AI News Archive: July 25, 2026 — Part 1
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Samsung, SK Group seal $1.23 trillion in deals as South Korea hosts AI powers
Samsung, SK Group seal $1.23 trillion in deals as South Korea hosts AI powers The Straits Times
Score: 95🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-president-lee-hosts-us-tech-summit-calls-for-new-ai-era - Prime Video's upcoming AI makeover could completely change how you decide what to watch next
Prime Video's upcoming AI makeover could completely change how you decide what to watch next Tom's Guide
- Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 delivers near-Fable 5 performance at half the token price
Anthropic's new flagship model Claude Opus 5 posts top scores in coding and knowledge work at half of Fable 5's token rates. On ARC-AGI-3, a benchmark for novel problem-solving, Opus 5 hits 30.2 percent, nearly four times higher than GPT-5.6 Sol. The article Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 delivers near-Fable 5 performance at half the token price appeared first on The Decoder .
- Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds
Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds CBC
Score: 92🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/waymo-driverless-car-safety-study-9.7282895 - Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads
"It's frankly an insult to older voters who don't know that AI exists." The post Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads appeared first on Futurism .
Score: 91🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/voters-elections-conservative-generative-ai-slop-ads-deepfakes - ChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?
OpenAI announced a dedicated space in ChatGPT for sharing medical records, Health in ChatGPT. Health and AI experts lay out the pros and cons.
Score: 90🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-health-medical-records-advice-expert-risks/ - Demand for AI Computing Is So High That Apple Is Redesigning Every Mac It Sells
Demand for AI Computing Is So High That Apple Is Redesigning Every Mac It Sells entrepreneur.com
- China's cleaning robots mop up 70% of global share through innovation
China's cleaning robots mop up 70% of global share through innovation Nikkei Asia
- OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic
With China's open-weight AI models continuing to improve, US companies want to see a free market for all.
- Midjourney announces surprise purchase of popular horoscope app Co-Star
What does a generative AI company want with one of the most popular horoscope apps? A lot, as it turns out.
Score: 86🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://mashable.com/tech/midjourney-announces-surprise-purchase-of-popular-horoscope-app-co-star - Nvidia, SK to announce $500 billion partnership, Jensen Huang says
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the AI chip giant and South Korea’s SK Group would unveil business partnerships worth more than $500 billion. “The SK Group and I are announcing today that our two companies will enter into business partnerships that will represent over $500 billion of business together,” Huang said during a one-on-one meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in San Francisco. Huang didn’t provide details on how the figure was calculated or over what period the p
- Nvidia locks down memory supply from SK Hynix as part of $500 billion AI deal
Nvidia is aggressively securing supply of high-bandwidth memory, an essential component for its GPUs and systems.
Score: 85💰 MoneyJul 25, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/nvidia-locks-down-memory-from-sk-hynix-as-part-of-500-billion-ai-deal.html - Samsung, SK and Nvidia join $700bn US-Korea AI push
Samsung, SK and Nvidia join $700bn US-Korea AI push Nikkei Asia
- Samsung Electronics wins $200 billion Broadcom AI chip partnership, boosting foundry push
Samsung Electronics wins $200 billion Broadcom AI chip partnership, boosting foundry push
Score: 85💰 MoneyJul 25, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/samsung-electronics-wins-200-billion-broadcom-ai-chip-partnership.html - Google signs EU AI Act transparency code and expands SynthID watermarking to five AI partners including Apple and OpenAI
Google announced on July 24, 2026 that it has formally signed the European Union’s AI Act Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, committing the company to a set of technical and labelling standards that will govern how AI-produced text, images, audio and video are identified across Europe. At the same time, Google disclosed ... Read more
Score: 83🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://gcn.com/synthid-watermarking-google-signs-act-transparency/20021/ - Korea, US tech giants set sights on $950 billion in chip partnerships: Seoul
South Korean and US technology giants agreed to pursue $950 billion in semiconductor supply and manufacturing partnerships over the next five years, unveiling a sweeping series of deals at the San Francisco AI Summit. The partnerships, announced during President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to San Francisco, are intended to advance the Lee administration’s flagship megaprojects across semiconductors, AI data centers and physical AI. “We have developed concrete investment and cooperation plans with glob
- Samsung Elec wins $200 billion Broadcom AI chip partnership, boosting foundry push
Samsung Elec wins $200 billion Broadcom AI chip partnership, boosting foundry push Reuters
- NVIDIA releases major collection of open-source physical AI skills for robots, AVs and factories through Agent Toolkit
NVIDIA has released a major collection of open-source physical AI skills and developer tools through its Agent Toolkit, giving software developers pre-built, agent-executable instructions for building robotics, autonomous vehicle, vision AI and industrial digital twin systems without starting from scratch. What the Agent Toolkit release includes NVIDIA made the announcement at GTC Taipei on June ... Read more
- The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
Plus: Russian hackers are trying to steal US nuclear scientists’ emails, the State Department bans known scammers from entering the United States, and more.
- SK Group and NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory
SK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to establish AI infrastructure serving the surging demand for global compute. The two sides signed letters of intent to formalize the agreement, which spans from AI factory construction to AI memory supply.
- Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
Nvidia will invest $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center under construction in South Korea, the chipmaker announced late Friday. The funding will allow Naver to more than triple the size of the facility from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts, with US private equity firm Brookfield agreeing […] This story continues at The Next Web
- HCLTech to set up Rs 14.3k cr AI data centre in Odisha
HCLTech to set up Rs 14.3k cr AI data centre in Odisha
- NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield to Expand Korea’s National AI Factory Infrastructure Buildout
NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield today announced a proposed expansion of Korea's sovereign AI factory infrastructure, with planned investments that will grow the initial NVIDIA® DSX™ AI factory deployment to 200 megawatts — more than tripling the 55-megawatt buildout announced last month. NAVER intends to expand its deployment of NVIDIA AI infrastructure to 1 gigawatt.
- AMD targets physical AI computing with integrated platform for robotics and autonomous systems
As AI expands into robotics and other real-world applications, the focus is shifting toward integrated platforms that simplify development and deployment. Open ecosystems and standardized architectures are emerging as key priorities for the future of physical AI computing. Agentic AI is creating the same requirements and challenges across markets, all of which demand a significant […] The post AMD targets physical AI computing with integrated platform for robotics and autonomous systems appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 71🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/25/physical-ai-computing-amdadvancingai/ - DeepSeek tells prospective investors of funding pause, Bloomberg News reports
DeepSeek tells prospective investors of funding pause, Bloomberg News reports
- DeepSeek Said to Tell Backers of Funding Pause After Viral Posts
DeepSeek has told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it’s suspending the deal for now, people familiar with the matter said, days after comments widely attributed to founder Liang Wenfeng about US-Chinese AI competition went viral.
- Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028
Waymo has notified Uber that it plans to launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending the exclusivity arrangement that has kept its robotaxis available only through Uber in both cities. An Uber spokesperson confirmed the notice to CNBC and Bloomberg on Friday, adding that the change would also free Uber […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 68🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/waymo-uber-exclusivity-ends-austin-atlanta-robotaxi - First Take: OpenAI’s “Presence” Launch Will Transform AI Agent Consulting Competition
First Take: OpenAI’s “Presence” Launch Will Transform AI Agent Consulting Competition Gartner
- Waymo explores ending Uber partnership: Financial Times
The companies have increasingly clashed over operational and commercial issues, according to the report. Waymo has raised concerns about the cleanliness and routing of its vehicles, while Uber has criticised the sudden unavailability of Waymo vehicles during bad weather and argued that the partnership has "unsustainable financial terms," the FT reported.
- AWS EC2 compute evolves to meet agentic AI and physical AI demand
Twenty years on, AWS EC2 compute is meeting demand shaped by agentic AI, physical AI, and customers pushing general-purpose cloud infrastructure into new territory its earliest architects never anticipated. That growth is permeating throughout every layer of the platform, according to Art Baudo (pictured), principal product marketing manager and head of EC2 product marketing at […] The post AWS EC2 compute evolves to meet agentic AI and physical AI demand appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 68🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/25/aws-ec2-compute-evolves-agentic-physical-ai-amdadvancingai/ - Did OpenAI's models just breach its own risk 'red line'? Outside safety experts think so
Did OpenAI's models just breach its own risk 'red line'? Outside safety experts think so Fortune
- Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung Announces Physical AI Vision at San Francisco AI Summit
Hyundai Motor Group shares roadmap for realizing its Physical AI vision and collaboration strategy with global tech leaders at the San Francisco AI Summit Executive Chair Euisun Chung presented, “Hyundai Motor Group is evolving beyond the traditional boundaries of automotive manufacturing to become a Physical AI solution company,” adding, “The ... [continued] The post Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung Announces Physical AI Vision at San Francisco AI Summit appeared first on CleanTechnica .
- This AI SSD tech makes 8 RTX 5090s perform like 46 GPUs in inference
GenStorAIGE's AI90 combines HBM, DDR, and SSD storage, claiming faster inference while expanding effective GPU memory for large language models.
Score: 63🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-ai-ssd-tech-makes-8-rtx-5090s-perform-like-46-gpus-in-inference - AMD’s Helios strategy turns the GPU battle into a systems contest
The market for data center GPUs is evolving beyond individual chip specifications into a contest over fully integrated rack-scale systems. As AI workloads scale into the gigawatt range, buyers increasingly demand validated infrastructure that can be deployed quickly rather than components assembled piecemeal. That shift has pushed Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to reposition itself as […] The post AMD’s Helios strategy turns the GPU battle into a systems contest appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 62🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/24/data-center-gpus-accelerate-rack-scale-ai-workloads-amdadvancingai/ - Lee’s San Francisco declaration casts Korea as hub for building, using and sharing AI
President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the San Francisco Declaration on AI, laying claim to an indispensable role for South Korea in the global AI economy. His vision casts Korea as a place where AI is built and supplied, swiftly put to work and carried into new markets — with responsible, human-centered development turning its gains into opportunity for all. “From now on, the Republic of Korea will chart a vision for the future of AI, work with the world and help build a better future for humanity,”
- First Take: The U.S. Kill Switch Act Demands Vendor-Agnostic Agentic AI
First Take: The U.S. Kill Switch Act Demands Vendor-Agnostic Agentic AI Gartner
- Google’s chatty new home speaker with built-in Gemini AI for €99
Google’s AI bot Gemini is built into the home speaker offering
- China Computing Power Ranks Second Globally as AI Servers Overtake General Servers for First Time: Five Sub-Sectors Define the Future
China computing capacity reaches 962 EFLOPS ranking second worldwide, AI server sales surpass general servers for first time, as high-end computing, green energy, domestic substitution, global expansion, and computing services emerge as five key growth tracks.
- Analysis: A powerful new coalition of AI skeptics is coalescing right in Trump's blind spot
Evangelicals, labor unions and anti-AI-data-center activists are part of a groundswell worrying about how fast technology is changing.
- HPE targets HPC and AI infrastructure convergence as supercomputing scale meets enterprise AI
HPC AI infrastructure is no longer a parallel track to traditional computing. They are merging into a unified computing foundation that the supercomputing world has been building toward for years. The same infrastructure once reserved for national laboratory modeling and simulation has become the foundation for enterprise AI factories, and agents are already running scientific […] The post HPE targets HPC and AI infrastructure convergence as supercomputing scale meets enterprise AI appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 58🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/25/hpc-ai-infrastructure-convergence-hpe-amdadvancingai/ - Japan courts India, Malaysia to escape US-China AI duopoly
Japan has been establishing dialogue frameworks for artificial intelligence with like-minded countries and Global South partners to reduce reliance on top US and Chinese firms and promote domestic companies abroad. The outreach signals a growing recognition among those countries of the need for cooperation, rather than going it alone, to survive in the increasingly competitive field of AI. At home, Japan is seeking to foster its own domestic AI ecosystem. The move by the United States to...
- Meta AI gets smarter: It can now plan your day, do research, and create presentations
Meta AI gets smarter: It can now plan your day, do research, and create presentations
- SA Asks: How much of a threat is China's Kimi K3 to US AI labs?
SA Asks: How much of a threat is China's Kimi K3 to US AI labs?
- From Silicon Valley to DC, the tech world is suddenly obsessed with one concept in AI: Distillation
Distillation has long been a topic for AI wonks, but it's become a hot-button issue of late as techies and lawmakers debate how it should be regulated.
Score: 55🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/hat-is-distillation-and-why-is-everyone-so-obsessed-with-it-this-week.html - South Korea President Lee hosts US tech summit, seeks new AI era
South Korea President Lee hosts US tech summit, seeks new AI era Nikkei Asia
- Google Flow Music Spaces is becoming an all-in-one AI music studio
Google has rolled out a major update for Flow Music Spaces, adding AI-powered song editing, stem splitting, image generation, lyrics, and video creation to its collaborative workspaces.
Score: 54🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/google-flow-music-spaces-is-becoming-an-all-in-one-ai-music-studio/ - 'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources
Water UK calls out the government for not taking water seriously enough, despite plans to treble data center capacity by 2030.
- OpenAI eyeing ChatGPT integrations for smart glasses, wearables: Greg Brockman
OpenAI eyeing ChatGPT integrations for smart glasses, wearables: Greg Brockman
- Opus 5 may have solved browser-based prompt injection, the biggest security flaw haunting AI agents
Opus 5 combined with Auto Mode hits a zero percent prompt injection success rate for browser agents across 129 test scenarios. Without those extra protection layers, the rate is 3.7 percent. If these numbers hold up in practice, Anthropic may have cracked one of the biggest security problems facing AI agents that operate in browsers. The article Opus 5 may have solved browser-based prompt injection, the biggest security flaw haunting AI agents appeared first on The Decoder .
- How AI drove Shopify back to clean code
Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
Score: 49🌐 MovesJul 25, 2026https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/25/how-ai-drove-shopify-back-to-clean-code/5277901