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July 14, 2026, 9:35 AM

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Will Shanklin / Engadget:
Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the new Siri AI's first public launch  —  Try the new Siri AI and system-wide performance improvements.  —  Adventurous early adopters, your moment has arrived …
Demis Hassabis / @demishassabis:
Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for “Frontier-class” AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release  —  This is a pivotal moment in human history.  Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a system that exhibits …
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs a moratorium blocking new environmental permits for data centers over 50MW for up to one year, the first state to do so  —  But a version approved by state lawmakers could go even further. … New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York …
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips and servers; IBM falls 20%+  —  International Business Machines Corp. shares slid after the company reported preliminary second-quarter sales that fell short of expectations …
Jason Nelson / Decrypt:
Anthropic research based on ~310K anonymized Claude conversations shows how Claude expresses different values and behaviors across model versions and languages  —  Claude doesn't behave the same way in every conversation.  According to new research published Monday, AI giant Anthropic found …
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
eMarketer: chatbots like ChatGPT and Google AI Mode will make <$1B in ad revenue in 2026; OpenAI projected $2.5B in ChatGPT ad revenue in 2026 and $100B by 2030  —  OpenAI is projecting $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030.  Emarketer puts the ceiling for the entire chatbot ad market in U.S at just $5.41 billion.
Kiranjeet Kaur / IDC:
China's smartphone shipments fell 4.3% YoY to 66M units in Q2, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, amid a memory shortage; Huawei and Apple grew shipments  —  What Happened in China's Smartphone Market in Q2 2026?  —  China's smartphone shipments came in at roughly 66 million units …
Shilpi Jain / Counterpoint Research:
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
AI drug design startup Chai Discovery raised $400M led by Index at a $3.8B valuation, as it pitches its models as AI infrastructure for pharmaceutical companies  —  The fund-raising values the company at $3.8 billion and underscores investor interest in using artificial intelligence to tackle problems like drug discovery.
Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
Sources: Nvidia has cut its Asian authorized AI chip clients by 50%+ and intensified due diligence in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan to prevent China diversions  —  Tougher vetting in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan reflects Washington's push to close export-control loopholes

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