The day in AI and tech
Thursday 9 July 2026
131 events from 32 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. 3 events, marked with their number of outlets, have a page of who reported what. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence89 events
- Meta's New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab), The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab), +3 more outlets: who reported what5 outlets
- OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna): A Three-Tier Model Family With Programmatic Tool Calling in the Responses API — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab), Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab), +2 more outlets: who reported what4 outlets
- Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab), TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab), +1 more outlets: who reported what3 outlets
- JPMorgan Builds AI Agents That Beat 60/40 Portfolio in Backtests — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Meta Superintelligence Labs Releases Muse Spark 1.1: A Multimodal Reasoning Model for Agentic Tasks on Meta Model API — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab), Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)
- An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- This new chip stacking technique could be the key to unlocking faster AI performance — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Can AI answer the $3 trillion question? — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Samsung is reportedly working on an AI accelerator chip for PCs — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- The Family AI Household Economy: AI’s Emerging Consumer Opportunity — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- NYT-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute — Al Jazeera English (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)Read on Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
- Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh Taps Billionaire Marc Andreessen to Lead AI Task Force — Realtor.com (opens Realtor.com's report in a new tab)Read on Realtor.com (opens in a new tab)
- ChatGPT can now finish what you started, and that’s a much bigger deal than it sounds — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- The ChatGPT browser is already dead — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
- Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Silicon Valley Wants to Save You From AI Layoffs — The Atlantic (opens The Atlantic's report in a new tab)Read on The Atlantic (opens in a new tab)
- Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1 — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Meet Nemotron Labs 3 Puzzle 75B A9B: A Compressed Hybrid MoE LLM Delivering 2.03x Server Throughput — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Why you should think twice before letting an AI notetaker in your meeting — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support — Inside Climate News (opens Inside Climate News's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Climate News (opens in a new tab)
- How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release? — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- If you’ve grown tired of babysitting ChatGPT, the new GPT-5.6 models might be the fix — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- ChatGPT Ads new overview tab, suggested ad drafts, new ad formats and more — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Don’t let AI raise your kids — The Hechinger Report (opens The Hechinger Report's report in a new tab)Read on The Hechinger Report (opens in a new tab)
- Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Ask YouTube AI search experience expands to U.S. desktop users — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Franklin’s Dudley Sees AI Infrastructure Bull Case Through 2027 — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot faces investor scrutiny over insider sales — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’ — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft’s early AI lead has become a test of faith — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Sony’s Indian Version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, Adds Google Gemini as AI Guide (EXCLUSIVE) — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Google expands AI ad disclosures across Search, YouTube, Discover — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Sony revives the RX10 with AI autofocus, 4K 120fps, and a longer-lasting battery — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- AI contracts, not bitcoin, now drive miner valuations, and Cipher and TeraWulf look cheap — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Microdramas are booming, and Character.AI is turning it into a two-way obsession — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- New York Times and Other News Outlets Accuse OpenAI of Lying in Discovery, Demand Legal Sanctions Against AI Giant — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Claude Reflect is here. It’s your usual yearly Wrapped, but with Anthropic’s AI — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Winning the AI decision layer: From AI discovery to agentic commerce — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Why are U.S. AI companies so sure bigger is always better? — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- I knew there was plenty of AI slop on LinkedIn. Shocking report says the problem is far worse than suspected — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- 7 ways AI can turn Google Search Console data into action — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- DeepFabric Launches Supply Chain AI Platform — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- Parents worry AI is becoming a crutch for their kids while schools struggle to keep up, survey finds — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Apollo’s $35 Billion AI Chip Credit Deal Is Set to Begin Trading — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- MoonPay Brings Its AI Crypto Agents to Telegram — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab), TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)
- FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- AI Platform Character.ai Introduces Suite of Microseries Focused on Anime, Horror, Action Adventure: ‘Deeper Connection Between Fans and Characters’ — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Betting Big That Secondhand Fashion Needs AI, Fleek Secures $25 million in Funding — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- AI image generators have escaped nightmare fingers and entered the fake premium era — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- This Apple alum’s AI startup wants to turn your iPhone into an AR messenger — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Singapore's Temasek investment fund says crypto is off the table, will focus on AI — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- GPT-5.5 Bio Bug Bounty — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- ChatGPT is now a partner for your most ambitious work — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Inside Mill’s AI-powered plan to help restaurants stop wasting food — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- The cover letter is officially dead: AI has created a new job-hunting paradox — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- US Strikes Iran A Second Day; AI Rotation Trade on Watch | The Asia Trade 7/8/2026 — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- This one statistic reveals the AI job takeover has started — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- BlackRock’s Jewell Sees AI Capex Stable for Two to Three Years — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- NVIDIA Releases Nemotron-Labs-3-Puzzle-75B-A9B: A Compressed Hybrid MoE LLM Delivering 2.03x Server Throughput at Matched User Throughput — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- How South Korea's SK Hynix Became Central to the AI Boom — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab), The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Google AI Studio Adds Import from GitHub to Build a Deployable App — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- How top-performing real estate agents win AI recommendations — HousingWire (opens HousingWire's report in a new tab)Read on HousingWire (opens in a new tab)
- What if We Accidentally Outsource the Real Work to AI? — Inside Higher Ed (opens Inside Higher Ed's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Higher Ed (opens in a new tab)
- nubia is launching an AI agent smartphone later this month — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- AI is shortening the shelf life of crypto security audits, researchers warn — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- EXCLUSIVE: GHD Launches Sculpt, Its First AI Styling Tool That Adjusts to Hair Temperature, With Zero Damage — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- AI boom fuels inflation fears, complicating Fed’s next rate move — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- The century-old device choking the world’s AI push — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips5 events
- This open-source Mac app finds the junk files your deleted apps leave behind — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- It’s Not Just Open Source Models Competing on Price — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Bitcoin’s quantum dilemma: Bigger blocks or STARK proofs? — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- The Download: a nuclear landmark, and China eyes Nvidia chips — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy9 events
- Feds Are Looking to Remove a Major Roadblock for Driverless Robotaxis: The Steering Wheel — InsideEVs (opens InsideEVs's report in a new tab)
- In vivo feasibility study of humanoid robots in surgery — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- New Jersey Law Would Outlaw Tesla's Camera-Based Robotaxi Tech — InsideEVs (opens InsideEVs's report in a new tab)
- Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- New bill would ban Tesla’s camera-only Robotaxi, not Waymo — Electrek (opens Electrek's report in a new tab), The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)
- Don't Get Too Rowdy In A Waymo, Kids, Or This Could Happen To You — InsideEVs (opens InsideEVs's report in a new tab)
- Self-driving cars keep getting in the way of first responders, and Uncle Sam just ran out of patience — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk. — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- Robbyant Releases LingBot-VLA 2.0: An Open-Source 6B Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Model for Cross-Embodiment Robot Manipulation — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
Space2 events
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87 — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- SpaceX is on track for record-setting Starlink deployments — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
Biotech1 event
Energy Tech2 events
Blockchain Tech3 events
- Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- SWIFT launches blockchain ledger with 17-bank tokenized deposit pilot — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab), CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- 'CASHCAT' trader turns $800 into over $1 million on Robinhood's brand new blockchain — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
Cybersecurity20 events
- Injective SDK on npm infected with cryptocurrency wallet stealer — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Ethereum Foundation Turns AI Loose on ETH Network to Find Bugs Before Hackers Do — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- New GigaWiper Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- New Helix vishing group emerges in SharePoint data theft attacks — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft expects more Windows security updates from AI-discovered flaws — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- npm 12 Disables Install Scripts by Default to Reduce Supply Chain Risk — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- ThreatsDay: Cloud Bucket Hijacking, Windows LPE Chain, Global Fraud Bust + 17 More Stories — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- New Forg365 phishing platform uses AI to target Microsoft 365 accounts — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- The Hidden Security Risks of Reduced Summer IT Coverage — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Hong Kong regulator orders new anti-phishing measures for crypto platforms — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- AI Attacks Move in Minutes. Join This Webinar on Building a Defense That Keeps Up — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Summer of Clearinghouses — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab), BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)
- AssuranceAmerica data breach exposes records of 6.9 million drivers — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Trader loses $1M after signing phishing token approval — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.