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July 27, 2026, 9:40 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple delayed its AI glasses launch partly over privacy concerns that Meta's glasses created for the category, as it works on new features and policies  —  Company debated whether glasses will be able to record video.  —  Apple's upcoming smart glasses have a major challenge in front of them …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia is in talks to provide a ~$250B backstop for OpenAI as part of a 10 GW data center project that SoftBank's energy subsidiary is building in Ohio  —  Project would be one of the largest AI computing hubs and involve power controlled by the U.S. government
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Nvidia forms the Open Secure AI Alliance, a coalition including CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, and Dell to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday it had formed a coalition with other companies to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity …
Jenny Lee / CNBC:
CXMT's stock closed up 466% in its Shanghai debut, giving the Hefei-based memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company  —  Shares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group soared nearly 466% Monday in their debut on Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR Market …
Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
A detailed recap of the Hugging Face breach by an internal OpenAI model, which repeatedly tried to escape OpenAI's sandbox and should be treated as critical  —  We now have more details of what happened.  Every time we learn more details, it somehow makes things seem worse.
The Information:
Sources: A Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing DUV machines, a key step in Beijing's effort to reduce reliance on foreign chipmaking technology  —  A Chinese state-backed company has begun manufacturing one of the key pieces of equipment used in chip manufacturing for the first time …
More: Tech Times
Natalie Kaufman / Wall Street Journal:
How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses in face-to-face conversations  —  People are leaning on AI for a task more dreaded than homework: navigating social situations with their fellow humans
Tobi Knaup:
As open-weight models become the next AI ecosystem's foundation, a US ban on Chinese models would risk ceding the neutral substrate where innovation compounds  —  Open-weight models are becoming the foundation for the next AI ecosystem.  The US should compete in it, not wall itself off.

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