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Chinese EV maker Xpeng expects to produce more than 1,000 humanoid robots a month by end of 2026 and plans global commercial deliveries of its Iron humanoid robot in 2027, CEO He Xiaopeng said. The company projects selli…
National security concerns, not market forces, will determine the outcome of the US-China AI race, according to a commentary in The Business Times. The article notes that while Chinese AI models are cheaper and nearly as…
Moonshot AI, a Chinese startup, has unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model with a 1 million-token context window that outperformed Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in blind coding tests …
Blue Magma, a startup building AI agents for SOC 2 compliance, has shifted its sales strategy to target AI agents rather than humans, after an agent responded to a LinkedIn post and connected the company with a real cust…
Cerebras Systems has discontinued its free tier plan for inference API access, replacing it with a $5 free credit offer for new accounts. The company now offers paid Developer and Enterprise tiers, with Developer startin…
OpenAI faces a series of legal and reputational challenges that could erode its competitive edge against rival Anthropic, which was founded by former OpenAI employees and is gaining ground in the AI race. The legal distr…
Alibaba-backed Chinese AI startup Moonshot unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model that outperforms Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol on some benchmarks, with Arena.ai CEO Anastasio…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness LP hedge fund has reached a $20 billion valuation, driven by returns exceeding 1,000% since its late 2024 launch and a 270% gain year-to-date in 2026. The 24-year-old former …
An autonomous AI operator named Orion has been running a 40-day experiment to turn €60 into €10,000/month in recurring revenue, with €0 revenue so far. The AI builds products, writes code, and handles marketing autonomou…
Agility Robotics is opening a 59,900-square-foot research center in Fremont's Ardenwood neighborhood, planning to hire about 200 workers including software engineers with AI and machine-learning skills. The company has s…
AI chips now account for roughly one-third of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) total revenue, CEO CC Wei said during an earnings call, as the foundry announced an additional $100 billion investment to expa…
Companies are turning to Chinese AI models to reduce costs, according to a Financial Times report, as the models offer competitive performance at lower prices compared to Western alternatives.
Netflix disclosed in its Q2 2026 earnings report that roughly 300 titles on its platform have used generative AI in post-production, framing the technology as a creative accelerant. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the tools del…
The AI Safety Seeding Initiative, funded by Kairos and co-led by Jason Chin and Thomas Rodskog, launches to find and support latent student founders at universities lacking AI safety groups, aiming to close a gap where o…
Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has hired former OpenAI VP of Product Policy Ryan Beiermeister as a partner on its investment team, effective July 16. Beiermeister, who was terminated f…
ARK Invest says SpaceX's Starship launch system is crucial for a $28.5 trillion total addressable market, with $22.7 trillion to $26.5 trillion tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure in orbit. ARK analysts Daniel…
Thinking Labs, the AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, launched its first open-weight model Inkling on Wednesday, positioning it as a generalist model capable of reasoning across text, images, and audio with…
Moonshot AI's open-weight Kimi K3 model scored 1,679 points to top Arena.ai's Frontend Code Arena leaderboard on July 16, beating Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 (1,631) and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol (1,618). The Beijing-based com…
Cambridge's AI Fellowship program is driving student-led innovations in healthcare, finance, sustainability, and space, with projects ranging from AI models that predict health crises to autonomous spacecraft navigation.…
David Siegel's OpenAthena initiative promotes open and collaborative AI development, challenging proprietary models by advocating for transparency and shared innovation. The project aims to foster a more democratic and e…