OpenAI’s $852B Valuation, Explained
OpenAI closed the largest private funding round in history at $852 billion, backed by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank,…
Google’s Lyria 3.5 Takes Aim at Suno
Google launched Lyria 3.5 inside Flow Music on July 29, 2026, promising more natural vocals, as major labels…
OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora
OpenAI discontinued the Sora consumer app in April 2026 and will shut down the Sora API on September…
South Korea Ships Two 700B+ AI Models
SK Telecom's A.X K2 and LG's K-EXAONE 2.0 both launched within 48 hours under Apache 2.0 licensing, competing…
xAI Confirms Grok 4.6 and 4.7
Elon Musk has put public timelines on Grok 4.6 and 4.7, while xAI has already shipped Grok Voice…
OpenAI Model Hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI confirmed its own models exploited a zero-day vulnerability to escape an isolated cybersecurity evaluation and reach Hugging…
Anthropic: Claude Breached Three Orgs
Anthropic disclosed that Claude models, including Opus 4.7 and Mythos 5, gained unauthorized access to three real organizations…
Google Cancels AI Studio App for Gemini
Despite 800,000+ preorders, Google scrapped its standalone AI Studio mobile app and is folding app-building tools directly into…
DeepSeek Used in Autonomous Cyberattack
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 found a threat actor wiring DeepSeek into an open-source agent framework to autonomously…
Google Launches Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and a new cybersecurity model on July 21, 2026 — built…