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Alibaba bans employees from Claude Code starting July 10 over backdoor suspicions
Alibaba bans Claude Code use in corporate environments effective July 10, 2026 — following Anthropic's accusations against the Qwen team of large-scale model distillation.
Zuckerberg admits to Meta staff: AI-agent progress lags behind plan
Four months after a restructuring intended to accelerate AI development, Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Meta's agents have not gained the momentum he expected. *Meta is recognized as an extremist organization and banned i
Anthropic vs Pentagon: Amodei's correspondence revealed dispute over military AI control
Court documents showed: Anthropic is suing the Pentagon not over access to Claude, but over the right to decide how AI is used in military operations.
Kling AI raises $2 billion as Kuaishou spins off video generation as separate business
Kuaishou spins off AI video generator Kling AI into an independent company: first tranche of the funding round closed at $2 billion, with total volume potentially reaching $3 billion while Kuaishou retains 68%.
Wisk Aero employee sues: fired after challenging autonomous taxi software testing cuts
Bryana O'Neil claims Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero fired her after she questioned reductions in software safety testing.
Anthropic in talks with Samsung to develop its own AI chip
Anthropic is exploring the possibility of producing a custom AI chip jointly with Samsung — the project is at an early stage, and the chip's purpose and specifications have not yet been determined.
Oracle investors sue over concealment of risks in $300 billion OpenAI deal
Oracle shareholders allege the company concealed instability in its $300 billion partnership with OpenAI — the class action was filed in a Tennessee court on July 2, 2026.
One Hundred Cybersecurity Experts Demand the Ban on Fable 5 Be Lifted
Leading cybersecurity specialists have published an open letter against the ban on Fable 5 — they argue it weakens defenders, not attackers.
Meta launched AI search mode on Facebook: answers from posts, groups, and Reels
Facebook launched AI Mode, a Meta AI-powered search that pulls answers from public posts, groups, Reels, and Marketplace listings across the platform. *Meta has been designated an extremist organization and is banned in
Anthropic Meets With the U.S. Department of Commerce: The Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Crisis Turns Political
Anthropic’s senior technical staff is heading to Washington for talks with the Department of Commerce to resolve the crisis over the suspended Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.
YouTube deleted 16 channels with 35 million subscribers in AI-slop purge — and caught honest creators
In January 2026, YouTube simultaneously blocked 16 channels with 35 million subscribers and 4.7 billion views — among those deleted were real creators using faceless formats.
OpenAI spent $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026 — more than half of its quarterly revenue
According to shareholder documents, OpenAI spent $3.7 billion while generating $5.7 billion in revenue in January–March 2026. Both figures tripled year over year.
U.S. restricts foreigners' access to Anthropic — Europe alarmed ahead of G7
As Paris prepared for VivaTech and the G7 gathered in Evian, the U.S. tightened foreign nationals' access to Anthropic's models — reminding Europe of its AI dependence.
Jeff Bezos to invest $400 million in Cambridge AI materials startup
CuspAI, a two-year-old Cambridge startup designing new materials with AI, is in talks to raise $400 million at a $2.6 billion valuation.
Proception settled Tesla lawsuit and raised $11M for robotic hands
Proception settled Tesla’s trade-secret lawsuit and raised $11M for high-precision robotic hands — a challenge Optimus has not solved yet.
Anthropic's Restrictions Became the Best Argument for Sovereign AI, Says Upstage CEO
When Anthropic disabled its best models worldwide following US government requirements, it became an iron-clad argument for advocates of national AI development.
Alibaba unveiled AI models for robots — China is betting on agents
Alibaba has released its first set of AI models for robots: the industry is shifting from chatbots to agentic systems capable of carrying out complex tasks in the real world.
1Password Acquires Apono: Access Control for AI Agents in Corporate Systems
1Password has acquired Israeli startup Apono, which manages in real-time what AI agents, people, and machines can do within corporate systems.
Qualcomm chief: AI agents will become the new apps, 40 devices on the way
Cristiano Amon said AI agents will replace traditional apps, the smartphone will lose its status as the primary device — and announced 40 new Qualcomm devices.
DeepSeek closes the largest funding round in China — $7.4 billion at a valuation above $50 billion
Chinese AI startups are drawing record investment: DeepSeek has closed the largest first funding round in the country’s history — $7.4 billion at a valuation above $50 billion.
South Korea announces $880 billion plan, betting on chips, data centers and robots
President Lee Jae-myung unveiled a 10-year program — the country's biggest state-backed bet on semiconductors, computing power and robotics.
Google Cloud adds SandboxAQ AI models to marketplace for scientific calculations
Google Cloud is connecting "large quantitative models" from SandboxAQ to its marketplace — AI trained on scientific equations and laboratory data, rather than internet text.
Omen AI raised $31M for cooling water monitoring in AI data centers
Omen AI startup raised $31M for a cooling liquid monitoring platform in data centers — bacteria in water is becoming a real threat as GPU rack density grows.
Neuron Soundware: Czech Startup Detects Drones by Sound for €150
A Czech startup has developed Sound Shield — a passive AI-powered acoustic drone detection system with sensors priced at €100–150, designed mainly to protect power grids.
Flock Safety cameras cover U.S. roads: more than 100,000 license plate readers
Flock Safety dominates the U.S. market for automatic license plate readers and has already installed its cameras along most of the country’s major roads — more than 100,000 devices in total.
For six months, Anthropic warned about AI dangers — the government banned its models
The company was the most outspoken in the industry about AI risks, published a 19,000-word essay on threats to civilization — and became a victim of its own honesty.
Creators of Microsoft Security Copilot raise $100 million to prevent attacks
ENT Security, a startup founded by the creators of Microsoft Security Copilot, has raised a $100 million seed round for an AI system that blocks cyberattacks before they can cause damage.
Genesis AI says the hype around humanoids is a mistake — and unveiled Eno
Startup Genesis AI unveiled Eno, a wheeled robot with dexterous hands and a foundation model — a direct challenge to multibillion-dollar investments in humanoid robots.
Mobileye sold self-driving technology for 25 years — now it is launching its own robotaxis
Jerusalem-based Mobileye, whose systems are installed in 230 million cars, has for the first time in a quarter-century decided to become a robotaxi operator itself.
The US invested $500 million in SandboxAQ to reduce chip production’s reliance on China
The U.S. Department of Commerce has become a shareholder in AI startup SandboxAQ: $500 million under the CHIPS Act will go toward developing chip materials domestically.