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Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship' venturebeat.com/technology/thi… via @VentureBeat

AI powers citizen-led disaster relief from afar for Venezuela restofworld.org/2026/venezuela…

AI vendors have found someone to pay their infrastructure bills: You theregister.com/software/2026/…

Fireworks raised $1.5bn on a bet that companies will build AI, not rent it thenextweb.com/news/fireworks… via @thenextweb

Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang. arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/…

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/…

Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball? techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/why… via @techcrunch

Hyundai reportedly looking to take total control of robotics giant Boston Dynamics engadget.com/2216427/hyunda… | It’s planning to accelerate the commercialization of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot, Bloomberg says

OpenAI's GPT-Red automates prompt injection testing to harden AI agents: thenewstack.io/gpt-red-prompt… via @thenewstack

The EU issues two decisions under the DMA that order Google to provide rival AI assistants and search engines comparable access to Android and some Search data theverge.com/policy/966438/…

'We have maybe 20 months' to rebuild for AI agents, Meta's infrastructure VP tells VB Transform 2026 venturebeat.com/data/we-have-m… via @VentureBeat

The Gulf has billions to spend on AI. It still needs Nvidia restofworld.org/2026/gulf-ai-i…

Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report theregister.com/os-platforms/2…

Reflection signs a $1bn AI compute deal with Nebius, its second big capacity grab in a month thenextweb.com/news/reflectio… via @thenextweb

OpenAI’s first branded hardware is… a light-up keyboard? arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/ope…

‘Not up for grabs’: Albanese establishes AI office and vows to protect Australian creatives from copyright ‘theft’ theguardian.com/technology/202…

Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/ant… via @techcrunch

The FCC plans to rip up local TV station ownership rules engadget.com/2215682/fcc-pl… | But does it even have the authority to do so?

Anaconda buys Kilo, the open source coding agent that answers to no single model maker thenewstack.io/anaconda-kilo-… via @thenewstack

China approves Apple Intelligence for iPhones, with Alibaba, Baidu as partners sc.mp/jalhw?utm_sour… via @scmpnews