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Published Jul 21, 2026, 9:48 PM

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. | Bloomberg via Getty Images OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI writes that GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" discovered vulnerabilities within their sandboxed testing environment, allowing them t…
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Published Jul 21, 2026, 8:56 PM

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 7:43 PM

TechCrunch
Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 7:39 PM

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 5:11 PM

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 3:37 PM

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 1:27 PM

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.
Published Jul 21, 2026, 12:12 AM

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 10:21 PM

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 10:19 PM

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles' As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this list represents "only a small…
Published Jul 20, 2026, 9:21 PM

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 9:00 PM

The Verge
AUUUUUGH | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced - is fast-tracked into the N…
Published Jul 20, 2026, 8:50 PM

Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 7:33 PM

Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 4:34 PM

LG’s UltraGear Glossy OLED gaming monitor deliver deep, true-to-life blacks. | Image: LG If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your gaming monitor, LG’s 27-inch 27GX704A-B pairs a glossy WOLED panel with a fast refresh rate, and it’s currently on sale for $379.99 (about $70 off) at Amazon and directly from LG, marking a new low price. It origina…
Published Jul 20, 2026, 3:45 PM

Adobe's Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app.
Published Jul 20, 2026, 3:23 PM

YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.
Published Jul 19, 2026, 7:24 PM

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.
Published Jul 19, 2026, 5:35 PM

1010Benja won’t apologize for using AI. | Image: 1010Benja / Instagram I would never go so far as to say there's no place for AI in music (I'm a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find music made with generative AI to be offensively boring, especially the outputs of Suno. So I'm having a bit of a tough time processing the fact that…
Published Jul 19, 2026, 3:00 PM

It comes with a solar panel so you don’t need to worry about charging as much during the summer. | Image: Netvue Birdfy has kicked off a midyear sale, taking up to 40 percent off a range of its smart bird feeders. One of the best deals is on Netvue’s Birdfy Feeder AI-Powered Smart Bird Feeder with Camera, which has dropped to $149.99 at Birdfy and…