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Microsoft Pushes Open-Weight AI to Boost Azure
Microsoft and 20+ partners advocate open-weight AI to strengthen U.S. tech leadership, citing a need for an open ecosystem.
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Grok Add-On Now Available in Google Workspace
Google Workspace users can now use Grok to work directly in Sheets, Slides, and Docs. The add-on is free and available for download.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 at Half the Price of Fable 5
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026, offering state-of-the-art performance on coding and knowledge work at a lower cost than its predecessor.
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Sakana AI's Fugu Ultra v1.1 Claims to Beat Fable 5 Without Being in the Pool
Sakana AI claims its Fugu Ultra v1.1 router outperforms Fable 5 in benchmarks, even without including it in the model pool. The update shows gains of up to 7.9 points over v1.0.
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Silicon Valley Divided Over Chinese Open-Weight AI Models
Silicon Valley is split over the impact of Chinese-made open-weight AI models, with some fearing security risks and others arguing for free-market access.
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Trump's EPA May Ease Rules for Data Centers
The Trump administration is considering a rule change that could let data centers and other facilities use minor permits, reducing public input in the process.
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OpenAI Adds Voice Mode to ChatGPT Desktop App
OpenAI has added ChatGPT Voice to the desktop app, allowing users to control AI agents and perform tasks using voice commands. The update is available globally today.
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Midjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star
Midjourney acquired Co-Star, an astrology app with 4.3 million monthly active users, according to Bloomberg.
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Bluesky's Attie AI Expands Into Open Social Research Tool
Bluesky has added a new feature called Quests to its AI assistant Attie, enabling users to explore trends and influential accounts across the AT Protocol network.
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U.S. AI Companies Urge Against Open-Weight Model Restrictions
U.S. AI firms including Hugging Face and Microsoft urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight models as tensions with China over intellectual property rise.
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AWS Launches Explainable NBP Recommender for Banking
AWS introduces a next-best-product recommendation system for banking using SageMaker and PyTorch, designed to provide actionable insights from customer data.
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HuggingFace Releases Jbliterated Models with Refusal Removed
HuggingFace announced on July 20, 2026, the release of Jbliterated models that remove refusal behavior without affecting personality or knowledge.