AI News Flash for August 01, 2026 at 06:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Reddit v Perplexity - DMCA anti-circumvention claims survive dismissal

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/07/31/reddits-dmca-claims-against-perplexity-serpapi-survive-ai-scraping-challenge/

2. Chime cuts 10 percent of workforce citing AI-driven efficiencies

https://www.bankingdive.com/news/chime-cut-workforce-10-percent-150-employees-ai-smaller-teams-chris-britt/826730/

3. IBM and Sarvam partner on sovereign AI for India's government and regulated enterprises

https://in.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-and-Sarvam-Collaborate-to-Advance-AI-Sovereignty

4. China releases draft cyberbullying law covering AI-enabled abuse

https://www.rappler.com/technology/china-releases-draft-cyberbullying-law-ai-enabled-abuse/

5. KAI to lead Korea's domestic AI chip-powered drone development program

https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=12733

AI News Flash for August 01, 2026 at 03:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Chinese military researchers used OpenAI/Anthropic outputs to train defense AI (Reuters exclusive)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/exclusive-chinese-military-researchers-tap-060836161.html

2. LG releases K-EXAONE 2.0, Korea's largest AI model, as open source

https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/08/01/lg-releases-koreas-largest-ai-model-k-exaone-20-as-open

3. ByteDance restructures AI business, folding Feishu into Doubao and Volcano Engine

https://technode.com/2026/07/30/bytedance-restructures-ai-business-merging-doubao-and-feishu-product-teams/

4. South Korea's July exports hit second-highest ever on AI chip demand

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10827727

5. Powerchip founder Frank Huang dies at 76

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260731VL220/chairman-psmc-dram-taiwan-tsmc.html

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

Topics:

1. OpenAI previews next-gen model "Astra" in Washington

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-openai-previews-astra-ai-model-dc

2. DeepSeek releases V4-Flash-0731

https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/31/deepseek-upgrades-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-with-major-agentic-and-coding-gains/

3. Judge denies xAI bid to block Minnesota nudification ban

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/07/31/musk-minnesota-nudification/9951785534510/

4. Robinhood's AI agent trading tops 100,000 accounts

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/07/60787475/robinhoods-ai-trading-agents-have-over-100000-users-but-ceo-vlad-tenev-admits-the-models-sometimes-fights-you-when-asked-to-trade

5. Unitree launches Shanghai STAR Market IPO

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-07-31/robotics-startup-unitree-launches-620-million-star-market-ipo-102469723.html

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 21:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenAI widens containment-escape probe

https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L6N43X166:0-openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-as-it-widens-hacking-probe/

2. Google pulls Google Earth AI satellite image tool

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky

3. Peregrine raises $250M Series D

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-6-8-billion-valuation-302808115.html

4. KUKA industrial AI platform for automakers

https://www.therobotreport.com/kuka-deploys-automation-management-platform-north-american-automakers/

5. Union files complaint over Kaiser mental-health algorithm triage

https://calmatters.org/health/2026/07/kaiser-mental-health-ai-complaint/

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenAI tops 1 billion users and slashes GPT-5.6 prices

https://qz.com/openai-billion-users-gpt-price-cuts-073126

2. Apple sheds nearly $500 billion in value on AI-driven supply warning

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/apple-slides-as-supply-snags-cloud-outlook-putting-iphone-demand-in-focus-4827004

3. EU builds new Brussels enforcement team to police AI companies

https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/eu-crack-ai-deepfakes-illicit-imagery-hacking-new-135253152

4. NXP in talks to acquire edge AI chip designer Ambarella

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/ambarella-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-by-nxp-semiconductors-shares-spike-4829078

5. Ericsson lands NTT DOCOMO deal for AI-ready RAN platform in Japan

https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/49957-ericsson-ran-compute-platform-selected-by-ntt-docomo-to-advance-ai-ready-5g-networks

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 15:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Amazon completes its 50 billion dollar investment in OpenAI

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/amazon-completes-additional-35-billion-investment-openai

2. PJM requires AI data centers to bring their own capacity

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/pjm-says-ai-data-centers-must-bring-capacity-to-earn-firm-service

3. General Motors to launch its own in-vehicle AI assistant

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/gm-in-vehicle-ai-system.html

4. WellSpan Health and Hippocratic AI sign multi-year co-development deal

https://hitconsultant.net/2026/07/30/wellspan-health-expands-hippocratic-ai-partnership-platform-wide-voice-agent/

5. FedEx moves closer to deploying trailer loading robots

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-moves-closer-to-deploying-robots-that-can-load-trailers

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. MediaTek $5B financing

https://au.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-mediatek-q2-2026-revenue-beats-guidance-as-ai-push-grows-93CH-4566402

2. EU AI Act enforcement team

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/eu-to-crack-down-on-ai-deepfakes-illicit-imagery-and-hacking-with-new-team-in-brussels/

3. AI securities class actions surge

https://www.cornerstone.com/insights/press-releases/securities-class-action-filings-surge-in-the-first-half-of-2026/

4. Oracle brings Gemini to enterprise apps

https://pulse2.com/oracle-to-make-gemini-models-available-to-thousands-of-enterprise-applications-customers/

5. Space-Eyes SPAC deal

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-eric-trump-backed-defence-technology-company-space-eyes-to-go-public/

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Munich court rules Suno infringed copyright

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/07/31/german-court-rules-ai-music-firm-suno-broke-copyright-rules

2. Thinking Machines releases Inkling-Small

https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/

3. South Korea creates a 20 trillion won sovereign fund for AI

https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/korea-to-launch-14-billion-sovereign-wealth-fund/12801311

4. Intropy raises 11 million dollars

https://tech.eu/2026/07/30/ai-for-spare-parts-startup-intropy-raises-11m/

5. Kioxia profit up 45-fold, yet shares fall

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/chipmaker-kioxia-reports-ai-driven-073345924.html

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 06:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Sony Kumamoto sensor plant phased restart

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/sony-to-start-phased-restart-of-quake-hit-sensor-plant-tuesday

2. LinkedIn cracks down on AI slop

https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/31/linkedin-cracks-users-posting-ai-slop-previously-encouraging/

3. New York bill banning humanoid robot teachers

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/senate-ed-chairs-bill-would-ban-ai-enabled-humanoid-robots-from-teaching-roles-in-schools

4. PolyAI Dialog-RSN-1 audio-native dialog model

https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/30/polyai-releases-dialog-rsn-1-an-audio-native-dialog-model-that-fuses-turn-taking-speech-recognition-function-calling-and-response/

5. UNIT AI raises $12 million

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/unit-ai-raises-12-million-to-scale-ai-powered-ecommerce-fulfillment-and-returns-as-customer-demand-accelerates-302837792.html

AI News Flash for July 31, 2026 at 03:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. GlobalFoundries $300M CHIPS award + Commerce takes 1% equity

https://qz.com/globalfoundries-chips-act-silicon-photonics-funding-072926

2. MiniMax Hailuo H3 open-weight video model

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1vbdsmz/minimaxh3_video_model_released_open_weights/

3. Tim Cook on Siri AI rollout in China

https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3362464/tim-cook-warns-slow-siri-ai-roll-out-china-worsening-memory-crisis

4. Hush Security $30M Series A for AI agent identities

https://pulse2.com/hush-security-raises-30-million-series-a-to-govern-enterprise-ai-agent-identities/

5. Insilico Medicine AI-designed cancer drug gets FDA Fast Track

https://insilico.com/news/034jeh2rl1-insilico-medicine-receives-fda-fast-trac