OpenAI will deprecate ChatGPT Atlas on Aug. 9, 2026—under a year after its Oct. 2025 launch. OpenAI says the browser’s lessons are now powering ChatGPT Work, a new desktop app with an updated in-ChatGPT browser and a cloud browser for Work mode.
Microsoft says it will use AI in its security update pipeline starting July 2026 to identify potential issues earlier, boosting the volume of security fixes in each Windows 11 Patch Tuesday release. It’s also updating its Secure Development Lifecycle to cover AI-enabled attack techniques and exploit paths.
OpenAI has received approval from the Trump administration to publicly release GPT-5.6, its latest AI model, and simultaneously unveiled a new AI agent called ChatGPT Work. The rollout began in July…
Announced in 2026, Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 improves complex bug detection and fixing and adds multimodal perception for images, videos, and documents. The Meta Model API goes public preview today for US developers, plus $20 free credits per new account.
Character.AI announced the launch of c.ai Series in July 2026 — short-form, episodic animated videos designed to be watched and interacted with on mobile devices. The move expands the company’s…
Ollama raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Ventures on July 9, 2026, taking total funding to $88M, with 8.9M monthly developers and 85% Fortune 500 presence. Launched in 2023, it runs open-weight AI models locally in minutes.
Anthropic announced a new “reflect” feature for its Claude chatbot in July 2026, giving users a dashboard to review and analyze their own AI usage patterns over the past month, three months, six…
A single wording error in an Estonian gambling tax law accidentally exempted online casinos from taxation for an entire year, costing the government €24 million ($27.4 million) in lost revenue — and…
Meta’s prototype “super sensing” glasses (FT, July 2026) would continuously capture audio/photos, letting wearers query Meta AI. Meta would upload extracted metadata instead of raw footage and keep the LED indicator off during “super sensing,” enabling it only for deliberate “active capture,” per a July 2025 whitepaper.
Google’s SynthID watermark helped debunk a fabricated image of Sen. Mitch McConnell in critical condition that circulated on Reddit and X. By July 8, 2026, Snopes confirmed the AI-generated photo carried SynthID’s invisible signature embedded in image data to survive screenshots.
Google Photos’ Video Remix launches July 8, 2026 for AI Plus/Pro/Ultra subscribers, powered by Gemini Omni to edit clips in seconds. Through the Create tab in the U.S. plus 13 countries, it offers cinematic relighting, background replacement, and styles such as watercolor, raw sketchbook, and oil painting.
SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5 on July 8, 2026, its first big post-IPO model, pitching “Opus-class” performance. Elon Musk says it’s comparable to Opus 4.7, but faster and more token-efficient; pricing is $2/M input and $6/M output vs Opus 4.7’s $5/$25.
