AI News Archive: July 3, 2026 — Part 1
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- Tesla Driver Using Autopilot in Texas Crash Is Charged With Manslaughter
A front-door video camera of the crash, which killed a woman inside her home, showed the Tesla plowing into a house through its driveway.
Score: 94🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/tesla-autopilot-crash-texas-manslaughter.html - UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps Parents should not put photos of their children on public display online, according to landmark guidance issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material. The recommendation has come from the National Crime Agency and the Internet Watch Foundation, which fear that most people are unaware of the dangers posed by paedophiles and criminal networks. They suggest that parents and guardians make their social media accounts private or share pictures of their children through a “close friends” group. The NCA and the IWF stressed they were not telling parents how to behave online, but said they should be aware of the problem and how to tackle it. Continue reading...
- An AI just carried out a cyber attack without any human oversight for the first time
Autonomous ransomware attacks marks major milestone for artificial intelligence and cyber security
Score: 92🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/security/ai-cyber-security-ransomware-attack-b3008237.html - Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
At the event "The Briefing: AI for Science" earlier this week, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a new "AI workbench for scientists" that pulls fragmented tools and datasets into one environment, and generates figures and visuals. Anthropic, already dominating the industry with its popular coding tools and powerful AI models, framed the launch around what it […]
Score: 91🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/961311/anthropic-claude-science-ai-drug-development - AI tool improves prediction of who will respond to cancer immunotherapy drugs
AI tool improves prediction of who will respond to cancer immunotherapy drugs EurekAlert!
- How generative AI and physics can help design new antibiotics
By 2050, scientists estimate that antibiotic-resistant infections will be associated with more than 8 million deaths around the world every year.
- AI adoption drives 28,000 monthly job losses in US tech and finance
AI is beginning to reshape employment in the US, with the technology and finance sectors shedding an average of 28,000 jobs a month in 2026 despite continued overall job growth. The trend signals a growing shift in workforce demand as employers automate routine roles and prioritise AI-enabled skills.
- What would be your worst nightmare for Windows? Leaked Microsoft video from 2024 shows what many would regard with pure horror: a Copilot OS
This is what Windows could have become if Microsoft leaned heavily into AI — an OS starring Copilot.
- Alibaba’s Elements Claw AI agent unearths 4 new superconductors
Alibaba Group Holding’s Damo Academy has unveiled what it calls the industry’s first artificial intelligence agent for discovering superconducting materials, saying that the tool has already found four previously unknown compounds that were later verified in laboratory experiments. Superconducting materials are substances able to conduct electricity without resistance and expel magnetic fields when cooled to low temperatures – a capability breakthrough that could revolutionise power grids,...
- How the UAE is using AI to help doctors detect disease earlier and personalise treatment
How the UAE is using AI to help doctors detect disease earlier and personalise treatment Arabian Business
- SoftBank plans to rent AI compute in U.S. at 10-gigawatt scale
SoftBank plans to rent AI compute in U.S. at 10-gigawatt scale The Japan Times
Score: 84🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/03/companies/softbank-ai-cloud-service/ - Microsoft launches Microsoft Frontier Company with $2.5bn investment
Microsoft launches Microsoft Frontier Company with $2.5bn investment verdict.co.uk
- CPP Investments spends $2.4B with EQT to build AI infrastructure
CPP Investments spends $2.4B with EQT to build AI infrastructure Toronto Star
- Alibaba, Tencent back Kuaishou's Kling AI in $2.8 billion fundraise
Alibaba, Tencent back Kuaishou's Kling AI in $2.8 billion fundraise Reuters
Score: 84💰 MoneyJul 3, 2026https://www.reuters.com/world/china/alibaba-tencent-back-kuaishous-kling-ai-28-billion-fundraise-2026-07-03/ - Together AI raised $800 million, more than doubling its valuation to $8.3 billion
The round was led by Aramco Ventures, the venture arm of Saudi Arabia's state oil company Saudi Aramco
- AI drones made in Germany see duty on Ukraine's front line
The German defense company Helsing is supplying combat drones to Ukraine and will soon provide them to the German army. How effective are they on the front line? DW joined a Ukrainian combat mission to find out.
- OpenAI proposes 5% stake to Trump administration to ease Washington pressure: Report
Trump said in June that the U.S. taking an ownership stake in AI giants would be "a beautiful thing" and make American public "partners in this revolution."
- The AI chip trade cracked this week, and the hunt for what replaces it has begun
The trade that defined the first half of 2026, buying anything with proximity to a GPU, broke apart in the holiday-shortened week before Independence Day. The PHLX Semiconductor Index, which had surged more than 80% in the first half, sank 6.3% on Wednesday and 5.4% on Thursday, a two-session decline of roughly 12%. While chip stocks […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 84🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-stock-rotation-chips-software-holiday-week - Meta to release new AI model with advanced coding capabilities ‘soon’
Meta Platforms Inc. is gearing up to release a new version of its flagship Muse Spark artificial intelligence model. Alexandr Wang, the company’s chief AI officer, wrote on X today that the update will roll out “soon.” The announcement came a few hours after Business Insider reported that the new algorithm is competitive with GPT-5.5 […] The post Meta to release new AI model with advanced coding capabilities ‘soon’ appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 84🤖 ModelsJul 3, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/03/meta-release-new-ai-model-advanced-coding-capabilities-soon/ - ‘Machine warfare is coming’: US, China urged to address military AI as global rules stall
The head of a top UN security think tank has warned that the international community, along with industry, must pivot to pragmatic dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare, as a major global regulatory convention remains unlikely in the short term. “Machine warfare is coming,” said Robin Geiss, director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Unidir), during a lecture at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Tuesday. He warned that AI was reshaping military operations on...
- Govt to soon start work on new legal framework for AI: IT Secy Krishnan
The government will soon begin stakeholder consultations on a dedicated legal framework for artificial intelligence as evolving AI capabilities require a separate regulatory regime, IT Secretary
- Agentic AI Used to Conduct Ransomware Attack via Langflow
Attack demonstrates how LLM agents can combine known exploitation techniques with real-time reasoning to automate complex, multi-stage intrusions. The post Agentic AI Used to Conduct Ransomware Attack via Langflow appeared first on SecurityWeek .
Score: 84🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.securityweek.com/agentic-ai-used-to-conduct-ransomware-attack-via-langflow/ - Kuaishou files US$3 billion Kling AI funding round to Hong Kong stock exchange
Chinese short video giant Kuaishou said on Thursday evening that its artificial intelligence video arm, Kling AI, was seeking to raise around US$3 billion in its first external fundraising round, according to a filing to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. The funding round, first reported by the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, was backed by a long list of investors, spanning Chinese technology heavyweights, state-backed investment vehicles and entertainment industry participants. Baidu,...
- Takeda signs US$600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico
Takeda has entered a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to use AI in early-stage drug discovery across the Japanese pharmaceutical company’s therapeutic areas. The companies did not disclose which therapeutic areas or disease targets will be covered under the collaboration. The agreement gives Takeda access to Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform, which supports biological target […] The post Takeda signs US$600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico appeared first on AI News .
Score: 84💰 MoneyJul 3, 2026https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/takeda-insilico-ai-drug-discovery-deal/ - Meta spent billions on AI, but Zuckerberg says progress has been slower than expected: Report
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the shortcomings of the company's recent restructuring and the slow development of AI agents.
- OpenAI offers US a 5% stake
OpenAI offers the US a 5% stake in its operations, signaling strategic investment moves.
- Abu Dhabi's $49 Billion AI Fund And Its Sovereign Rivals
Abu Dhabi's MGX just closed the biggest dedicated AI fund ever, at $49 billion. Three rival sovereign funds are betting on AI in entirely different ways.
Score: 84🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.forbes.com/sites/guneyyildiz/2026/07/03/abu-dhabis-49-billion-ai-fund-and-its-sovereign-rivals/ - Samsung in talks to produce Anthropic’s advanced AI chips
Anthropic is in talks with Samsung Electronics to produce advanced artificial intelligence chips using the Korean chipmaker’s next-generation foundry and packaging technologies, according to a report, in a potential boost to Samsung’s efforts to win more big tech customers. The Information reported Thursday that the US AI model developer is considering using Samsung’s 2-nanometer foundry process and advanced packaging facilities to manufacture its own high-end chips. The discussions are still at
- HCLTech wins $1.1bn AI-led deal with Mercedes
HCLTech's stock surged almost 6% following the announcement of a massive $1.1 billion deal with a European Fortune Global 50 company, widely believed to be Mercedes-Benz. This significant AI-led agreement, set to run for five years with an extension option, will see HCLTech revamp the automaker's global digital workplace and network operations. The deal highlights the increasing enterprise focus on artificial intelligence investments.
- OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Family, New Ways to Train Robots, Models Invoking Models
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Family, New Ways to Train Robots, Models Invoking Models
- Kuaishou Announces Kling AI Video Unit’s Fundraising at $15 Billion Valuation
Kuaishou Announces Kling AI Video Unit’s Fundraising at $15 Billion Valuation The Information
- Google Launches Gemini Omni Flash and Nano Banana 2 Lite
Google Launches Gemini Omni Flash and Nano Banana 2 Lite YourStory.com
Score: 83🤖 ModelsJul 3, 2026https://yourstory.com/ai-story/google-gemini-omni-flash-nano-banana-2-lite - CNTXT AI Closes $60M Series A to Deploy Sovereign AI Globally
CNTXT AI Closes $60M Series A to Deploy Sovereign AI Globally USA Today
- China’s ByteDance discovers new scaling law that could sustain AI boom
Researchers at TikTok parent ByteDance have discovered a new scaling law governing how fast artificial intelligence agents can improve by performing real-world tasks, a finding that could help prolong the AI boom just as traditional development methods hit a wall. In a research paper published on Thursday, ByteDance’s Seed AI team revealed that AI agents – autonomous software that executes tasks on a human’s behalf – can double their learning speed every three months by interacting with...
- AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps
As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears The two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran them through an AI imaging tool, they had become the basis for extreme pornography videos. These examples come from the Report Remove service, which allows children who have had explicit pictures of themselves distributed without their consent to flag the image confidentially and have it blocked or taken down from social media. Due to breakthroughs in AI, and the wide availability of AI models and nudification apps , some under-18s are becoming victims without even being in contact with criminals. Continue reading...
- DoH and MIT– Koch Institute partner to advance AI-driven Cancer research
The partnership will connect world-class research expertise with the infrastructure, talent and capabilities required to accelerate the translation of scientific discovery into real-world impact
- AI Inference boom will trigger a 500% data center supply deficit by 2030
Iron Mountain, in partnership with Structure Research has issued their top 4 predictions for the impact of AI on Global Data Infrastructure. The predictions look at what shifts companies can […] The post AI Inference boom will trigger a 500% data center supply deficit by 2030 appeared first on Express Computer .
- Meta is building a cloud business to sell its excess AI computing power
The company is weighing plans to sell access to AI models and raw computing capacity, setting up new competition with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- China’s Momenta IPO oversubscribed 414 times as Hong Kong listings pack calendar
Chinese autonomous-driving start-up Momenta drew massive subscription numbers for its HK$5.89 billion (US$751 million) initial public offering in Hong Kong, even as it competed against five other issuers launching their IPOs at the same time. The Suzhou-based company’s bookbuilding closed on Friday. Preliminary figures showed that it attracted nearly 210,000 subscription applications, with the public offering subscribed 414 times, according to people familiar with the matter. Sponsored by China...
- Singapore’s dConstruct lands US$125M Series A to scale robotics for GPS-denied environments
Singapore-based dConstruct Technologies has closed a US$125 million Series A round, giving the city-state’s robotics sector one of its more visible funding wins at a time when deeptech companies across Southeast Asia face tougher scrutiny on commercial traction. The National Robotics Programme of Singapore announced the financing on Thursday, positioning it as the standout outcome […] The post Singapore’s dConstruct lands US$125M Series A to scale robotics for GPS-denied environments appeared first on e27 .
- Robots can now “see” touch thanks to a new color-changing tactile sensor
Robots can now “see” touch thanks to a new color-changing tactile sensor EurekAlert!
- Nvidia offers start-up customers chance to swap compute power for revenue share
Nvidia says it will give start-ups the chance to swap access to compute power for a slice of future profits under a new program aimed at AI-focused firms.
- Mistral AI Releases Leanstral 1.5: An Apache-2.0 Lean 4 Code Agent Model Solving 587 of 672 PutnamBench Problems
Mistral AI Releases Leanstral 1.5: An Apache-2.0 Lean 4 Code Agent Model Solving 587 of 672 PutnamBench Problems MarkTechPost
- A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf
A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf The Japan Times
Score: 80🤖 ModelsJul 3, 2026https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/03/tech/china-ai-catch-up/ - Alibaba bans staff from using Claude Code over Anthropic spyware concerns
Alibaba Group Holding has banned its employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code for work, citing security risks related to the US artificial intelligence firm’s previous use of hidden code to track Chinese users – a move that has sparked widespread backlash in recent days. “As Claude Code was recently discovered to carry back-door risks, after comprehensive evaluation, Claude Code has now been added to a list of high-risk software with security vulnerabilities,” Alibaba said on Thursday in an...
- Google Admits It Missed Its Climate Goals — Again — Because of AI
"The biggest change to our environmental impact is the expansion of our technical infrastructure — and the energy needed to operate it." The post Google Admits It Missed Its Climate Goals — Again — Because of AI appeared first on Futurism .
Score: 79🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-missed-climate-goals-ai - South Korea’s bold new chip cluster tests strategy to stay ahead in AI race
South Korea’s bold new chip cluster tests strategy to stay ahead in AI race The Straits Times
- Sam Altman pushes for AI sovereign wealth fund
Sam Altman advocates for a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to AI development and investment.
Score: 79🌐 MovesJul 3, 2026https://www.superhuman.ai/p/sam-altman-pushes-for-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund - HCL Tech announces $1.14 billion AI partnership with European firm
Sources familiar with the matter told ET that the client is Mercedes-Benz, with HCLTech beating out Infosys, which was the incumbent vendor for the account. This comes as enterprises increasingly consolidate vendors, with tech spending budgets tightening amid tough macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions.
- AI Browsers Can Basically Be Hypnotized Into Turning Against Their User and Carrying Out Devastating Hacks
The AI is brainwashed into believing a false reality. The post AI Browsers Can Basically Be Hypnotized Into Turning Against Their User and Carrying Out Devastating Hacks appeared first on Futurism .