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Stories covered on 2026-07-09
- Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s No. 2 role
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected
- Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
The Verge · 2026-07-09
OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X.
- OpenAI Executive Fidji Simo to Step Down After Medical Leave
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
OpenAI’s Fidji Simo, who oversaw much of the AI startup’s core business, is stepping down from her full-time role following a three-month medical leave and will hand her
- Nexchip Set to Debut in Hong Kong After $890 Million Listing
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
Nexchip Semiconductor Corp. is set to begin trading in Hong Kong on Friday after raising $890 million in a share sale
- SpaceX and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jets
The Guardian AI · 2026-07-09
Newly minted rich and those anticipating huge IPOs are fueling buying and charter spree in the private jet sector <a href="
- Meta Superintelligence Labs Releases Muse Spark 1.1: A Multimodal Reasoning Model for Agentic Tasks on Meta Model API
MarkTechPost · 2026-07-09
Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Spark 1.1 on July 9, 2026, alongside a public preview of the Meta Model API.
- Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts
The Guardian AI · 2026-07-09
Instagram users should check privacy settings after rollout of new Meta AI image generator, advocates warn Meta has sparked blowback from privacy advocates for allowing its new AI
- OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
OpenAI's latest family of models promises improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.
- Alger’s Crawford: ‘Everything Is Moving So Fast’ With AI
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
Ankur Crawford, Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Alder, discusses the implications of Meta's AI strategy and its potential impact on the tech and cloud computing
- OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension.
- Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI
The Verge · 2026-07-09
You can see if ads on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube were made or edited using AI from a new section in Google's "My Ad Center," as reported earlier by TechCrunch.
- An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.
- Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Musk insists that the company can.
- Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
The AI ROI debate has returned and the numbers are even bigger, as are, perhaps, the consequences.
- OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you
Ars Technica · 2026-07-09
Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run "for hours if needed."
- Why Young Investors Are Taking So Much Risk
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
With homeownership out of reach, AI cutting job prospects and index funds feeling too slow, many young investors are turning to meme stocks
- OpenAI releases a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related
Engadget · 2026-07-09
OpenAI's long-awaited super app is here.
- OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna): A Three-Tier Model Family With Programmatic Tool Calling in the Responses API
MarkTechPost · 2026-07-09
OpenAI moved GPT-5.6 to general availability on July 9, 2026, shipping three tiers instead of one model. Sol is $5/$30 per 1M tokens, Terra is $2.50/$15, and Luna is $1/$6.
- The ChatGPT browser is already dead
The Verge · 2026-07-09
OpenAI is already shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser that could do tasks for you on your behalf, less than a year after launching it.
- Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts
MIT Technology Review · 2026-07-09
The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside large language models as they answer questions or carry
- OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work aim to beat Anthropic on price, speed, and productivity
ZDNet · 2026-07-09
OpenAI's latest announcement looks like a lot more than a model upgrade.
- OpenAI, Anthropic Hit New Speed Bump With US Government
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
The Trump administration is taking a more active role in reviewing AI models.
- AI-generated ads on Google will hopefully get disclosures soon
Engadget · 2026-07-09
If Google's AI tools are used, it will automatically be noted in My Ad Center.
- Robotics Isn't Living Up to the Hype
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
At the Automate Show, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Thomas Black saw a lot of robots, but it was clear to him that there is still a long way to go before widespread
- Former Fed Chairman Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been appointed to Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust, an oversight body meant to keep the artificial intelligence company
- Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
Meta's pitch to users is Spark's ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with large code migrations
- Meet Nemotron Labs 3 Puzzle 75B A9B: A Compressed Hybrid MoE LLM Delivering 2.03x Server Throughput
MarkTechPost · 2026-07-09
NVIDIA has released Nemotron-Labs-3-Puzzle-75B-A9B, a compressed variant of Nemotron-3-Super.
- SK Hynix’s $26.5 Billion Listing Reopens Asia Route to US Market
Bloomberg · 2026-07-09
SK Hynix Inc.’s US share sale is set to boost an ailing vehicle that was once essential for Asian firms looking West
- New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09
News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs, escalating their lawsuit with a new motion for sanctions.
- I tested ChatGPT's Live Voice upgrade, and it almost felt human - how to try it
ZDNet · 2026-07-09
The latest GPT Live Voice models can listen, speak, and conduct online research all at the same time. Does it feel like you're talking with a real person? Almost.