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DeepSeek tells API clients to prepare for a significant price increase

DeepSeek tells API clients to prepare for a significant price increase

DeepSeek is notifying customers of an unspecified, significant API price hike, separate from its July peak-hour surcharge.

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DeepSeek tells API clients to prepare for a significant price increase
DuckDuckGo’s “Normal F***ing Sunglasses” are a privacy jab at Meta, and they sold out

DuckDuckGo’s “Normal F***ing Sunglasses” are a privacy jab at Meta, and they sold out

DuckDuckGo partnered with Knockaround to sell plain sunglasses with no AI, no camera, and no electronics. The stunt skewering smart glasses sold out fast.

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DuckDuckGo’s “Normal F***ing Sunglasses” are a privacy jab at Meta, and they sold out
Meta says its Muse Spark model exploited a vulnerability during a third-party cybersecurity test

Meta says its Muse Spark model exploited a vulnerability during a third-party cybersecurity test

Meta says its Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a third-party service during an evaluation run by Irregular, citing a sandbox misconfiguration.

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Meta says its Muse Spark model exploited a vulnerability during a third-party cybersecurity test
AI agents attempted a live supply-chain attack during cyber testing, AISI reports

AI agents attempted a live supply-chain attack during cyber testing, AISI reports

An AI agent tried to inject malicious code into a real open-source project and used fake identities to pressure a maintainer, according to a new incident report.

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AI agents attempted a live supply-chain attack during cyber testing, AISI reports
Alibaba shares rally after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max AI model

Alibaba shares rally after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max AI model

Alibaba's stock climbed after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter AI model the company says rivals Anthropic's Fable 5.

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Alibaba shares rally after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max AI model
US drafts ban on Chinese data centre hardware as AI decoupling accelerates

US drafts ban on Chinese data centre hardware as AI decoupling accelerates

The Trump administration is drafting restrictions on Chinese-made data centre equipment, extending a campaign that has already blocked Chinese humanoid robots and inverters.

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US drafts ban on Chinese data centre hardware as AI decoupling accelerates
Samsung removes smart TV apps that quietly turned devices into proxy nodes

Samsung removes smart TV apps that quietly turned devices into proxy nodes

Samsung is blocking and removing apps that embed residential proxy code, after research showed TVs were being used to route outside traffic without users' knowledge.

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Samsung removes smart TV apps that quietly turned devices into proxy nodes
What Google’s AI Local 6-Pack Means for Local Search Optimization

What Google’s AI Local 6-Pack Means for Local Search Optimization

Google's local results are shifting to an AI-driven 6-pack format. Here's what the change is and how to prepare.

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What Google’s AI Local 6-Pack Means for Local Search Optimization
BMW puts Spider-Man animation on dashboards after saying the cabin is a private space

BMW puts Spider-Man animation on dashboards after saying the cabin is a private space

BMW is running a Spider-Man: Brand New Day animation on the center screens of compatible cars from July 27 to August 10, 2026, drawing criticism because of a 2023 claim that the cabin is a private space.

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BMW puts Spider-Man animation on dashboards after saying the cabin is a private space
TikTok Settles Three Bellwether Teen Social Media Cases Before October Trial

TikTok Settles Three Bellwether Teen Social Media Cases Before October Trial

TikTok settled three bellwether cases set for October in California state court, continuing its pattern of avoiding trial in teen social media harm litigation.

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TikTok Settles Three Bellwether Teen Social Media Cases Before October Trial
58,000 Students Must Retake UNAM Entrance Exam After AI-Proctored Test Shows Impossible Score Spike

58,000 Students Must Retake UNAM Entrance Exam After AI-Proctored Test Shows Impossible Score Spike

A massive score spike on UNAM's first fully remote entrance exam has forced 58,000 students to retake it in person.

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58,000 Students Must Retake UNAM Entrance Exam After AI-Proctored Test Shows Impossible Score Spike
White House to meet with AI companies over voluntary frontier model cybersecurity framework

White House to meet with AI companies over voluntary frontier model cybersecurity framework

The White House is set to meet with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google to review a voluntary framework for testing advanced AI models' cybersecurity capabilities.

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White House to meet with AI companies over voluntary frontier model cybersecurity framework
Glean:GO 2026 Conference Registration Opens, Set for August 26-27 in San Francisco

Glean:GO 2026 Conference Registration Opens, Set for August 26-27 in San Francisco

Glean:GO 2026 runs August 26-27 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Registration is open for IT leaders and enterprise AI practitioners.

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Glean:GO 2026 Conference Registration Opens, Set for August 26-27 in San Francisco
Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH

Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH

Microsoft AI has launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH, a multi-agent vulnerability system that hits 96% on CyberGym at half the cost of competing setups.

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Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH
AI Ranking Factors Study: What Correlates With Being Recommended by LLMs

AI Ranking Factors Study: What Correlates With Being Recommended by LLMs

A 403,000-prompt analysis across 10 AI models identifies the signals most associated with being recommended by LLMs, from search visibility to Wikidata presence.

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AI Ranking Factors Study: What Correlates With Being Recommended by LLMs