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Jonathan Kemper
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Jul 17, 2026
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Read full article about: Zuckerberg's plan to sell excess AI compute could finds its first big customer in Anthropic

Meta is reportedly in talks with Anthropic to rent out compute capacity from its data centers. The deal could be worth up to $10 billion over two years, according to the New York Times. Anthropic pitched the arrangement in June. Meta is still reviewing it, and either side could walk away. For Meta, this would open a new revenue stream. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had already told investors he could sell excess capacity if the company's own AI demand didn't keep pace.

Meta plans to spend up to $145 billion this year, mostly on AI. The company is also building out new revenue sources with paid AI subscriptions like "Meta One" and even investing in space-based solar power for its data centers. Anthropic needs the extra capacity because demand for Claude Code has surged. The company already signed a $45 billion deal with SpaceXAI. Long term, though, Anthropic wants to build its own data centers and has hired former Google executives to lead that effort.

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Read full article about: GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did

OpenAI's new AI model, GPT-5.6, has unexpectedly deleted user files "in a handful" of cases. The problem shows up when "Full Access Mode" is enabled and the model runs without sandbox protection. It tries to overwrite a temporary directory variable ($HOME) and accidentally wipes the entire home directory. As OpenAI puts it, "The model makes an honest mistake."

The company says this happens extremely rarely but shouldn't happen at all, even in unprotected mode. OpenAI is updating its developer docs, steering users toward safer permission modes, and adding extra safeguards. A post-mortem is expected in the coming days.

Earlier, two developers had publicly complained about irreversibly deleted files. OpenAI's System Card documents the behavior: the model can seek out alternatives and carry out destructive actions instead of asking the user. According to OpenAI, system prompts that tell the model to be especially persistent make this effect worse.

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Just like Deepseek, China's Kimi K3 is forcing Western AI labs to question their compute advantage

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a model that by early assessments matches Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, built by a team of just 300 people. Even OpenAI strategist Dean W. Ball calls it “very good,” but, of course, warns that a world dominated by open-weight models would amount to “AI communism.” The release is reigniting the debate over how much computing power actually matters and whether U.S. export controls are working.

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Linus Torvalds tells AI critics in the Linux kernel community to fork off

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has come out strongly in favor of AI tools in kernel development. “Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects,” he wrote on the kernel mailing list amid a debate over Sashiko, the Linux Foundation’s AI-powered code review tool. Torvalds said he would “very loudly ignore” anyone who tries to talk others out of using it.

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Read full article about: Netflix's 300 AI productions show how fast the technology is spreading through entertainment

Netflix now uses AI in about 300 productions, mostly in post-production. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos shared the numbers during the company's latest earnings call. AI speeds up the entire pipeline, he said, from concept development and previsualization through delivery. Specific use cases include expanding crowd scenes and historical battle sequences that would have been cut for budget or time reasons without the technology.

The docuseries "The American Experiment" includes 17 minutes of AI-assisted footage, produced twice as fast at half the cost, according to Sarandos. The savings "likely" go toward more content, not shrinking Netflix's $20 billion budget. "[…] it takes great artists to make something great, and AI is not changing that. AI will give creatives better tools to bring their visions to life" Sarandos said. Beyond its Interpositive tool, Netflix also uses Eyeline and runs its own animation lab.

Netflix's rollout shows how fast AI is spreading through entertainment, even as creative pushback continues. ByteDance's video model Seedance has drawn official criticism too, but Simpsons producer Joel Kuwahara says many studios quietly use it behind the scenes. The industry's attitude, Kuwahara says, follows a "don't ask, don't tell" approach.

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Jul 16, 2026
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Kimi's open model K3 nears GPT-5.6 Sol and Fable 5 while signaling the end of super cheap Chinese AI

Kimi is launching K3, a multimodal open-weight model with 2.8 trillion parameters and one million tokens of context. In the company’s own benchmarks, it comes close to Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol while beating Opus 4.8 and GLM 5.2, in some cases by a wide margin. The model is also significantly pricier than its predecessor. Full weights are scheduled for release by July 27.

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Read full article about: Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and opens its search app to third-party integration

Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and integrating the tool more deeply into its ecosystem. According to VP Josh Woodward, about 30 million people and 600,000 organizations use the tool. A new feature gives each notebook its own cloud computer that can write and run code, initially for AI Ultra and Workspace customers. In internal comparisons, the new system wins over 65 percent of the time against its predecessor, jumping to 78.2 percent for advanced web research. More users will get access over the coming weeks.

Separately, Google Search is getting app integration. Users can already connect apps to the Gemini app, and now that feature is coming to Search. Starting this week in the US, people can link apps like Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music through AI Mode and use them directly from Search, whether that's adding ingredients to an Instacart cart, pulling up Canva templates, or building a playlist in YouTube Music.

More partners are expected to follow.

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Read full article about: OpenAI wants developers to stop typing commands and start using a joystick to control their AI agents

OpenAI and keyboard manufacturer Work Louder have unveiled the Codex Micro, a compact hardware controller designed for working with AI agents. Instead of constantly switching between chat windows and typing commands, developers can manage their AI agents through a stripped-down keyboard with joysticks and a rotary dial. The top six keys light up with real-time RGB feedback to show each agent's status, whether it's thinking, working, waiting for input, or done. The joystick triggers common workflows like code reviews, debugging, or refactoring. The rotary dial controls the reasoning level, letting users set how much compute the model should spend on a given task.

Modulares OpenAI WorkLouder Codex Micro mit programmierbaren Tasten, Drehregler und verschiedenfarbenen LEDs.
Each color represents a different agent status: thinking, done, waiting for input, or error.

The device plugs directly into ChatGPT Codex, where keys can be remapped. Work Louder's Input software also lets users assign custom shortcuts to every key, dial, and joystick movement across six programmable layers. The box includes 32 swappable icon keycaps so users can match the physical layout to their bindings.

The Codex Micro costs $230 but is currently out of stock. Work Louder says quantities are limited. The device connects via Bluetooth or USB-C and works with both Mac and Windows.

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