Google DeepMind launched three Gemini “Flash” models on July 21, 2026—still no Gemini Pro update after teasing and reported delays. Gemini 3.6 Flash cuts token use up to 17%; Flash-Lite is lowest-cost, and Flash Cyber targets security fixes in a limited government/trusted-partner pilot.
Stellantis announced Tuesday that it will use technology from Intel’s Mobileye to power Level 2 hands-free driving features across its vehicle brands, with rollout beginning in 2027.
The partnership…
A cyberattack on AI music generator Suno in November 2025 resulted in the theft of personal data belonging to more than 55.3 million people, according to data breach notification service Have I Been…
Google’s July 2026 Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber targets lower-cost vulnerability finding, running via CodeMender where it can be called multiple times at high speed and low cost. On CyberGym it showed “competitive performance” up to 5 invocations; on V8 it confirmed 55 issues vs 47 (Gemini 3.5 Flash) and 36 (Opus 4.6), including 10 no other model found.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. will review Chinese open source AI models for IP theft and could sanction firms if confirmed, per Bloomberg. He cited Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and the distillation debate, which Satya Nadella says is often mislabeled as theft.
A federal judge gave final approval on Monday, July 21, 2026, to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit brought by authors and book publishers — believed to be the…
Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned, the agency confirmed to multiple news outlets in July 2026. His departure marks the third leadership change…
Natural raised $30M Series A in 2026 led by Kirsten Green (Forerunner) for payment infrastructure that lets autonomous AI agents move and store funds without human approval at each step. The 2025-founded startup (Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, Walt Leung) targets credit-card/ACH rails built for human-initiated payments.
AI infrastructure startup Infinity announced in July 2026 that it has raised $15 million at a $100 million valuation. The round drew investment from Touring Capital, Principal VC, and individual…
Adobe announced in July 2026 that it is adding a set of AI-powered features to Project Indigo, its experimental iOS camera app. The new capabilities include LLM-based photo critiques, editing…
Hugging Face, the platform that hosts AI models and datasets, disclosed last Friday that a cyberattack compromised its internal datasets and service credentials. The company said it is still…
Two of China’s leading AI companies, Moonshot AI and Alibaba, unveiled major new models in July 2026 that they claim rival the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic — and plan to release them…
