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AI Summary

  • The AI landscape is buzzing with advancements, from potential breaches impacting major platforms like Hugging Face to the development of new models like Google's Gemini updates and OpenAI's controversial model evaluations.
  • The intersection of science and compute is a hotbed for investment, with Dimension Capital raising $800M for its third fund, indicating a strong trend towards innovation in battery materials and EV charging infrastructure.
  • Tech giants are exploring new AI applications, including Meta's AI bedtime story app and Jack Dorsey's Buzz platform, designed to integrate team chat with AI agents.
  • Regulatory attention is mounting on social media, with countries considering bans for children and the US threatening sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft concerns.
  • Apple continues to innovate in hardware accessibility and services, launching a lease-to-own program for its devices and reportedly exploring a new device subscription service.

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  • Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch 7 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Foldable Phones, Gadgets, Mobile, Samsung, Smartwatch, Tech, Wearable

    Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the rumors and leaks we've seen so far, Samsung's next generation of foldables will likely be the stars of the show. Samsung is expected to show off a big redesign for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, though we can't rule out a few other surprises. Here's what you need to know about watching Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked and what to expect. When is Samsung Galaxy Unpacked? This year's Galaxy Unpacked takes place on July

  • Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over 10 hours ago by Charles Pulliam-Moore
    AI, Analysis, Entertainment, Film, Report

    On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia . The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But every single one of Nightborne 's shots was made with ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 text-to-video generator . In an X post about the short , Blomkamp described it as a "test start" meant to demonstrate what generative AI is capable of, and he said that

  • OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system 10 hours ago by Emma Roth
    AI, News, OpenAI, Security, Tech

    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 to gain access to the internet and target Hugging Face. On July 16th, Hugging Face disclosed a security incident that it says was driven by "an autonomous AI agent system." Hugging Face's AI agents detected and stopped the breach, which OpenAI has now admitted occurred during an evaluation

  • Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one 12 hours ago by Emma Roth
    AI, News

    Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according to a blog post published on Tuesday . The tool is powered by an AI detection company called Pangram and is rolling out across the web and the iOS app, with an Android launch coming "soon." Readers can analyze content longer than 100 words by choosing the "Scan for AI text" option from

  • Peak Design’s modular Field Bracket has a finder tag built-in 14 hours ago by David Imel
    Cameras, Gadgets, News

    I am a very clumsy man. So clumsy, that I have AirTags hanging off practically every camera I own. Have I left my camera in an Uber? Yes. Have I left it on an airplane? Also yes. For me, finder tags are essential for my cameras. The problem is, strapping a finder tag to a camera is always cumbersome. I currently have them hanging off my camera straps like a phone charm circa 2001. They're ugly, and very much get in the way when I'm trying to focus on shooting. But Peak Design thinks it has a solution in its


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