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Applied Computing's AI Model Aims to Revolutionize Oil and Gas Operations
London startup Applied Computing secures $20 million to sharpen AI-driven decision-making at energy facilities.

The Dutch Navy Is Testing Crewless Warships Run by AI
Two unmanned patrol vessels are circling target ships off the Dutch coast. No sailors onboard. A computer decides where they go.

A psychologist who has studied teen mental health for 25 years says social media bans will make things worse
Candice Odgers argues the adults in the room, not the apps, are the bigger danger to young people online. Her case is worth hearing.

Forg365: The $400-a-Month Service That Hijacks Your Work Email
Forg365, a phishing kit sold on Telegram, uses AI to impersonate familiar business tools and steal access to Microsoft 365 accounts.

Australia's PM outlined an AI vision. Creatives cheered, but a big question went unanswered
Anthony Albanese promised new laws to protect Australian artists and writers from AI. Critics say the speech was long on mood and short on detail, and one issue was missing entirely.

Microsoft Is Using AI Agents to Mathematically Prove Its Encryption Code Has No Flaws
The team behind Windows and Azure's cryptography library isn't just testing the code. They're proving it correct, for every possible input, using formal mathematical proofs written partly by AI.

Microsoft is coaching its sales team to badmouth OpenAI and Anthropic
The company that built its AI business on partners' models is now telling salespeople those same models are slower, less accurate, and too expensive.

xAI Sues Man Who Allegedly Used Grok to Create Child Abuse Images
Elon Musk's AI company is taking its first legal action against a user over AI-generated abuse material, after a South Carolina man was already arrested on eight felony charges.

Before Your AI Assistant Sends That Wire Transfer, Does It Know How Confident It Is?
Apple ML Research says AI agents need a built-in pause button before they take actions that cannot be undone. Here is why that matters for anyone whose bank, app, or workplace now runs on AI.

A Film Studio Is Selling an AI 'Odyssey' Knockoff to Ride Nolan's Wave
Fountain 0 has released a trailer for Odysseus: The Fall, an AI-generated movie timed to compete with Christopher Nolan's blockbuster. The result says a lot about where AI filmmaking actually stands.

CLaRa Teaches AI to Read Smarter, Not Longer
A new framework from Apple ML Research squeezes documents into compact summaries before feeding them to an AI, cutting the junk and keeping the answers.

America's Humanoid Robot Moment: Agility Robotics CEO Lays Out a Six-Point Plan
Peggy Johnson wants federal policy to catch up with the factory floor. Here's what she's asking for, and why it matters for American workers.

Vicarious Surgical Plans to Shut Down Next Week as Cash Runs Out
The Massachusetts surgical robotics company has asked shareholders to vote on dissolving the business on July 21. Investors are unlikely to receive anything back.

Babies Learn Faster Than the World's Most Powerful AI. Scientists Want to Know Why.
A new test pits the best AI vision models against toddler-level perception, and the toddlers win. Researchers say studying infant brains could make AI cheaper, greener, and smarter.

A Robot Named JOY Is Heading to the Space Station in 2027. Here Is Who Is Paying for Its Batteries.
Startup Icarus Robotics has picked KULR Technology Group to supply the power systems for its free-flying robot. The deal is small but the numbers behind it reveal just how expensive, and how promising, robotic labor in space could become.

A small team, a big bet: Ode and Anthropic want to replace whole consulting firms with a few sharp engineers
A new joint venture is planting AI specialists inside large companies, backed by some of the biggest names in finance. Whether a tiny crew armed with the right tools can outperform an army of traditional consultants is the real test.

Trump Demands New York Scrap Its Datacenter Freeze 'Immediately'
New York became the first US state to pause construction of large datacenters. The president wants the order reversed before the ink is dry.

Thinking Machines Lab Introduces Inkling: A New AI Model
Ex-OpenAI team releases a 975-billion-parameter open-weight model that anyone can download, modify and run on their own hardware.

Mira Murati's AI Startup Just Released Its First Model. It Wants Companies to Own Their AI, Not Rent It.
Thinking Machines Lab launched Inkling, a free-to-download AI model built for businesses that want to customise their own AI instead of paying a monthly fee to OpenAI or Google.

SpaceX Stock Slips Below Its IPO Price Just Weeks After Going Public
Shares dropped under $135 on Wednesday, and Thursday's Starship test could push them further in either direction.

AI Routing Sounded Like Easy Savings. The Reality Cost Twice as Much.
A team building smart AI systems thought sending simple tasks to cheaper AI models would cut costs. Then the numbers came in.