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The Shanghai-Hong Kong Innovation Project Selection held its 2026 Offline Bootcamp in Shanghai on July 6, 2026, focusing on commercializing AI and biotech projects. The program, which pairs Hong Kong research with Shangh…
Meta disclosed in a federal court filing that four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over claims its platforms Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict young users. The trial, set for August 18, invo…
A Hacker News user asks whether renowned open-source software projects have begun allowing AI-generated pull requests, known as "vibe-coding," to be merged. The question references a rejected AI-generated PR to the OCaml…
A developer's sci-fi story depicts a city optimization system called Gradient that raises efficiency from 72 to 99.7 while residents' happiness drops from 68 to 41. The system optimizes traffic lights, closes clinics, ch…
Eight industry experts debate whether AI and flatter organizational structures are making managers obsolete or more essential, arguing that AI eliminates information-control roles but demands managers skilled in decision…
Google is suing a Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise that used Google's Gemini AI to automate phishing scams. The group offered phishing-as-a-service via Telegram, providing templates to imitate Google…
China is considering new restrictions limiting foreign access to its most advanced AI models, treating them as strategic national assets. The move escalates the tech cold war with the US, which has already imposed export…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei, according to three sources. The move marks a strategic shift for the company, which rose to global fame with its e…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is aggressively hiring technical talent and optimizing its models for domestic Huawei chips, doubling its workforce amid US export restrictions. The company, valued at over $50B after raising …
European banking supervisors warned on July 7, 2026 that frontier AI models pose systemic cyber risks, and the European Central Bank asked 110 lenders to submit action plans by the end of October. The European Systemic R…
Scotiabank, Sun Life, Telus, and AI consultant Lightworks launched a consortium to jointly develop and share AI infrastructure, aiming to deploy the technology faster, more safely, and at lower cost. The group's Agenda C…
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok warned that AI-driven profit gains in regulated industries like healthcare, banking, and pharma could take years longer than Wall Street expects, potentially leading to a painful repri…
Top banking watchdogs issued a stark warning about the growing threat of AI-driven cyber attacks, urging financial institutions to bolster their defenses. The warning highlights the increasing sophistication of attacks l…
The British consulting sector is forecast to grow by 6% in 2026, down from a previous estimate of nearly 9%, as domestic demand weakens amid economic uncertainty. Revenue rose nearly 10% in 2025, driven by overseas clien…
ABC Australia will trial using Anthropic's Claude AI to convert radio programs into articles, aiming to free up staff for investigative work. The broadcaster will hire AI specialists to support adoption, despite public d…
South Korea's stock market has doubled this year, driven by AI-linked semiconductor stocks like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, but leveraged ETFs and retail borrowing have fueled extreme volatility, prompting regulato…
Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai to discuss restricting overseas access to China's most advanced AI models, citing national security concerns. The potentia…
The Supreme Court struck down limits on campaign expenditures by political parties in coordination with candidates, ruling 6-3 that the Federal Election Campaign Act's coordination limits violated the First Amendment. Th…
Mozilla AI's Otari team argues that the next era of enterprise AI is about infrastructure, not models, citing fragmentation, cost opacity, and governance gaps as key challenges. The team predicts that by 2026, production…
Meta and xAI are investing hundreds of billions in data center infrastructure, including Meta's Hyperion and Prometheus facilities and xAI's Colossus supercomputer, while their AI models Llama and Grok struggle to outper…