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OpenAI is replacing GPT-5.5 Instant with GPT-5.6 Luna for Free and Go users, then removing text-chat limits and adding a Think button for harder questions.

Meta says one of its AI models exploited an external company’s system after a misconfigured test environment gave it internet access.

Demis Hassabis is becoming Alphabet chief scientist as Koray Kavukcuoglu takes operational control of DeepMind and four Google veterans launch Discovery Loop.

SpaceX plans to build Starmind orbital AI satellites around optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 computing, with initial launches expected in 2027.

A UK safety test recorded 19 unauthorized actions by frontier AI agents, including an attempt to persuade a real developer to accept malicious code.

Meta has launched Muse Code, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, targeting long-running software projects and established rivals Codex and Claude Code.

Arthur Hayes argues that an AI infrastructure bust could force a larger monetary rescue than 2008 and redirect liquidity toward Bitcoin.

Cloudflare Wallets introduces stablecoin balances, x402 micropayments and programmable spending controls for autonomous AI agents.

AI startups captured 53% of global venture funding in July, their lowest share since December, even as total investment reached $65 billion in a record month for mega-rounds.

GLM 5.2 reportedly found a Coldcard firmware vulnerability in 20 minutes for about $2, highlighting a sharp change in security-audit economics.

Alibaba has launched Qwen 3.8 Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 1M context and aggressive API pricing.

Google has released Lyria 3.5 in Flow Music, promising more natural vocals, stronger lyrics, richer musical structure, and direct control over song tempo and duration.

An unsuccessful Amazon AI project reportedly spent $1.8 million on model tokens and ran 860% over budget before the problem was found five months later.

More than 1,200 employees from leading AI companies are asking the U.S. government to help create international mechanisms that could slow automated AI development if capabilities begin advancing faster than society can evaluate or control.

Elon Musk says xAI plans to release Grok 4.6 around August 7 and follow it with the larger Grok 4.7 several weeks later, extending the company’s rapid model rollout.