AI News Archive: July 20, 2026 — Part 12
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- Google Plans New ‘Frozen’ AI Chip, Preventing Scams in the AI Era, 160 Software Startups For Sale — TITV [Video]
Google Plans New ‘Frozen’ AI Chip, Preventing Scams in the AI Era, 160 Software Startups For Sale — TITV [Video] The Information
- US judge approves Anthropic’s $1.9 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
US judge approves Anthropic’s $1.9 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit The Straits Times
- A Chinese AI lab just built a giant data centre with no Nvidia inside
For a year, one question has hung over China’s fast-improving AI models: what are they actually running on? Z.AI has just given part of the answer. It has built a huge data centre that uses only Chinese-made chips. The company, formerly known as Zhipu, has started partially operating the site, Bloomberg reported, citing a person […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Shares unsettled as oil climbs, earnings loom for AI
Shares unsettled as oil climbs, earnings loom for AI The Straits Times
- Oracle under pressure after ratings downgrade over AI expansion
Oracle under pressure after ratings downgrade over AI expansion Computing UK
- Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness
Augment Code's Vinay Perneti talks models, harnesses, and context.
- F1 in Belgium: Machine learning algorithms are ruining the sport
Many will say Spa is the best racetrack on earth, but not for these F1 cars.
- Tempus AI Buys Personalis for $1.5 Billion, and Both Stocks Sink
Tempus AI Buys Personalis for $1.5 Billion, and Both Stocks Sink Barron's
- YouTube Cracks Down on ‘Off-Putting Content’ and AI Slop
Do AI thumbnails next, please.
- AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
Under the new system, the protocol will take a looser, "stateless" approach to session IDs on the server side, similar to how most ordinary websites already work.
- Weak AI regulation may be worse than none at all, researchers say
A new modeling study finds that weak AI regulation may be worse than no regulation at all when it comes to the safety of AI products and services.
- Persistent uncertainty is reshaping how businesses operate, from continuous planning to AI adoption
Persistent uncertainty is reshaping how businesses operate, from continuous planning to AI adoption uk.entrepreneur.com
- Your Tesla Will Remember How You Drive
Your Tesla Will Remember How You Drive Barron's
- China is closing the AI gap
China is closing the AI gap
- China’s Top AI Event Delivers Message to the U.S.: We’re Coming for You
Any hopes the U.S. held for building an impregnable lead in the technology were dashed by the progress seen at a convention in Shanghai.
- Labour’s AI fund to back £1.9bn start-up CuspAI
Labour’s AI fund to back £1.9bn start-up CuspAI The Telegraph
- China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to President Donald Trump on AI publicly lobbed insults at the country’s leading AI companies. David Sacks, the president’s AI and crypto “czar” until…
- China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance
Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled frontier models they claim rival OpenAI and Anthropic.
- 7 Consequences of America Finally Losing Its AI Edge to China
Moonshot, DeepSeek, Zhipu, etc., will cause huge trouble
- Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software
Neo emerged from stealth on Monday with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, with Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures also participating. The company, founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks executives, is building what it calls a real-time control layer for agentic software in the enterprise. The problem […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Bank of Ireland appoints new Chief AI Officer
Bank of Ireland has appointed Prag Sharma as the bank's Chief AI Officer.
- ReliaQuest, OpenAI partner to expedite enterprise AI cyber defence
ReliaQuest, OpenAI partner to expedite enterprise AI cyber defence verdict.co.uk
- GAPVelocity AI launches VELO for PowerBuilder modernisation
GAPVelocity AI launches VELO for PowerBuilder modernisation verdict.co.uk
- Infinity raises $15M to run AI inference on any chipset
Early-stage AI infrastructure research company Infinity Inc. said it raised $15 million in seed funding to develop software that automatically prepares new artificial intelligence chips to run inference workloads. The round values the company at $100 million on a post-money basis. Infinity will use the capital to expand its engineering team, scale its automated research […] The post Infinity raises $15M to run AI inference on any chipset appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Acer Swift 16 AI (2026) Review: A Great Big-Screen Laptop With One Giant Hurdle
Acer Swift 16 AI (2026) Review: A Great Big-Screen Laptop With One Giant Hurdle PCMag Australia
- OpenAI: AI Trained for Long-Running Tasks Can Drift Into Rogue Behavior
OpenAI: AI Trained for Long-Running Tasks Can Drift Into Rogue Behavior PCMag UK
- OpenAI: AI Trained for Long-Running Tasks Can Drift Into Rogue Behavior
OpenAI: AI Trained for Long-Running Tasks Can Drift Into Rogue Behavior PCMag Australia
- Apple Reportedly Tests AI Tool to Record, Transcribe Genius Bar Interactions
Apple Reportedly Tests AI Tool to Record, Transcribe Genius Bar Interactions PCMag Australia
- Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week’s losses
Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week’s losses Houston Chronicle
- Wall Street steadies as AI stocks recover some of last week's sharp losses
Wall Street steadies as AI stocks recover some of last week's sharp losses San Francisco Chronicle
- Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week’s losses
Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week’s losses Toronto Star
- Moonshot’s Kimi AI Model Sets Off Anxiety in the US
Moonshot’s release of Kimi K3 sparked fierce debate in the US
- Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down
Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down Houston Chronicle
- Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down
Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down San Francisco Chronicle
- Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down
Florida GOP lawmaker and governor candidate says AI data center legislation keeps utility costs down Toronto Star
- Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8 Max days after Kimi K3 as China’s AI race heats up
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8 Max days after Kimi K3 as China’s AI race heats up
- LG AI Research launches global AI ethics course with UNESCO
LG AI Research on Monday launched a global artificial intelligence ethics massive open online course, or MOOC, in partnership with the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, to promote responsible AI development and use worldwide. The program, unveiled at the Korean National Commission for UNESCO in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, comes two years after the two organizations formed a partnership following the AI Seoul Summit in May 2024. Designed for AI developers, researchers and policymakers, the c
- Blackstone’s Futronic Deal Puts a $676 Mn Value on South Korea’s Robotics Supply Chain
Blackstone’s Futronic Deal Puts a $676 Mn Value on South Korea’s Robotics Supply Chain apac.entrepreneur.com
- Blackstone invests in South Korean robotics supplier Futronic
Blackstone has invested in Futronic, a supplier of high-precision actuators serving automotive and industrial robotics sectors, the world's largest alternative asset manager said on Monday. The deal values the South Korean firm at about 1 trillion won ($676.04 million), according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Blackstone and Futronic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Here are a few details: * Blackstone said that private equity funds affiliated with the alt
- Alibaba claims its new AI model is second best in the world
The 2.4 trillion-parameter model debuted at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, with open weights promised soon
- Fact check: Do AI data centers need more energy than the country produces now?
Fact check: Do AI data centers need more energy than the country produces now? Houston Chronicle
- 🎙️ How I AI: How the founder of Morning Brew built a Claude content machine that never runs out of ideas
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- Gartner: AI Platforms and Models Spending to Surge 63% to $64B in 2026
Worldwide end-user spending on AI models and platforms is projected to total $64 billion in 2026, up 63.4% from $39 billion in 2025, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Spending on GenAI models is forecast to grow 117%, while AI platform spending will rise 36.9% in 2026. “Enterprise AI budgets are coming under greater […] The post Gartner: AI Platforms and Models Spending to Surge 63% to $64B in 2026 appeared first on CXOToday.com .
- Could AI chip boom make ASML Europe's first trillion-dollar firm?
RPT-ANALYSIS-Could AI chip boom make ASML Europe's first trillion-dollar firm?
- 5 Things to Know About Uday Ruddarraju- The Newly appointed OpenAI CTO
5 Things to Know About Uday Ruddarraju- The Newly appointed OpenAI CTO india.entrepreneur.com
- OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete
"The head of strategic futures OpenAI seems a little rattled." The post OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete appeared first on Futurism .
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- China's new AI model halts new subscriptions as demand swamps capacity
The new, powerful Chinese artificial intelligence model Kimi K3, which has caused a stir in the U.S. tech industry, has suspended new subscriptions after a flood in demand overwhelmed capacity within days of the launch.
- AI’s Wildest Week: Models, And Lawsuits
OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Apple, and Google all made moves
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