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Wednesday · 29 July 2026
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Anthropic introduces Claude Opus 5 with upgraded agent coding skills

The update improves performance for long-running AI agents and professional work.

For you: If you use Anthropic's Opus tier, expect better results on long coding jobs and professional tasks.

2d ago

SK Group and Nvidia sign $500 billion deal for AI infrastructure

For you: Nvidia is securing massive long-term partnerships to safeguard the hardware supply needed for AI.

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 2d ago

Nvidia invests $1 billion in Naver for AI development

For you: Nvidia is putting cash directly into regional tech leaders like Naver to build influence across Asian AI markets.

• · Funding · 45 sec
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Snowflake launches governance tool to track AI agents and costs

The new feature helps enterprise teams monitor automated AI agent activity and cap computing spend.

For you: If your team uses Snowflake, you now have native tools to audit AI agent behavior and keep API costs from spiraling.

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 3h ago
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Speech AI startup Rime raises $24 million

Linguist-led startup Rime raised $24 million to expand its speech AI technology.

For you: A specialized speech AI startup raised $24 million to build out custom voice technology.

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 1h ago
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US awards GlobalFoundries $300 million for AI chip connections

The US government is funding silicon photonics research to speed up data transfer between AI hardware.

For you: US tax dollars are funding light-based chip links to make future AI datacentres faster and less power-hungry.

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 4h ago
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OpenAI launches global campus program for undergraduates

The company is rolling out an initiative aimed at university students worldwide.

For you: If you are in university, check if your campus signs up for OpenAI's student program.

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 4h ago
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Safe Superintelligence locks in long-term Nvidia compute deal

Safe Superintelligence has formed a long-term partnership with Nvidia to secure AI hardware.

For you: This deal gives Safe Superintelligence the hardware foundation needed to build its models.

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 5h ago
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Google launches Gemini Spark personal AI agent in India

Google has expanded its personal AI agent features to users in India.

For you: If you live in India, you can now try Google's personal AI agent directly.

Agents45 secReported
 8h ago
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Bristol Myers Squibb uses Nvidia supercomputing to speed up drug trials

The pharmaceutical giant is applying high-performance hardware to clinical research.

For you: Big pharma is putting AI supercomputers directly to work on clinical trial data.

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 9h ago
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Nvidia commits $5 billion to safe AI and data center growth

Nvidia is putting $5 billion into expanding data centers and supporting safe AI.

For you: Nvidia is spending $5 billion to grow its data center network and fund safe AI work.

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Cursor introduces a cheaper tier for developers in India

AI coding assistant Cursor launched a regional plan in India priced at 649 rupees per month.

For you: Software developers in India can now access Cursor's AI coding tools at a localized monthly rate.

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OpenAI ▲ +1.3
Released the GPT-5.6 model family on July 9, 2026, with Sol setting a new coding benchmark before a July 15 ChatGPT outage. Primary source Reported Independently tested Release Capability Acceptance
Anthropic ▲ +0.8
Introduced Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026 for long-running agents after the US lifted export controls on Fable 5 on June 30. Primary source Independently tested Reported Capability Value Acceptance
xAI ▲ +0.8
Launched Grok 4.5 on July 8, 2026 at $2 per million input tokens, ranking fourth on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Primary source Independently tested Reported Capability Value Acceptance
Alibaba (Qwen) ▲ +0.3
Secured regulatory approval on July 15, 2026 to power Apple Intelligence in China with the Qwen model family. Reported Independently tested Capability Ecosystem Adoption
Mistral ▲ +0.2
Released Robostral Navigate on July 8, 2026, an 8B vision-language model designed to guide robotics using plain language. Primary source Reported Ecosystem Adoption
Google DeepMind ▲ +0.1
Lost key research leaders to rivals in late June 2026 and delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro to July 17 following a full model rebuild. Reported Primary source Release Ecosystem Reliability
DeepSeek ▲ +0.1
Raised $7.4 billion at a $50 billion valuation in June 2026 and officially launched the V4 model line on July 15. Reported Independently tested Release Adoption Value
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1 provider broadly flat
Movement within rounding, no material change this month.
Plain AI · today's 60-second concept

What does "open weights" mean?

A model's weights are the millions of numbers it learned in training, its actual brain. When a lab releases them as open weights, anyone can download the model and run it on their own computers for free, instead of renting it through an API. Today's Kimi K3 is the largest open-weights model yet. It does not mean the training data or code is public, only the finished model.

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Developers are buzzing about GPT-5.6's work agent and a wave of giant open models from China; safety researchers are more sober after a weak industry scorecard.

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