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- Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI July 28, 2026Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities.Julie Bort
- Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive July 27, 2026Companies without their own models — or without a layer of AI infrastructure known as AI gateways to separate their prompts from the model itself — will be in trouble, Nadella says.Julie Bort
- Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors July 27, 2026Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducting magnets.Tim De Chant
- As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube July 27, 2026The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform.Lauren Forristal
- PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google July 27, 2026The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conversation or project.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
- Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system July 27, 2026Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform.Lucas Ropek
- Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M July 27, 2026Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto wallet from the App Store, challenging the company’s longstanding claims that its app review process keeps users safe from scams.Sarah Perez
- Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX July 27, 2026Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.Tim Fernholz
- Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military July 27, 2026Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.Tim De Chant
- OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control July 27, 2026OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be better aligned, better contained, or both.Rebecca Bellan