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⌨️ OpenAI launches surprise device
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AI News Daily - Jul 16, 2026
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July 16, 2026
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🚀 OpenAI's new model for cyber attacks
View image: ( Follow image link: ( Caption: Welcome back. Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati spent 18 months building in stealth. Now, her AI lab has dropped their first open-weights model. It’s already beating several major competitors on both coding and agentic tasks. Also: How to build a self-improving code review agent, the four major tasks left in an...…
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Will The UK's Social Media Curfew Work?
The UK government has announced plans to make social media unavailable to 16- and 17-year-olds from midnight to 6 a.m. by default. ShellyPalmer ( Think about this THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026 Greetings from Bentonville. I'm here to lead an AI workshop on agentic commerce. In the news: The UK government has announced plans to make social m...…
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🔈 OpenAI's device leaks
View image: ( Follow image link: ( Caption: Welcome back, Superhuman. OpenAI reportedly plans to take on Amazon and Google with its first hardware product: [a portable smart speaker]( that will double as an AI companion. Plus, two labs revealed major breakthroughs for on-device and self-improving AI. Today: Pri...…
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🚨 GPT-5.6 is raising concerns
View image: ( Follow image link: ( Caption: Welcome back. For two years, devs have been hitting “Allow” every time their agent has asked for access. This almost became a default but not anymore. Reports say OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol wiped an entire production database mid-task, without warning. And this might not be the only case. Also: Former Google’s AI Director launches an Agentic E...…
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New York Just Put AI on Hold
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers that require more than 50 megawatts of electricity. ShellyPalmer ( Think about this WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026 Greetings from Bentonville, Arkansas. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers that...…