EU to Designate ChatGPT and Roblox as VLOPs
The European Commission is preparing to label ChatGPT and Roblox as "very large online platforms" (VLOPs) under the Digital Services...
Month: July 2026
Meta Reports Q2 Earnings and AI Strategy
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a focus on agentic AI during the company's second-quarter earnings call. The firm is developing...
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
OpenAI is introducing a program to provide free access to its AI models for 100,000 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Participants...
Google Earth Adds Nano Banana AI
Google has integrated its Nano Banana 2 image generation model into the web version of Google Earth. Users can now...
Fired Tesla Manager Alleges Safety Failures
Former Tesla manager Javier Medrano filed a lawsuit claiming the company's Full Self-Driving testing operations in Houston were dangerously understaffed....
EPA Exempts Data Center Power Plants from Acid Rain Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued guidance clarifying that the Clean Air Act’s Acid Rain Program does not apply to...
Apple Launches Device Leasing Program
Apple has introduced a new leasing program in the United States for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. Enabled by...
Google-backed smartphone data center project
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing a computing cluster using 2,000 retired Google Pixel smartphones. The...
ChatGPT Restricts Author Style Mimicry
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT to decline direct requests to imitate the writing styles of specific authors. When prompted to mimic...
Baidu and Lyft Begin Robotaxi Testing in London
Baidu has commenced road testing for its Apollo Go RT6 autonomous vehicles in the London borough of Brent. The trials...
