connectors and ready-to-run workflows that put Claude inside tools like QuickBooks, PayPal, and HubSpot.
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LG says it will suspend webOS apps that turn smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, following research showing 42% of LG apps included proxy SDKs.
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Poolside launched Laguna S 2.1, a 118B-parameter open-weight coding MoE, claiming it outperforms models many times larger on agentic benchmarks.
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University of Toronto researchers used an AI-driven active learning platform to find six new heat-resistant NiCoCr alloys, outperforming Inconel 625 in key tests.
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Flock Safety canceled its audio distress detection pilot on July 17, 2026, after the EFF and public outcry over microphone surveillance of public spaces.
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Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, a proactive model it says approaches Fable 5's intelligence at about half the cost, available across all platforms from July 24, 2026.
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The number of Americans age 16 and over not in the labor force hit a record 105.8 million, raising questions about structural shifts in the U.S. workforce.
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