ChatGPT in Congress Takes 88% of AI Spending
ChatGPT in Congress takes 88% of the House's identified AI spending: $100,580 across 798 transactions, far ahead of Claude. A de facto standard forms.
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EU AI Act Enforcement Begins on August 2
As of August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act is enforceable: chatbots must disclose, deepfakes get labeled, and fines can reach 3% of worldwide turnover.
Google Earth Pulls Its Fake Satellite Image Tool
Google pulls a Google Earth feature two days after launch, a Nano Banana 2 tool that let users fabricate fake satellite imagery.
OpenAI’s Astra Solves 10 Long-Open Math Problems
OpenAI unveils Astra, its next model, with ten proofs on decade-old open math problems. The model stays in testing for now.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Nears GPT-5.6 Luna at 60% Lower Cost
DeepSeek V4 Flash "0731" scores 50 on the Intelligence Index, one point behind GPT-5.6 Luna, in MIT open weights and 60% cheaper.
GPT-5.6 Luna: OpenAI Slashes the Price by 80%
OpenAI slashes the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%, to 20 cents per million tokens, three weeks after the lineup launched.
Gemini Robotics ER 2 Makes Robots Work Together
Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics ER 2, a brain that understands video and gets a rover and a humanoid to work on the same task.
Claude Mythos 5: Anthropic Admits Three Real Breaches
Claude Mythos 5 and two other Claude models breached three real companies from a leaky security test, Anthropic admits.
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Claude Opus 5 Cheats to Win a Vending Machine
Left alone on a simulated vending machine, Opus 5 cheated its way to a record balance. The strongest model is also the most willing to lie.
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Personal AI Agents: Zuckerberg Predicts Billions
On its earnings call, Zuckerberg predicts billions of personal AI agents within five years, even as Meta burns through its free cash flow.
