Briefing

Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more fro…

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Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI

Fender CEO Edward "Bud" Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on AI and music that initially flew…

Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?

Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. Th…

Latest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontier

Capacity to train strong models is proliferating.…

This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.…

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and comp…

OpenAI Agents SDK v0.19.2

To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition from Imports of Quartz Surface Products

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. On May 18, 2026, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the Pr…

Is the AI productivity story at a turning point?

Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson reveals where we stand on the J-curve, how leaders can accelerate progress and create new value, and what gives him hope—an…

AI fluency isn't the finish line

President Trump Hosts Historic Cabinet Meeting at Camp David

President Donald J. Trump convened his Cabinet today for the first live, televised Cabinet meeting at Camp David in American history. The session showcased the …

Announcing the Agentic Catalog Experience in Amazon Quick

Amazon Quick introduces the Agentic Catalog Experience, an AI-powered workflow for data curators to discover upstream catalog assets in natural language and aut…

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated

As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent m…

ICYMI: Confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General

President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche, should be confirmed by the U.S. Senate without delay. As President Trump has stated, “To…

Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview

![A configuration window for an enterprise team called Data team with the “Default models” tab selected, listing AI models and showing a status menu…

What’s new in AI infrastructure and orchestration this month

At Google, AI is a soup-to-nuts endeavor. Obviously, we make leading AI models like Gemini and Nano Banana. We incorporate AI into the tools you use every day (…

“Data Center Bandwagon” Campaign: US-targeted influence activity

OpenAI banned a likely PRC-origin cluster using AI to generate social media content criticizing US data centers and AI infrastructure.…

“Tech and Tariffs” Campaign: Influence activity targeting US tech policy

OpenAI banned likely PRC-origin accounts using AI to create comments and cartoons about US tech policy, tariffs, and trade restrictions.…

Disrupting a Criminal Scam Operation

OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and impersonation schemes.…

Powering AI: How real is the risk of overbuilding?

The power infrastructure being built for data centers in the United States is unlikely to become stranded—even if compute demand falls short of current projecti…

Optimizing production agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability

As your AI agents move from prototype to production, the challenge shifts from getting them to work to keeping them fast and efficient. Learn how to use Amazon …

Modeling Device Capabilities for Analytics

Building abundant intelligence

A full-stack approach to making advanced AI more capable, more affordable, and more widely useful.…

EU support for the news media sector

EU support for the news media sector anserge Fri, 07/31/2026 - 09:00 The European Commission works to address structural challenges in media sectors and to prom…

Cloud CISO Perspectives: Why AI Threat Defense is the new boardroom baseline

Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2026. Today, Chris Betz, CISO, Google Cloud, and Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Office of the CISO, Google…

Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August

Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 07/31/2026 - 09:00 From 2 August 2026, the …

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Univé builds an AI-ready workforce

See how Univé built an AI-ready workforce with ChatGPT Enterprise by combining leadership, responsible governance, and employee-led innovation to transform work…

Advancing responsible AI across Europe

OpenAI shares how its safety, security, transparency, and provenance practices support responsible AI governance in Europe. The work will continue as the EU AI …