Anthropic’s Claude Cowork breaks off the laptop and onto your phone
Meta debuts Muse Image, its first AI image model built under Alexandr Wang’s lab
Microsoft starts swapping OpenAI and Anthropic out for its own AI in some apps
Romania leads its first private ESA mission with CyberCUBE launch
New Zealand rules out a VPN ban after a fierce privacy backlash
Toyota moves some Tacoma output to Texas, and Trump claims the credit
Google, Meta, Spotify and Sony fight Belgium’s creator-pay law at the EU court
OpenAI is hiring an investment banker to teach its AI the job
Scotland could freeze new datacentres, threatening the UK’s AI plan
South Korea’s FuriosaAI brings its Nvidia-challenger chips to Europe
Waymo’s robotaxis stalled, snarled traffic, and drove into fireworks on July 4
Netflix is adding short-form video from Variety, Rolling Stone, and BuzzFeed as it competes with YouTube and TikTok
AI writing tools can subtly steer public opinion, Oxford study finds
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