AI News Archive: July 7, 2026 — Part 9
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- MotionElements
MotionElements
- The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scale
With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six months into the future. Returning to the foundational elements of AI architecture—the…
- Amazon’s New Bonds Get Cooler Reception as AI Debt Floods Market
When Amazon.com Inc. sold its biggest ever bond earlier this year, it was inundated with investor orders amid hype about the artificial intelligence boom. This time around there’s less fanfare.
- TeraWulf CEO Excited About Anthropic Data Center Agreement
TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager says a new 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic is a major vote of confidence in the company’s AI infrastructure strategy. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Prager also discusses plans for a purpose-built AI campus at TeraWulf’s Kentucky site and what the long-term partnership means for future growth. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Market Strategist Highlights High Earnings Expectations Amid AI Sector Concentration
Jordan Jackson, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, discussed the approaching earnings season and the challenges posed by elevated market expectations. While S&P 500 earnings growth is projected at over 20% for the quarter, excluding technology sectors reduces growth estimates to around 11%, which still represents solid double-digit expansion. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
- Samsung's AI problem
Samsung's AI problem Reuters
- ECB tells banks to bolster AI cyber defences as peers take lighter approach
ECB tells banks to bolster AI cyber defences as peers take lighter approach Reuters
- BlackRock to launch Nasdaq-100 ETF, challenging Invesco's dominance as AI rally boosts demand
BlackRock to launch Nasdaq-100 ETF, challenging Invesco's dominance as AI rally boosts demand Reuters
- US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says
US power use to beat record highs in 2026 and 2027 as AI use surges, EIA says Reuters
- AI startup CEO pleaded guilty in US to trading on insider tips from lawyers
AI startup CEO pleaded guilty in US to trading on insider tips from lawyers Reuters
- Big Tech data centers are driving up power bills at America's Rust Belt factories
Big Tech data centers are driving up power bills at America's Rust Belt factories Reuters
- Perplexity says it plans to use Nvidia's new CPU
Perplexity says it plans to use Nvidia's new CPU Reuters
- BlackRock says the China AI play is stock-specific, not a regional trade
BlackRock Investment Institute laid out its views Monday on the AI bubble debate.
- This Chinese cloud name offers a new way to play the AI boom, Morgan Stanley says
Kingsoft Cloud is likely to see its shares rise as it changes into an artificial intelligence-focused cloud business to ride the AI wave, Morgan Stanley says.
- Generate images, edit photos, restyle rooms, and more for free with Meta AI
Generate images, edit photos, restyle rooms, and more for free with Meta AI AI at Meta
- Will Someone Finally Blink in the AI Spending War?
If Meta does rent out excess compute, it could signal that big tech has overbuilt.
- Nasdaq sinks as AI worries hit chipmakers
Nasdaq sinks as AI worries hit chipmakers Reuters
- Is AI making us dumber? Researchers are starting to worry
Is AI making us dumber? Researchers are starting to worry Business Insider
- There are 3 telltale signs that you used AI to make your app — and they aren't pretty
There are 3 telltale signs that you used AI to make your app — and they aren't pretty Business Insider
- Why stocks of hyperscalers like Microsoft and Meta are falling behind in the AI trade
Why stocks of hyperscalers like Microsoft and Meta are falling behind in the AI trade Business Insider
- Perplexity is quietly building an AI coding tool to take on Cursor and Claude Code
Perplexity is quietly building an AI coding tool to take on Cursor and Claude Code Business Insider
- Facing a Revolt, HubSpot Reverses Decision to Use Customer Data For AI Feature
Facing a Revolt, HubSpot Reverses Decision to Use Customer Data For AI Feature The Information
- Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf
Three Charts Show How xAI, Meta and Anthropic Are Entering Each Other’s Turf The Information
- Anthropic’s Lead in Safety with C+ Grade, Walmart’s Ad Growth Beats Amazon’s, Chinese Custom Chips — TITV [Video]
Anthropic’s Lead in Safety with C+ Grade, Walmart’s Ad Growth Beats Amazon’s, Chinese Custom Chips — TITV [Video] The Information
- Former AWS Government Sales Chief Joins Anthropic
Former AWS Government Sales Chief Joins Anthropic The Information
- Cloudflare puts prices on AI scraping
Cloudflare recently rolled out what is essentially a bot paywall that would allow its customers to charge AI models for scraping its customers’ content.
- AI investors chase the chokepoint
The next test of this trade is the US listing of SK Hynix, South Korea’s second-largest memory chip maker, which aims to raise $28 billion.
- ‘FOBO’ is driving China’s AI anxiety
For the first time in living memory, the arrival of a new technology has inspired apprehension, rather than unrestrained enthusiasm in China.
- China’s AI boom is creating a different kind of entrepreneur
Backed by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley.
- What Makes AI Art Worth Collecting?
Collectors say it takes much more than a clever prompt
- Brain-Inspired Light Sensor Could Speed AI Image Processing
A pixel that both senses light and remembers what it sensed might reduce data movement
- AI tools are giving inconsistent financial advice — and some may show racial and gender bias
A new study tested 7 generative AI platforms on emergency savings, retirement withdrawals, and portfolio allocation — with notable differences by race and gender
- AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns
Andrew Charlton says artificial intelligence ‘cheating, deceiving, going their own way’ – and time to get ahead of it is during testing Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Artificial intelligence models are already “cheating, deceiving and going their own way”, Australia’s assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, has warned, as the federal government’s AI Safety Institute begins testing the latest models. In a speech to an AI safety forum in Sydney on Tuesday, Charlton said safety for AI matters now as “AI systems are already doing things their creators never intended”. Continue reading...
- ‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom
Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarce San Francisco’s AI boom has buyers spending unprecedented amounts of money on homes – much more than sellers are asking for. A new analysis from real-estate brokerage Compass, found that in the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes in the city sold for at least $1m above their asking price, 44 of them in June alone. Continue reading...
- Big tech’s lofty climate goals wrecked by energy-hungry AI
Net-zero pledges of Google and Amazon slip out of reach, and struggling Meta makes frantic moves Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US tech editor, writing to you after a rodeo in rural Texas, where I celebrated Independence Day. Today in tech, we’re discussing how tech giants’ investments in AI are hindering their pledges of climate neutrality, Meta’s frantic search for new lines of business, and Americans’ anger at tech’s political influence. Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’ Tesla sales surpass expectations for second quarter as Musk backlash seems to cool 3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands What are Britain’s AI growth zones – and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? Continue reading...
- Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution
Large-scale datacentre projects around the world are being challenged or cancelled, as infrastructure’s energy demands ramp up Datacentre planning proposals face all kinds of hurdles, from securing energy supply to high construction costs. But the 2,000 acre Prince William Digital Gateway site in the US state of Virginia had another problem: its proximity to a Civil War battlefield. “If the development is allowed to proceed, the solemn nature of this historic site would become marred by sitting in the shadow of the monstrous datacentres, along with their associated electrical infrastructure,” said one legal brief against the plans . Continue reading...
- From R&D to Data Analysis, AI Is Rewriting How Game Companies Operate
YOOZOO Interactive deploys AI agents across 75% of its workforce, using Tencent Cloud WorkBuddy to transform game development from coding to global marketing analytics.
- We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor review – can dignity at work survive the tech revolution?
A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation It’s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it’s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming AI-employment shock. What might the future of work look like – and who or what will shape its terms? In her new book, Sarah O’Connor goes looking for answers in the modern collision of artificial intelligence, automation, and human labour. This clash between human and machine – and the fight to secure decent working conditions even as the pressure to maximise production mounts – is nothing new. Neither are concerns about the health risks of repetitive factory work or the loss of creative craftsmanship and independent judgment in the wake of mechanisation. O’Connor has been a reporter at the Financial Times for nearly two decades, and although We Are Not Machines looks to the future, many of the threats AI poses to workers’ dignity and safety look a lot like reconfigurations of old battles. The book takes its title from the signs striking Swedish miners carried in 1969 as they protested their employers’ new methods of monitoring their output. “ Vi är ej maskiner ”, their signs read: “We are not machines.” Continue reading...
- How AI is changing the world of retail investment
Excessive regulation could hamper innovation and harm savers
- Top banking watchdogs issue stark warning over AI-driven cyber attacks
IT weaknesses could be exploited by frontier models in a ‘matter of minutes’, say ECB and ESRB
- ‘AI told me to leave my pension to my daughter in Dubai to save tax’
‘AI told me to leave my pension to my daughter in Dubai to save tax’ The Telegraph
- Samsung Vision AI TVs: Pre-order the 2026 home entertainment lineup
Samsung Vision AI TVs: Pre-order the 2026 home entertainment lineup The Telegraph
- ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026: Why the second customer matters more than the first
ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026 arrives at a time when enterprise AI adoption is entering a new phase. A great AI product is no longer sufficient. As companies look more closely at AI products, repeatability, scalability and measurable business impact are becoming the differentiators between promising startups and enterprise-ready companies.
- Bill Gates created the modern office worker to sell software: Perplexity CEO
Perplexity AI's chief executive believes Microsoft shaped the modern American office worker. Bill Gates' vision of a computer on every desk created employees who spend much of their day in front of screens. Microsoft focused on commercial success and software business expansion, and this strategy trained employees to use its products extensively.
- New AI law may focus on graded, risk-based regulations: Officials
This may result in minimal regulation for low-risk AI such as chatbots, productivity tools, recommendation systems, while ensuring stricter obligations for high-risk AI used critical sectors such as banking, finance, health and critical infrastructure.
- ChatGPT image generation down- OpenAI says ‘implementing mitigation’
ChatGPT faced a widespread outage on Tuesday, with users reporting issues generating images and accessing past chats. OpenAI confirms it's investigating.
- Apple now asks users before sending Apple Intelligence requests to Google Cloud
Apple's integration of Google's AI has improved features but requires sharing user data with Google Cloud.
- Robotics Startup Mowito Raises $3 Mn To Expand US Presence
Bengaluru-based robotic startup Mowito has secured $3 Mn (almost ₹28.6 Cr) in a pre-seed funding round led by Version One…
- How AI can power India's digitally-empowered farming ecosystem
How AI can power India's digitally-empowered farming ecosystem YourStory.com
- Photo Upscaler AI
Photo Upscaler AI