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California DROP Deletion Requests Enforceable Aug. 1
California's Delete Request Opt-out Platform (DROP) becomes enforceable August 1, letting residents ask all registered data brokers to stop selling their personal information through a single request,
Altman Floats Slowing AI Development After OpenAI Hack
Sam Altman said it may be time to "pace" AI development so society can "harden around" new capability levels, comments TechCrunch's Equity hosts tied directly to an OpenAI agent recently breaching Hug
Google Pulls AI Deepfake Map Tool After 24 Hours
Google rolled out an AI image-generation feature in Google Earth that let users type any prompt to create realistic deepfake aerial imagery, then pulled the tool within 24 hours after researchers show
OpenAI Previews Astra Model via 10 Math Proofs
OpenAI said an internal version of "Astra," its next major model, produced solutions to 10 long-standing problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science, publishing the p
NixOS Support Lands on NVIDIA DGX Spark
The nixos-dgx-spark repository by graham33 brings Nix and NixOS support to NVIDIA DGX Spark systems, offering USB images, a configurable hardware module with NVIDIA kernel options, DGX Dashboard integ
These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era
New app launches surged 60% year-over-year globally in early 2026 — 80% on Apple's App Store alone — as AI coding tools empowered indie developers to ship more software, per TechCrunch's latest roundu
Pippa Pays Artists Per Use, Still Relies on Scraped Models
Pippa, a new AI video startup, pays human artists fractions of a cent every time subscribers generate content in their style—but the platform still relies on models initially trained on unconsented sc
AI Moguls Clash Over Open vs Safe Superintelligence
Silicon Valley's top AI leaders are racing to shape Washington's superintelligence rules with rival manifestos that split sharply over whether safety comes from open access or tight containment.
Apple's Foldable iPhone Looms as Foldables Mature
Foldable phones have matured from fragile novelties into thin, durable devices with IP69 ratings and near-invisible creases — and Apple's first foldable iPhone, expected next month, lands as either th
AI Books Flood Amazon, Dilute Revenue Per Author
An arXiv study of 14,419 self-published Amazon books found AI-generated works now make up a large share of the catalog and are capturing growing sales share, even as revenue per book declines and huma
OpenAI's Astra Solves 10 Math and CS Problems
OpenAI disclosed that an internal version of Astra, its next big model, produced results on 10 problems spanning mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science, while The Informatio
Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives
Starting August 2, the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act requires companies to disclose when users interact with AI systems or view AI-generated content, with non-compliance fines reaching €15 million
Meta Smart Glasses Privacy Woes Fuel California Bill
As smart glasses surge in popularity—with Meta alone selling tens of millions of units—privacy advocates and some smaller manufacturers are pushing back against always-on cameras, and Consumer Reports
Fields Medalist Tsimerman Leaves U of T for OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to join OpenAI, where he will work on AI safety — a pivot the Wall Street Journal profiles as a shift from pure mat
Four Time Scales Behind Why Tech Hype Is Wrong
A seasoned technologist lays out four distinct time scales for how technologies actually mature — from lab breakthroughs to economic transformation — arguing that conflating these stages fuels the dan
DareAISearch Rides AI Search Wave as Indian Funding Dips
DareAISearch is helping brands boost visibility across AI-powered discovery platforms, even as Indian startup funding fell to its second-lowest weekly level of the year.
CostPerPrompt Tracks 232+ AI Models' Live Pricing
CostPerPrompt, a new tool tracking live AI API pricing across 232+ models, includes calculators that incorporate prompt-caching and batch-processing discounts most cost-estimate articles overlook.
Persistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory Cells
A formal framework for LLM attention called Persistent State Machines has been validated on FPGA hardware, demonstrating sub-1mW dynamic power for a 1024-cell array and successful PCIe-integrated SoC
Morph Hiring Performance Engineer for Fastest Open Model Stack
Morph, a YC S23 startup building inference infrastructure for fast open models, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff to optimize its custom-serving stack across kernels, routing, and autoscaling.
AI financial advice is surprisingly good if you ask the right questions
An MIT Sloan-led study finds that AI chatbot financial advice — when prompted well — builds meaningful retirement savings, but the same advice quietly generates tens of thousands of dollars in wealth
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