The day in AI and tech
Friday 31 July 2026
102 events from 29 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. 2 events, marked with their number of outlets, have a page of who reported what. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence70 events
- Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab), The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab), +7 more outlets: who reported what9 outlets
- Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab), Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab), +1 more outlets: who reported what3 outlets
- Snapchat’s Spotlight algorithm now favors human-made videos over AI-generated ones — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft will release a Copilot super app this year — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- DeepSeek Upgrades DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 with Major Agentic and Coding Gains — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Citadel’s swoop on Situational Awareness helped stem a $3tn AI rout — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- ChatGPT’s Chrome extension can now read your tabs, YouTube videos, and highlighted text — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Amazon completes $50bn investment in OpenAI — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI’s housing impact is strong — but highly localized — HousingWire (opens HousingWire's report in a new tab)Read on HousingWire (opens in a new tab)
- Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account? — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup? — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- German Court Rules Against Suno In Lawsuit Challenging Use Of Copyrighted Music In AI — Deadline (opens Deadline's report in a new tab), Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Deadline (opens in a new tab)
- Big Tech’s AI Divide Widens | Open Interest 7/31/2026 — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- The EU is cracking down on hacking and AI deepfakes with this new team in Brussels — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Lenovo’s Googlebook lineup could include two laptops, a 2-in-1 tablet, and an AI mouse — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Every real estate agent has AI now, how sellers spot real expertise — HousingWire (opens HousingWire's report in a new tab)Read on HousingWire (opens in a new tab)
- Google Earth AI tool raises fears over spread of fake satellite images — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab), Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI Studio Asteria, Co-Founded by Natasha Lyonne, Strikes Strategic Partnership with Virtual Production Studio ZeroSpace (EXCLUSIVE) — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- YouTube and Substack are targeting AI slop — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- 7 best AI visibility tracking tools for agencies by need — Semrush Blog (opens Semrush Blog's report in a new tab)Read on Semrush Blog (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI appears to be building chatbot-native ads that launch AI agents — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- XDC AI and the Rise of Agentic Finance: When AI Agents Learn to Pay — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Building abundant intelligence — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Advancing responsible AI across Europe — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- AI, Spatial Tech and Hyper-Personalization are Rewriting Fashion Marketing — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- It’s time to panic about AI safety — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- AI Company Sues Town for Trying to Block Data Center Near National Park — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- AI makes SEO faster, but human expertise still wins — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Suno Loses Landmark AI Lawsuit to German Performing Rights Society GEMA — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Situational Awareness Losses Raise AI Fears — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Markets are getting AI right — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI shopping starts with your product feed, not your product page — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Expedia Acquired AI Trip-Planner Layla: Exclusive — Skift (opens Skift's report in a new tab)Read on Skift (opens in a new tab)
- AI Is Deciding Which Hotels Get Considered — Hospitality Revenue Leaders Need a Budget Response — Skift (opens Skift's report in a new tab)Read on Skift (opens in a new tab)
- Social Search Data For All, AI-Detected Pages Rank Lower – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Daily briefing: ‘Raygun’ AI can shrink or supersize proteins — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- AI is building your digital experience. It’s also making it less accessible. by AudioEye — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- American workers are more disillusioned with AI the more they use it — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- I told Mark Cuban he was wrong about AI. Here’s what founders can learn from my mistake — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn is crowdsourcing its fight against AI slop — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Coal back in favour as US plant bidding war highlights rising demand to power AI — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Gemini Spark can now use Chrome logins and saved passwords to run errands on your behalf — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Oscar-Qualifying Bengaluru International Short Film Festival Expands to 10 Arenas, Adds AI and Dance Competitions (EXCLUSIVE) — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Griffin’s Move Offers AI Reprieve as Traders Eye More Blowouts — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are — ScienceDaily (opens ScienceDaily's report in a new tab)Read on ScienceDaily (opens in a new tab)
- Univé builds an AI-ready workforce — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Anthropic Says Claude Mistook the Open Internet for a CTF and Breached Three Organizations — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- PolyAI Releases Dialog-RSN-1: An Audio-Native Dialog Model That Fuses Turn-Taking, Speech Recognition, Function Calling, And Response — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Building a Policy-Governed Multi-Agent Financial Research Workflow with Omnigent — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Why sniffing out AI use at work is easier said than done — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Apple’s Siri AI is free, until you actually start using it — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- Big Tech AI spending spree tops $1tn — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Claude uploaded malware to PyPI in Anthropic's botched test — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Google brings Nano Banana 2 to Google Earth — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips8 events
- Chip War, Stanford University: Scarlet & Tom's Must-Read Books — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- LingBot-Map Tutorial: GPU-Aware Inference and Point Cloud Export — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Qualcomm chipsets are officially getting a price hike — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- Quantum computing nears commercial breakthrough, IBM CEO says — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- JetBrains Open-Sources KotlinLLM: Smart Macros That Generate Kotlin Source Code at Runtime and Hot-Reload It Through JDI — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Nous Research Ships Three Integration Paths for Hermes Agent and Buzz, Block’s Open Source Nostr Workspace for Humans and Agents — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Quantum Solutions, Hyperscale Data tap crypto treasuries to fund AI data centers — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Your next Nvidia GPU could cost up to 30% more, and AI is to blame — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy3 events
- This new robot centaur designed to save lives is pure nightmare fuel — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- NXP in talks to buy $3.3bn designer of camera chips for self-driving cars — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Google’s new AI gives robots better balance, smarter hands, and teamwork capabilities — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
Space2 events
- Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Rocket Report: New launch rule may limit environmental regulations, Falcon 9 to hit Moon — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
Biotech1 event
Energy Tech1 event
Wearables & XR2 events
- A smart glasses detector is now among the top paid apps on Apple’s App Store — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
- DuckDuckGo’s new smart glasses come with zero AI and 100% shade — Digital Trends (opens Digital Trends's report in a new tab)Read on Digital Trends (opens in a new tab)
Blockchain Tech2 events
- AMLBot launches AI Tracer for self-service blockchain investigations — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- Aave weighs closing 6 V3 blockchain markets, offboarding 50 low-use reserves — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
Cybersecurity13 events
- Amgen says cloud data breach exposed patient health, proprietary info — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Online ad firm Adform’s script compromised to steal cryptocurrency — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Suspected Chinese-Speaking Hackers Target Central Asian Governments With OctLurk and SilkLurk — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- CISA warns of cyberattacks disrupting U.S. water utilities — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- HollowFrame Loader Deploys Matryoshka Backdoor in Spear-Phishing Attack on Law Firm — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Cheap Android TV Boxes Pose as Phones and Turn Owners’ Broadband Into Proxies — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Three Recent Chrome Releases Fix 1,442 Flaws, More Than Prior 23 Updates Combined — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Researchers Report 84 Flaws in 4G and 5G Cores, Including a Session Hijacking Flaw — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- 6 Reasons Why Device Code Phishing is the Fastest-Growing Threat of 2026 — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Chinese Hacker Commands DeepSeek via Telegram to Launch Autonomous Attacks — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab), BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)
- $38M in Bitcoin Drained by Coldcard Key Flaw Its Maker Thinks AI Found — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens 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.