AI News Flash for July 25, 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Samsung and Broadcom sign $200 billion AI chip supply pact

https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/07/25/samsung-lands-200-billion-broadcom-turnkey-jackpot

2. New York school district pauses humanoid robot plan

https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/24/new-york-robot-teacher-plan-paused

3. University of Tennessee Research Foundation sues Anthropic over neural network patents

https://www.aol.com/articles/university-tennessee-sues-anthropic-over-154109000.html

4. Associated Press expands AI newsroom guidelines

https://mediacopilot.ai/ap-ai-newsroom-standards-update/

AI News Flash for July 25, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Nvidia-Amkor $1.5B advanced packaging partnership

https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/semiconductors/nasdaq-amkr/amkor-technology/news/amkor-technology-amkr-could-be-29-undervalued-following-nvid

2. Massachusetts frontier AI safety bill in final stretch

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/25/ai-bill-ma-senate-worst-case-scenarios/91036179007/

3. Humanoid raises $152M, Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/07/21/humanoid-raises-152-million-at-135-billion-valuation-europes-newest-robot-unicorn/

4. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - agentic AI and smart glasses

https://www.zdnet.com/article/everything-announced-samsung-unpacked-2026/

AI News Flash for July 25, 2026 at 06:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Naver x NVIDIA x Brookfield 200MW Korean AI factory expansion, $10B investment

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/nvidia-locks-down-memory-from-sk-hynix-as-part-of-500-billion-ai-deal.html

2. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung announces Physical AI vision

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hyundai-motor-group-executive-chair-euisun-chung-announces-physical-ai-vision-at-san-francisco-ai-summit-302834557.html

3. Japan courts India and Malaysia to escape US-China AI duopoly

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3361827/japan-courts-india-malaysia-escape-us-china-ai-duopoly

4. Tencent preserves Jingdezhen porcelain heritage with AI and games

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/tencent-brings-together-ai-games-043600510.html

AI News Flash for July 25, 2026 at 03:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5

https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/24/anthropic-launches-claude-opus-5-efficiency-safety-improvements/

2. South Korea President Lee's San Francisco AI summit / NVIDIA-SK $500B initiative

https://wtvbam.com/2026/07/24/south-korea-president-lee-looking-to-open-new-era-of-ai-in-with-global-tech-companies/

3. AMD Advancing AI event, full-stack challenge to Nvidia

https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/24/ai-hardware-competition-heats-amdadvancingai/

4. Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge, Entergy signs

https://www.fox8live.com/2026/07/25/trump-expands-ratepayer-protection-pledge-ai-data-centers-landry-attends-white-house-event/

AI News Flash for July 25, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Meta exits RE100 renewable initiative, leans on natural gas for data centers

https://www.engadget.com/2222988/meta-has-pulled-out-of-a-renewable-energy-initiative-as-it-relies-more-on-natural-gas-for-data-centers/

2. Meta pauses smart glasses rate-limit after backlash

https://www.theverge.com/tech/970970/after-backlash-meta-pauses-plan-to-rate-limit-its-smart-glasses

3. Prentis, new AI lab from Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, raising $100M

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/prentis-new-ai-lab-co-founded-by-reid-hoffman-mark-pincus-in-talks-to-raise-100m/

4. SpaceX 13th Starship test deploys next-gen Starlink V3 but booster fails

https://www.engadget.com/2222979/spacex-13th-starship-flight-test-launches-with-starlink-s-next-gen-satellites/

AI News Flash for July 24, 2026 at 21:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Microchip acquires Hailo

https://ir.microchip.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1406/microchip-technology-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-hailo

2. Amazon closes San Francisco AGI Lab

https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-confirms-its-closing-key-ai-site-in-san-francisco-but-says-work-on-its-top-models-continues/

3. Bond market anxiety over AI capex

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/bond-market-anxiety-ai-capex-spending.html

4. US Congress AI chatbot bills

https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/tech-bills-week-regulating-chatbot-child-communication-ai-va-and-more/415003/

AI News Flash for July 24, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Anthropic Claude Opus 5

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/anthropic-claude-opus-5-ai-fable-5-cost.html

2. Moody's AI spending credit warning

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/moodys-ai-spending-credit-quality-amazon-meta-alphabet.html

3. Meta AI assistant task automation

https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-adds-new-task-automation-features-ai-assistant-2026-07-24/

4. VA $1.6B AI contract

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-07-24/va-contract-ai-integration-22355099.html

5. US-China AI safety feud

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/ai-grows-more-powerful-us-china-feud-threatens-safety-efforts-2026-07-24/

AI News Flash for July 24, 2026 at 15:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Big Tech lobbies against open-weight AI restrictions

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/nvidia-microsoft-meta-open-weight-ai-models.html

2. Google signs EU AI Act transparency code

https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/public-policy/eu-ai-act-transparency-code-of-practice/

3. Midjourney buys Co-Star, builds app suite

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/ai-startup-midjourney-buys-astrology-app-co-star-and-is-building-its-own-apps

4. Stripe and OpenRouter, AI as currency

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/24/stripe-openrouter-merger-ai-currency

5. AI protein design plus lab evolution for enzymes

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-combining-ai-protein-laboratory-evolution.html

AI News Flash for July 24, 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenAI models go rogue, Chinese AI stops attack, kill switch bill

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/chinese-ai-model-openai-cyber-attack.html

2. Intel earnings, AI-boosted turnaround

https://www.reuters.com/business/intel-rises-strong-forecasts-signal-ai-boost-turnaround-2026-07-24/

3. Defense tech giant Anduril, $100 billion valuation

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/defense-tech-company-anduril-talks-raise-funding-about-100-billion-valuation-2026-07-24/

4. Amazon requires AI-generated people labels, New York law

https://qz.com/amazon-sellers-label-ai-generated-people-product-images-072426

5. AI memory demand hits consumer devices, hidden AI tax

https://fortune.com/2026/07/24/apple-ai-memory-chip-price-increases/

AI News Flash for July 24, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenAI Presence enterprise AI agents

https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/openai-presence-enterprise-ai-agents/

2. Anthropic doubles midterm spending to $40 million

https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/anthropic-gives-40-million-to-ai-regulation-group/

3. NVIDIA and KAIST joint AI research lab

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/23/3332666/0/en/NVIDIA-and-KAIST-Launch-Joint-AI-Research-Lab-to-Accelerate-AI-Innovation-in-Korea.html

4. SoftBank weighs deal for robotics startup Gravis

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/softbank-weighs-deal-for-robotics-startup-gravis