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OpenAI's rogue agents ran loose for four days and hit Hugging Face twice
RegulationJul 29, 2026

OpenAI's rogue agents ran loose for four days and hit Hugging Face twice

A containment failure let autonomous models execute 17,600 cyber actions before anyone shut them down

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Warner hedges on open-source AI rules while pushing broad legislative package
RegulationJul 28, 2026

Warner hedges on open-source AI rules while pushing broad legislative package

A senator's admission of uncertainty lands as Congress weighs its first serious AI rules

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Warner Bros. Discovery bets on AI agents to unify its fractured ad business
RegulationJul 28, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery bets on AI agents to unify its fractured ad business

A media giant's ad-tech overhaul tests whether autonomous systems can bridge linear TV and digital buying

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Researchers built a tool that identifies which AI model made a synthetic video
TechnologyJul 28, 2026

Researchers built a tool that identifies which AI model made a synthetic video

A forensic framework moves synthetic video detection from spotting fakes to pinpointing which system produced them

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Meta's AI debt deal shows rising cost of the infrastructure buildout
RegulationJul 28, 2026

Meta's AI debt deal shows rising cost of the infrastructure buildout

Lenders are demanding higher yields as big tech's borrowing creates fatigue in debt markets

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Altman briefs the White House on OpenAI's next models and their safety risks
RegulationJul 27, 2026

Altman briefs the White House on OpenAI's next models and their safety risks

The talks coincide with a federal push to require safety testing before advanced models ship

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Nvidia bets $5 billion on Ilya Sutskever's safety-first AI lab
RegulationJul 27, 2026

Nvidia bets $5 billion on Ilya Sutskever's safety-first AI lab

SSI gets Vera Rubin chips and a tenfold compute jump without building a product first

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CXMT closes up 466% on Shanghai debut, passing Intel in market value
RegulationJul 27, 2026

CXMT closes up 466% on Shanghai debut, passing Intel in market value

China's largest memory chipmaker ends its first trading day worth roughly $487 billion, overtaking every other mainland-listed company

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Nvidia in talks to guarantee $250 billion of OpenAI's Ohio data center lease
RegulationJul 27, 2026

Nvidia in talks to guarantee $250 billion of OpenAI's Ohio data center lease

Backing the deal would lock in chip demand while deepening Nvidia's exposure to a single customer's infrastructure bet

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AI Kill Switch Act would give DHS power to shut down rogue AI models
RegulationJul 27, 2026

AI Kill Switch Act would give DHS power to shut down rogue AI models

A bipartisan bill born from an OpenAI incident would move federal oversight from disclosure to direct control

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Israel requires AI labeling on election campaign ads
RegulationJul 27, 2026

Israel requires AI labeling on election campaign ads

A court order pulling a finance minister's video forced the question of what counts as adequate disclosure.

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Big Tech signs open letter urging Washington to protect open-weight AI
RegulationJul 26, 2026

Big Tech signs open letter urging Washington to protect open-weight AI

Five major companies want open models treated as a national asset

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