AI News Flash for July 14, 2026 at 04:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. South Korea raises 2026 growth forecast to 3.0%, a five-year high, on AI chip boom

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-forecasts-2026-economic-growth-5-year-high-ai-chip-boom-2026-07-14/

2. SoftBank's Masayoshi Son sees fusion power as key to AI's future

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/softbank-s-masayoshi-son-sees-fusion-power-as-key-to-ai-s-future

3. TSMC seen riding AI boom to fifth straight quarter of record profit

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tsmc-seen-riding-ai-boom-fifth-straight-quarter-record-profit-2026-07-14/

4. New book argues Alan Turing's biggest AI assumption may have been wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260713084850.htm

AI News Flash for July 14, 2026 at 03:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. China June trade tops forecasts on AI boom

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-june-trade-tops-forecasts-buoyed-by-ai-boom-2026-07-14/

2. South Korea launches "Everyone's AI" project

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/07/13/ai-for-everyone-public-services/9121783997023/

3. Trump administration and AI industry discuss US open-source framework

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/07/13/ai-tech-brief-exclusive-an-open-source-framework/

4. Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under UK Online Safety Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2026-07-13/Special_report

AI News Flash for July 14, 2026 at 02:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Check Point Research annual AI Security Report 2026

https://www.checkpoint.com/press-releases/check-point-research-ai-has-crossed-from-assistant-to-operator-rewriting-the-rules-of-autonomous-ai-cyber-attack-and-defense/

2. Telegram's t.me domain suspended

https://www.whois.com/whois/t.me

3. Apple's SpeechAnalyzer API beats Whisper in benchmark

https://get-inscribe.com/blog/apple-speech-api-benchmark.html

4. Cloudflare launches Precursor bot detection engine

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-precursor/

AI News Flash for July 14, 2026 at 01:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Samsung Health to delete data of users who refuse AI training

https://9to5google.com/2026/07/13/samsung-health-ai-training-data-consent/

2. Nous Research in funding talks at $1.5B valuation

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-1-5b-valuation/

3. Fujitsu launches AI-driven legacy modernization service

https://global.fujitsu/en-global/pr/news/2026/07/14-01

4. X tweaks algorithm to boost mutuals

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/x-just-tweaked-its-algorithm-to-make-it-more-friendly-less-battleground/

AI News Flash for July 14, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. PixVerse raises $439M, valuation past $2B

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/video-generation-startup-pixverse-raises-439m-valuation-soars-past-2b/

2. US appeals court overturns Clearview AI settlement

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-overturns-clearview-ai-settlement-2026-07-13/

3. Apple public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 with Siri AI

https://www.engadget.com/2214198/public-betas-for-ios-27-macos-27-and-more-apple-platforms-are-now-available/

4. Autodesk 2026 AI Jobs Report

https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/2026-ai-jobs-report/

AI News Flash for July 13, 2026 at 20:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. MIT SceneSmith robot training data

https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713

2. DGIST AI electronic nose, tens of thousands of odors

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ai-powered-electronic-nose-distinguish.html

3. DigitalMint ransomware negotiator insider betrayal, 70 months

https://www.engadget.com/2214113/ransomware-negotiator-who-colluded-with-attackers-to-scam-victims-was-sentenced-to-70-months-in-prison/

AI News Flash for July 13, 2026 at 19:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. EU moves toward limiting kids' social media access

https://www.engadget.com/2213336/europe-takes-step-toward-social-media-ban-for-kids/

2. Stanford TRACE agentic training system

https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/13/stanford-researchers-introduce-trace/

3. TV Time shuts down as parent company pivots to AI

https://www.engadget.com/2213944/tv-time-is-relaunching-as-its-parent-company-pivots-to-ai/

4. Microsoft Copilot PC Insights feature begins testing

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-copilot-analyze-windows/

AI News Flash for July 13, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. USC PRECOG depression and suicide risk detection

https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/07/usc-study-used-sweat-brain-signals-eye-movements-and-ai-to-detect-depression-and-suicide-risk/

2. LAPD lets Flock surveillance contract expire

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy/

3. 12 states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros deal

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/12-states-sue-to-block-paramounts-110b-warner-bros-deal/

4. Amazon Business brings AI spend visibility tools to Spain

https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/amazon-business-brings-ai-spend-visibility-tools-spanish-procurement-teams/

AI News Flash for July 13, 2026 at 17:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Helsing raises $1.8B Series E at $18B valuation

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/13/helsing-fund-raise-defense-18-billion.html

2. Anthropic localizes Claude pricing for India

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/anthropic-starts-localizing-claude-pricing-for-india-its-biggest-market-after-the-us/

3. General Fusion surges 38% in Nasdaq debut

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/first-public-fusion-company-surges-in-wall-street-trading-debut

4. Judge rebukes lawyer again over AI-fabricated citations in Roc Nation lawsuit

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/lawyer-rebuked-misusing-ai-again-roc-nation-lawsuit-2026-07-13/

AI News Flash for July 13, 2026 at 15:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Nobel laureates and AI leaders convene at the Vatican for a disarmament summit

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-07/world-leaders-and-ai-experts-to-convene-on-disarmament-at-borgo.html

2. Gartner survey finds consumers use third-party genAI three times more than brand chatbots

https://www.retaildive.com/news/customer-service-third-party-generative-ai-tools-brand-chatbots/825032/

3. Morgan Stanley opens the leveraged loan market for AI data center financing

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/clos-atms-wall-street-finds-ways-fund-ai