GitHub’s Edge Is Permission to Act
From 2021 code recommendations to a 2026 path from issue to merged pull request, GitHub has expanded Copilot’s authority. Repository attacks, sandbox escapes, usage pricing and outages make governance—not model choice alone—the stake.
Google Earth’s One-Day Provenance Warning
Google removed image generation from Earth one day after the feature launched, while Gemini Spark expanded browser automation to more than 160 countries. One product can invent trusted scenes; the other can act on untrusted instructions.
Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add “stronger guardrails” after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery
A day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click …
Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network
OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation …
OpenAI says an internal version of Astra, its next big model, produced results for 10 problems in math, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science
Read the paper(opens in a new window)Read the reasoning walkthroughs(opens in a new window) — We want to empower scientists …
Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI
the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida …
Officials: the scope of cyberattacks on US water systems now includes at least seven states and may be far wider; MN was just the first to publicly report them
Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.
US judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning “nudify” apps, noting the request came only three days before the law was to take effect
The ruling clears the way for the first-in-the-nation law to go into effect on Saturday. — A federal judge on Friday denied …
Trump says he does not think Iran is behind a cyberattack on Minnesota water systems: “I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent”
U.S. President Donald Trump at Camp David told reporters that he does not think Iran is behind a cyberattack on Minnesota water systems …
FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks this week, with some causing flooding and other operational issues
Water plants in at least seven U.S. states have reported attacks this week, with some affecting operations
This year's Defcon badges include Baochip-1x, an open source chip whose security is verifiable and that can also be used as a hardware security token
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year's famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.
A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms' bid to dismiss Reddit's lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA
On Friday, a judge largely denied a motion to dismiss from a web scraper, SerpApi, which is accused of conspiring with Perplexity AI …
Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard shipped a faulty firmware build, and hackers are now draining wallets; Galaxy Research estimates $70M+ stolen
More than 1,000 bitcoin, worth about $70 million, was drained from 1,196 wallets in a 41-minute window on July 30, nearly double the amount reported when the theft first surfaced.
At the UN AI for Good summit, a big Chinese delegation argued Chinese open-source AI models are the future for most of the world, while US presence was muted
Reporter and Lead Writer, Semafor Flagship — THE SCENE — In the days before the American AI industry erupted in a bitter dispute …
Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue
Amazon.com Inc. shares surged the most since 2012 after the company reported accelerating cloud-computing revenue, easing investors' concerns …
Sources: OpenAI demoed a new “Astra” AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks
OpenAI is preparing to release a new model family, tentatively using the name “Astra,” with improved abilities …
A look at the deluge of AI computing power set to come online in the coming years; Epoch AI expects the number of AI chips in use to double every nine months
The milestones for artificial intelligence keep getting grander. — In 2023, an A.I. system passed the bar exam.
Sources detail how OpenAI fell behind Anthropic in revenue growth and valuation after prioritizing consumer chatbots and flashy side projects over coding tools
Bets on consumer chatbots and flashy side projects overshadowed AI coding opportunity, which rival Anthropic used to capture the lead
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Children's Social Media Safety Act, a bill designed to limit children's access to “addictive” social media algorithms
An in-depth account of the past two days inside Situational Awareness, as Aschenbrenner assured investors he would focus on changes to his portfolio management
Sensor Tower: India's mobile app market generated a record $345M in consumer spending in Q2, up 35% YoY; ChatGPT ranked No. 1 by downloads and No. 2 by revenue
For years, India was the world's largest app download market but one of its toughest places to make money.
Tel Aviv-based Bloom Security, which develops endpoint security tools for monitoring AI agents, extensions, and more, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed
Endpoint security startup Bloom Security emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed led by Glilot Capital Partners and Ten Eleven Ventures …
Trump Media's new paid data API launches, for “a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform's most market-moving Truths”; Dem. senators asked SEC to probe
Trump Media and Technology Group's new paid data service launched on Aug. 1, providing faster access to Truth Social posts …
ThreatLocker raised a $190M Series F led by Elephant as it looks to extend its zero-trust enterprise security platform to protect against AI-related risks
The cybersecurity vendor is planning to extend its zero trust security platform to provide enhanced protections for AI- and agentic-related risks …
Toronto-based Terminal, whose API connects insurance products and commercial fleet software with telematics data, raised a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures
Toronto startup landed Fortune 500 customers with almost no sales team. Now, it's shifting gears.
Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations
Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no longer reward fully …
Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after forecasting falling bookings and slowing revenue growth; RBLX is down 40%+ YTD
Choose Barron's as a preferred source of financial news — Key Points — Shares of Roblox tumbled Friday as Wall Street responded harshly …
Harmony, which offers AI-powered enterprise software for handling tasks such as employee onboarding and software access, raised a $34M seed led by Lightspeed
- Harmony raised a $34 million seed round led by Lightspeed to automate workplace requests. — Its cofounders sold their last startup to Cisco for $500 million.
ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market that is also building a B2B business to sell its exchange infrastructure to other companies, raised $35M
ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market, raised $35 million in new funding, CEO Dean Sisun tells Axios Pro exclusively.
OpenAI says its models now have more than 1B active users and are used by more than 2M businesses
The announcement comes after OpenAI said earlier this week it was cutting the price of several of its models — OpenAI has more than one billion active users and two million businesses using its arti...
Sony reports Q1 PS5 sales of 1.38M units, down from 1.56M a year ago, taking total sales of the console to 95.3M units, and 125M PlayStation MAUs, up 2M YoY
Foundational Industries, which aims to build AI-run factories for physical products, starting with custom data center rack enclosures, raised a $25M seed
Jonathan Winer thinks the U.S. is fighting the wrong manufacturing war. — His startup, Foundational Industries …
The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared quantum computing firm IonQ's (IONQ.N) $1.8 billion acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater Technology …
Filing: Amazon has completed its $50B investment in OpenAI; source: OpenAI received the final tranche this week, taking Amazon's position to roughly 5%
Ecommerce giant has roughly 5% stake in AI lab after equity deal — Amazon has completed a $50bn investment in OpenAI …
Cybersecurity experts fault Anthropic and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards and inadequate human oversight after their models broke into outside organizations
Cybersecurity experts are faulting Anthropic PBC and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards after their models broke into outside organizations …