Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro Launch as Coding Benchmarks Fall Short
Google delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro past its June 2026 launch as coding results missed internal benchmarks, sending Alphabet shares down roughly 4%.
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Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 Beats Opus 4.8 as the Largest Open Model Ever
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8T parameter open model matching Opus 4.8 on intelligence benchmarks and topping frontend coding leaderboards. Weights drop July 27.
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New Unpatchable BootROM Exploit Targets Apple’s A12 and A13 Chips
Researchers disclose usbliter8, an unpatchable BootROM exploit hitting A12 and A13 chips, affecting iPhone XS through iPhone 11.
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Public Opposition to Data Centers Has Doubled in Nine Months
71% of Americans now oppose a nearby data center, up from 42% in August 2025. Surveys show rising worries over electricity, water, and AI.
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Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Profiting From Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
California has sued Meta, alleging the company knowingly profited from scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that targeted its own users.
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YouTube moves to automatic AI labels on generated videos
YouTube will now auto-label videos when its systems detect significant AI use, repositioning disclosures below the player and locking labels to C2PA metadata.
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Gallup Poll: Americans Prefer Local Nuclear Plants Over AI Data Centers
A new Gallup poll finds 71% of Americans oppose local AI data centers, more than the 53% who oppose nearby nuclear plants.
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European Commission Orders Meta to Change Addictive Facebook and Instagram Features
The European Commission issued a preliminary order on July 10 directing Meta to alter addictive design features on Facebook and Instagram, with fines up to $12 billion possible under the DSA.
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Meta’s Instagram AI image tool lasted days before a privacy backlash ended it
Meta pulled its Muse Image Instagram AI feature within days of launch after SAG-AFTRA, privacy groups, and users objected to default-on use of public photos.
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Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft in Hardware Development
Apple sued OpenAI on July 10, 2026 in California federal court, alleging a coordinated scheme to steal hardware trade secrets, naming Tang Tan and others as defendants.
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News Outlets Ask Court to Sanction OpenAI Over Alleged Withheld Evidence in Copyright Case
The New York Times and other outlets asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI, accusing it of hiding evidence in a copyright lawsuit over AI training data.
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Economists on AI: Confidence Is High, Consensus Is Low
A large survey of economists finds broad agreement that AI matters economically, with deep disagreement on growth, jobs, and inequality impacts.
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Anthropic Maps an Internal Concept Workspace Inside Claude, Without Calling It Consciousness
Anthropic published research on J-Space, an internal concept workspace inside Claude detected via Jacobian methods, while stopping short of claiming consciousness.
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Supreme Court declines to block Texas app store age verification law
Supreme Court refused to block Texas SB 2420 on July 6, 2026, letting app stores require age verification and parental consent for minors; First Amendment challenges head to Fifth Circuit in August.
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Four U.S. States Seek $1.4 Trillion in Penalties From Meta Over Child Addiction Claims
California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties from Meta over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children.
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