News Summary (2026-07)

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[AINews] new Gemini 3 Deep Think, Anthropic $30B @ $380B, GPT-5.3-Codex Spark, MiniMax M2.5 #

[AINews] Z.ai GLM-5: New SOTA Open Weights LLM #

[AINews] Qwen Image 2 and Seedance 2 #

[AINews] "Sci-Fi with a touch of Madness" #

[AINews] AI vs SaaS: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Centralizing the AI Heartbeat #

GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics #

Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT #

Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora #

Scaling social science research #

Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark #

Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world #

Bringing ChatGPT to GenAI.mil #

Testing ads in ChatGPT #

ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again. #

The Download: an exclusive chat with Jim O’Neill, and the surprising truth about heists #

The myth of the high-tech heist #

US deputy health secretary: Vaccine guidelines are still subject to change #

RFK Jr. follows a carnivore diet. That doesn’t mean you should. #

The Download: AI-enhanced cybercrime, and secure AI assistants #

AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. #

Why EVs are gaining ground in Africa #

What’s next for Chinese open-source AI #

Is a secure AI assistant possible? #

Something big is happening #

Who owns the Frontier? #

Import AI 444: LLM societies; Huawei makes kernels with AI; ChipBench #

Custom Kernels for All from Codex and Claude #

OpenEnv in Practice: Evaluating Tool-Using Agents in Real-World Environments #

Transformers.js v4 Preview: Now Available on NPM! #

4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/ #

The Verge’s 2026 Valentine’s Day gift guide (for him) #

The see-through Beats Studio Buds Plus are more than 40 percent off for Presidents Day #

Steam beta lets users add their PC specs to reviews #

Here are the 50 best Presidents Day deals we’ve found so far #

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI? #

Can Democrats post their way to midterm victories? #

Trump Mobile’s origins lie with a Mexican middleweight boxer #

What’s in the Epstein files? For Tiktokers, a content gold mine #

iRobot’s Roombas have a new Chinese owner, but it says your data will remain in the US #

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE #

Senators Urge Top Regulator to Stay Out of Prediction Market Lawsuits #

Join Our Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs #

20 Best Presidents' Day Deals on Gear Our Reviewers Actually Used (2026) #

Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos #

The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart #

These Open Earbuds Are Just Over $20 #

Zillow Has Gone Wild—for AI #

Are Waterproof Sneakers Worth It? (2026) #

Best Apple 3-in-1 Wireless Travel Chargers (2026), Tested and Reviewed #

How Ilia Malinin Revolutionized Figure Skating with His Quadruple Axel #

Elehear Delight Hearing Aids Review: Good Fit, Poor Sound #

LGBTQ+ Athletes Are Front and Center at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games #

20 Best Couches We’ve Tested That You Can Buy Online (2026) #

Inside the New York City Date Night for AI Lovers #

Here's Why I'd Buy the Last Samsung Soundbar First #

The Best Mattress Toppers (2026): Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam #

The Asus Zenbook S 16 Is $500 Off and Has Never Been This Cheap #

‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants #

Waymo Asks the DC Public to Pressure Their City Officials #

A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web #

OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity #

Our Favorite TV Is Still Almost Half Off #

Elon Musk’s X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders #

How to Choose the Right TV in 2026 (and a Few We Like) #

Here’s What It’s Like to Use TurboTax’s Mobile App to File Taxes on Your Own (2026) #

The Best Kindle Accessories (2026): Cases, Page Turners, Stickers #

Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding #

13 Best MagSafe Power Banks for iPhones (2026), Tested and Reviewed #

Therabody JetBoots Pro Plus Review: 3-in-1 Recovery Tech #

KYY X90G Quad Portable Monitor Extender Review: 3 More Screens #

Alexa+ and Kindle Scribe Now Work Together With ‘Send to Alexa’ #

I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups #

Many Adjustable Bed Frames Have a “Zero Gravity” Feature. I Tried It for a Week #

The Best Hearing Aids of 2026, Tested and Reviewed #

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning #

15 Best Bed Frames (2026), Tested in Our Homes #

Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity #

‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Bringing New Fans to Hockey. Does the Sport Deserve Them? #

ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota #

The ICE Expansion Won’t Happen in the Dark #

I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me #

Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private #

Our Favorite Upgraded Power Bank Is $30 Off #

CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’ #

How to Set Up an Apple Watch for Your Kids (2026) #

9 Best Cheap Laptops (2026), Tested and Reviewed #

Razer Huntsman V3 Pro 8KHz Review: A Keyboard for the Competitive #

Jessie Diggins’ Starter Pack: Winter Olympics 2026 #

Wacom MovinkPad 11 Tablet Review: A Portable Sketch Pad #

AI forecasting model targets healthcare resource efficiency #

What Murder Mystery 2 reveals about emergent behaviour in online games #

Agentic AI drives finance ROI in accounts payable automation #

Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad warns publishers: adapt as AI becomes news gateway #

How e& is using HR to bring AI into enterprise operations #

Alibaba enters physical AI race with open-source robot model RynnBrain #

AI deployment in financial services hits an inflection point as Singapore leads the shift to production #

Google identifies state-sponsored hackers using AI in attacks #

Barclays bets on AI to cut costs and boost returns #

How insurance leaders use agentic AI to cut operational costs #

Red Hat unifies AI and tactical edge deployment for UK MOD #

Chinese hyperscalers and industry-specific agentic AI #

MiniMax M2.5 promises "intelligence too cheap to meter" as Chinese labs squeeze Western AI pricing #

Google's WebMCP moves the web closer to becoming a structured database for AI agents #

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up #

Anthropic recruits ex-Google data center veterans to build its own AI infrastructure empire #

An AI agent got its code rejected so it wrote a hit piece about the developer #

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion #

Microsoft AI CEO: "Most" white-collar tasks will be automated in 18 months #

Chinese AI lab Zhipu releases GLM-5 under MIT license, claims parity with top Western models #

OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it's really fast #

OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o and three other legacy models tomorrow, likely for good #

Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering #

9 fun questions to try asking Google Photos #

Helping kids and teens learn and grow online on Safer Internet Day #