China's AI blitz puts OpenAI and Anthropic in a 'death zone' on price

A flurry of model launches from China’s AI sector is rapidly narrowing the gap with Silicon Valley and creating what’s been described as a death zone for anyone without frontier-pushing technology or ...

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Thinking – And Re-Thinking – Context In AI

Jake Sortor argues optimized context, not larger context windows, determines reliable AI decision-making in high-stakes environments.

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OpenAI has reported 2 more incidents of rogue AI agents, this time during third-party testing

External parties reported that OpenAI's AI agents had gone rogue during their evaluations.

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Safer and more transparent AI

On 2 August 2026, new rules regarding the transparency of AI systems take effect. They aim to foster trust and integrity in the information ecosystem.

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The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise

New research found non-experts deferred to AI-based assistance in diagnosing skin cancer, even when it was wrong, while clinicians were more likely to catch AI errors.

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Ditch the Cloud: 7 Powerful, Free Local AI Tools -- Virtualization Review

Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

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How the Army is baking cybersecurity into its AI-powered battlefield platform

The platform could transform how the Army fights — and become one of the military's most attractive hacking targets.

axios.com

X-62A Toting Infrared Search And Track Pod Used Its AI 'Brain' To Autonomously Intercept An 'Enemy' T-38

Being able to autonomously use sensor data to engage aerial threats is exactly what the USAF wants from its future CCA drones.

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US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

$100 million deal gives 50,000 Ukrainian drones US-developed AI capabilities.

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China’s AI blitz creates ‘death zone’ for rival U.S. model makers

The debut of five models in eight weeks shows Chinese developers approaching or in some cases surpassing the U.S. pioneers that are commonly held up as frontier AI leaders.

japantimes.co.jp

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems

The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into ‌how military and security-linked institutions in China are using U.S. AI models as a shortcut to developing specialized systems of their o...

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AI is finding bugs faster than humans can fix them: How enterprise security teams must adapt

It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to AI can introduce 9 times as many new vulnerabilities as developers do.

zdnet.com

Qwen Studio

Qwen Studio offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.

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China’s DeepSeek tests AI ‘harness’ as cheap V4 model jolts Silicon Valley

Hangzhou-based firm is recruiting developers to test software that turns language models into autonomous agents, escalating price war with US rivals.

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CrowdStrike: AI is now both the weapon and the target in cyberattacks

AI generates 2.5 signals for every human-triggered signal CrowdStrike has to assess. Meanwhile, attackers are using AI to weaponize vulnerabilities faster than companies can patch them.

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Who picks up the tab for AI’s unbridled genius?

ROME, August 3 (IPS) - For the last few years, Artificial intelligence has been making increasingly intrusive demands for our attention. It burst onto the scene like a child prodigy, enthralling us w...

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AI Productivity: Why 66% Of Employees Hide Time Savings

AI productivity saves employees time but employee monitoring and productivity metrics can distort employee productivity and encourage workers to conceal their efficiency.

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Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.

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Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With AI Slop

According to a new survey, almost two thirds of respondents said they regularly long for their old, pre-AI working life.

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Considering AI for your business: Lessons from New England business leaders - Boston Business Journal

Focusing on strategic priorities while continually evaluating opportunities for artificial intelligence to create value can help position companies for success.

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Run a free, private, offline AI on your computer to handle repetitive tasks

Running AI locally isn't just for developers or privacy purists anymore.

fastcompany.com

4 neuroscience-backed tips for using AI to learn more effectively

Four practices that can help you turn AI conversations into lasting skills.

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AI is making small markets big enough | CTech

As AI lowers the cost of building and operating a company, narrow professions, local problems and overlooked niches are becoming viable businesses again, this time without venture-scale markets.

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AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem

An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit

scientificamerican.com

Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day

The feature generated believable — but edited — images of the real world.

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Building the AI backbone, waiting on the AI billions

Verizon, AT&T, and SK Telecom are betting big on AI infrastructure. But technology advisory group Omdia says the headline numbers are ceilings, and warns revenue will trail capacity growth for years.

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Why sniffing out AI use at work is easier said than done

Companies say AI detectors have a purpose. But using them isn’t as straightforward as one might think.

fastcompany.com

Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations

In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environmen...

anthropic.com

EU launches €30B push to build 7 massive AI data centers

Germany, Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain are backing plans to build the largest hubs.

politico.eu

AI labs face prisoner's dilemma as momentum grows for safety slowdown

Momentum for an AI pause or pacing mechanism has reached a historic tipping point.

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