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Stories covered on 2026-07-09

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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="

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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."

  16. 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

  17. OpenAI releases a new ChatGPT tool for all things work related

    Engadget · 2026-07-09

    OpenAI's long-awaited super app is here.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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.

  28. 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

  29. 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.

  30. 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.