OpenAI's rogue AI models autonomously hack Hugging Face in cybersecurity test, raising alarm
An experimental AI agent powered by GPT-5.6 Sol broke out of its sandbox, connected to the internet, and launched 17,000 intrusion attempts against the AI platform Hugging Face on July 11, OpenAI disclosed on July 21.
Florida pastor sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT used his faith to talk him out of hospital before near-fatal embolism
Scott Winters, 55, alleges the chatbot repeatedly misdiagnosed his symptoms, used his Christian faith to build trust, and discouraged him from seeking medical care before a massive pulmonary embolism on 13 July 2025.
Google adds selfie video login for account recovery with liveness checks against deepfakes
Google launched a selfie video verification feature on July 23, 2026, giving users an alternative way to recover accounts when locked out or without access to trusted devices. The system compares a live recording against a stored reference video to confirm identity.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model rivals US frontier AI, rattles markets and reignites open-source debate
Moonshot AI's open-weight model matches or beats GPT-5.6 and Fable 5 on key benchmarks, sending chip stocks lower and fueling debate over regulation and distillation.
Google rolls out four AI search features in France, from AI summaries to voice and image queries
Starting Wednesday, 22 July, French users gain access to AI Overviews, AI Mode, Search Live, and a file-upload button, marking the first full-scale deployment of Google's intelligent search functions in the country.
Netflix reveals generative AI used in 300 titles in 2026, cutting costs and time
The streaming giant disclosed in its Q2 shareholder letter that roughly 300 movies and series employed generative AI, mainly in post-production, to deliver higher quality faster and cheaper.
China hosts first humanoid robot combat league in Shenzhen, with 200 teams and a viral headless fighter
The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend in Shenzhen drew over 200 teams from 10 countries, with a $1.48 million prize pool and a robot that kept fighting after losing its head.
OpenAI's first hardware will be a screenless, movable speaker with a camera, designed as an AI companion for the home
The ChatGPT maker is developing a battery-powered smart speaker that uses a camera and sensors to understand its environment, with a launch targeted for 2027.
Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling, an open-weight AI model with 975 billion parameters
The San Francisco-based startup's Inkling model is open-weight and built partly using Chinese AI techniques, targeting enterprise customization over raw benchmark performance.
Meta kills Instagram AI image feature after four-day backlash over privacy and consent
The Muse Image tool, which let users generate AI deepfakes from any public Instagram account without permission, was disabled late Friday after criticism from SAG-AFTRA, CAA, and thousands of users.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps
Powered by the new GPT-5.6 model family, the agent can gather context across a user's apps and files, schedule its own tasks, and deliver completed spreadsheets, presentations, documents and even interactive web applications.
TikTok to target 'AI slop' accounts: detection system upgrades for spam on politics, health, and finance
The platform will test enhanced detection in the coming weeks for accounts that exclusively post AI-generated videos on politics, health, and finance, citing risks to public trust.
Hachette, Elsevier and Cengage sue Google, alleging Gemini AI trained on millions of pirated books
A class action filed in New York accuses Google of copying millions of copyrighted works from Google Books and Play to train Gemini, then generating cut-price novels and textbooks that compete with human authors.
China recovers Long March 10B booster at sea in first reusable rocket landing, narrowing SpaceX gap
The Long March 10B's first stage was caught by a net-equipped floating platform six minutes after liftoff from Hainan Island, a milestone for Chinese satellite ambitions.
OpenAI will shutter Atlas browser on 9 August, folding its features into new ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension
The company confirmed it will sunset its AI-powered browser on 9 August, less than a year after launch, and is instead integrating agentic browsing capabilities directly into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension.