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July 8, 2026, 9:15 AM
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Meta:
Meta launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews Muse Video, the first media generation models from its Superintelligence Labs  —  We're excited to launch Muse Image and preview Muse Video, the first media generation models developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs.
Reece Rogers / Wired:
As part of Meta's Muse Image rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their Posts and Reels by other users  —  As part of Meta's Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
Axios:
OpenAI says it will launch GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, publicly on Thursday; a source says the US Department of Commerce approved a broad rollout  —  The U.S. Department of Commerce has given OpenAI the green light for a broad launch of its advanced GPT-5.6 model …
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple reaches a deal with Broadcom worth $30B+ to make 15B+ chips in the US over the next five years, Apple's largest as part of its $600B US investment pledge  —  The deal, for billions of chips, is the latest part of Apple's domestic investment pledge  —  Apple is ramping up its investment …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Meta says it will update its smart glasses with a new feature that disables the camera when it detects that someone tampered with the device's privacy LED light  —  The company is rolling out an update following increased scrutiny of its smart glasses.
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Meta is testing AI glasses that continuously record audio and take photos every few seconds, letting users query or recall what they saw or heard  —  Mark Zuckerberg's hardware ambitions are edging into a new privacy fight over who gets recorded.  Meta is testing a prototype of …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Anthropic extends Claude Fable 5 access to all paid plans through July 12; access to the model was set to shift to token-based usage on July 7  —  Anthropic announced today that it is expanding Claude Cowork capabilities from the desktop app to the web and mobile.
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic expands Claude Cowork to web and mobile in beta for Max plan subscribers, and says 90%+ of Cowork usage is unrelated to software development
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI Chief Futurist Joshua Achiam is leaving later this month after nearly nine years; in February, OpenAI disbanded the “mission alignment team” he led  —  Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Sources detail Xbox's big reset after its Game Pass strategy failed; Xbox spent nearly $80B on content deals, but gamers prefer to stick with a handful of games  —  Microsoft's Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Studios in Overhaul.  Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox spent nearly $80 billion in the last decade …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU General Court dismisses Apple's legal challenges against its designation as a DMA “gatekeeper” for its App Store and iOS; Apple filed the case in 2024  —  Apple (AAPL.O) lost its challenge on Wednesday against landmark EU rules that designate its app stores and operating system iOS …
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France's competition watchdog orders Meta to negotiate in good faith with news organizations over copyright payments, after two groups filed complaints in 2025  —  Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered by the French competition watchdog to hold talks with news organizations over copyright payments …
More: Reuters
Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET:
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke's Entire launches a decentralized Git network to handle high coding agent traffic, with servers in the US, the EU, and Australia  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Entire launched a decentralized Git network built for agents.  — The company plans to open-source its backend.
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Grace Kay / The Information:
Memo: SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, after pushing back the launch to improve model efficiency  —  SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, according to a memo sent to staff.
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Internal documents: Amazon is working on an Alexa project, codenamed Moonraker, to handle more complex, multistep tasks, projecting $100M+ in GPU costs in 2026  —  Amazon's next Alexa AI upgrade may be able to handle more complex tasks.  Getting there is expensive, though.
Anna Washenko / Engadget:
DuckDuckGo updates its browser for iOS, Windows, and macOS to block video ads by default, particularly those on YouTube, based on uBlockOrigin's filter lists  —  An unsubtle shot at Chrome.  —  DuckDuckGo announced that it can now block most video ads, particularly those on YouTube, when a video is playing in its browser.
Bloomberg:
Filing: Chinese AI model maker Z.ai is seeking to raise ~$4B from the sale of 19.8M shares at ~$202 to ~$216 each, after its stock jumped 1,500% since January  —  Chinese artificial-intelligence model maker Zhipu is seeking to raise about $4 billion from a share sale after its stock soared almost 1,500% since …
Zaker Li / Omdia:
Omdia expects a 22% YoY drop in global smartphone shipments priced below $400 for 2026 amid soaring DRAM and NAND costs; Q1 memory costs were ~60% of materials  —  In the first blog of this two-part series, Omdia explores how rising DRAM and NAND prices are reshaping smartphone economics …
Chris Metinko / Axios:
Israeli startup Velocity, which helps place targeted ads on consumer and B2B AI platforms, raised a $27M seed led by NFX and Red Dot, and serves 20 clients  —  Velocity, an Israeli startup placing ads in AI applications, closed a $27 million seed round led by NFX and Red Dot Capital Partners …
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David Ellison / @ellisonskydance:
David Ellison announces that the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance “to preserve what has made each of these studios iconic”

New York Times:
Sources: Trump personally told his budget director to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising his presidency; at least four spots have run at a cost of ~$5.5M

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney licenses a large group of titles to Netflix, including all five Ice Age movies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Felicity, Elio, and more

More News

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
China's CNVD says it found “security backdoor vulnerabilities” in Claude Code that “send sensitive information” like “location and identity to remote servers”
Andrew Fedorov / New York Magazine:
A look at effective altruism's fall after SBF's arrest and how the soon-to-be rich from upcoming AI IPOs give the movement a chance to return larger than ever
Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Oratomic, which is developing quantum computing hardware and software, raised a $300M Series A led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures

Earlier Picks

Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London, where it is expected to debut new foldables, including a Fold 8 with a shorter and wider design
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google announces a Pixel event on August 12 in NYC, where it is expected to launch Pixel 11 series of phones and Pixel Watch 5
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft, looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook
William Earl / Variety:
Netflix signs deals with Penske Media, Condé Nast, Hearst, People, and other publishers to carry a range of programming from 2 to 20+ minutes, starting August 3
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