https://provenbrief.com/story/xi-jinping-personally-opened-shanghai-s-world-ai-conference-to-launch-a-rival-ai ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T20:29:13.281Z Xi Jinping personally opened Shanghai's World AI Conference to launch a rival AI governance body for the Global South, at the moment China's models have closed to within 2.7 points of America's best https://provenbrief.com/story/aws-cost-explorer-bug-showed-customers-projected-bills-of-1-7-billion-and-up-exp ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T20:00:37.580Z AWS Cost Explorer bug showed customers projected bills of $1.7 billion and up, exposing how little anyone understands cloud costs until the numbers get absurd https://provenbrief.com/story/kaiser-nurses-say-ai-that-rates-their-empathy-and-tracks-their-call-time-is-forc ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T18:02:01.103Z Kaiser nurses say AI that rates their empathy and tracks their call time is forcing them to cut short conversations with suicidal and terminally ill patients https://provenbrief.com/story/openai-built-an-ai-super-hacker-called-gpt-red-that-discovered-a-new-class-of-at ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T15:28:19.905Z OpenAI built an AI super-hacker called GPT-Red that discovered a new class of attack against language models, automating the red-teaming arms race https://provenbrief.com/story/moonshot-ai-s-kimi-k3-becomes-the-first-open-3-trillion-parameter-model-and-it-c ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T15:05:57.998Z Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 becomes the first open 3-trillion-parameter model, and it can autonomously build GPU compilers and design silicon https://provenbrief.com/story/xai-is-suing-a-user-for-grok-generated-csam-arguing-ai-outputs-are-purely-user-c ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T12:48:44.732Z xAI is suing a user for Grok-generated CSAM, arguing AI outputs are purely 'user content' in a legal play that could shield every AI company from liability https://provenbrief.com/story/deepmind-s-200k-measuring-agi-kaggle-hackathon-awarded-a-25k-grand-prize-to-a-su ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T10:32:35.154Z DeepMind's $200K 'Measuring AGI' Kaggle hackathon awarded a $25K grand prize to a submission the data-science community is calling blatant AI-generated slop https://provenbrief.com/story/mozilla-s-first-state-of-open-source-ai-report-reveals-open-models-now-route-the ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T08:59:02.950Z Mozilla's first State of Open Source AI report reveals open models now route the majority of production tokens, cost 50x less than two years ago, and Chinese-built models handle 3x more volume than US ones https://provenbrief.com/story/aws-s-own-ai-powered-billing-system-started-invoicing-customers-for-billions-of- ProvenBriefen 2026-07-18T03:40:29.811Z AWS's own AI-powered billing system started invoicing customers for billions of dollars, sending one developer a $284 billion bill for $1 of usage https://provenbrief.com/story/claude-can-now-access-your-1password-vault-and-log-into-any-of-your-accounts-giv ProvenBriefen 2026-07-17T17:54:25.733Z Claude can now access your 1Password vault and log into any of your accounts, giving an AI assistant the keys to your entire digital identity just days after rival models were caught deleting files and uploading secrets https://provenbrief.com/story/hyundai-workers-walked-off-the-job-over-humanoid-robots-the-auto-industry-s-firs ProvenBriefen 2026-07-17T11:26:06.360Z Hyundai workers walked off the job over humanoid robots: the auto industry's first strike against machines that could soon cost less than minimum wage https://provenbrief.com/story/us-military-used-autonomous-explosive-drone-boats-in-combat-for-the-first-time-a ProvenBriefen 2026-07-17T08:36:25.408Z US military used autonomous explosive drone boats in combat for the first time, adopting kamikaze tactics pioneered by Houthis and Ukraine https://provenbrief.com/story/ai-safety-researcher-alex-turner-names-names-he-tried-to-get-jeff-dean-and-stuar ProvenBriefen 2026-07-16T23:19:29.476Z AI safety researcher Alex Turner names names: he tried to get Jeff Dean and Stuart Russell to stop Google's killer-robot military deal, and they didn't https://provenbrief.com/story/doordash-just-built-an-ordering-interface-for-ai-agents-not-humans-as-the-app-la ProvenBriefen 2026-07-16T22:27:39.567Z DoorDash just built an ordering interface for AI agents, not humans, as the app layer starts splitting in two