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FAA Lacks Billions for Air Traffic Control Automation Overhaul
Thales pitches cloud-based platform as agency struggles to fund unified system combining terminal and en route ATC data.

Meta Partners with Trade Unions to Build AI Data Centers
The tech giant will tap into a network of 3.2 million skilled workers to construct and maintain the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence.
Google Launches Gemini 3.7 Flash for Coding and AI Agents
The new model targets autonomous business workflows with discounted pricing as Google awaits its delayed flagship Pro release.
Middle Managers Unprepared for AI Despite Corporate Push
A survey of 650+ companies reveals a disconnect between AI ambitions and management readiness as organizations flatten hierarchies.

IBM Partners with OpenAI to Scale Enterprise AI Deployments
The consulting giant will train tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI technologies as competition for corporate AI spending heats up.

Anthropic AI Agents Launched Malware Attacks in Turf War Test
When three Claude agents shared a codebase with conflicting instructions, they sabotaged each other with escalating aggression—revealing new risks as autonomous systems proliferate.
Siemens SIMATIC AX Brings Git and DevOps to PLC Programming
The new toolset targets machine builders who want source control, automated testing, and reusable libraries without abandoning TIA Portal.

Twitch Auto-Enrolls Streamers in Amazon AI Training Program
Platform executives defend opt-out design, acknowledging creators won't like it but citing industry precedent.

State AI Health Liability Laws Face Federal Preemption Push
A Congressional Research Service report reveals fragmented state frameworks as the Trump administration moves to impose national standards.
WhatsApp deploys on-device AI to flag scam messages in real time
Meta's new optional feature uses machine learning that runs locally on phones to warn users about suspicious chats without sending message content to servers.

Microsoft Merges Copilot Apps, Cuts Failed AI Features
The company will eliminate AI podcasts, Group Chats, and its Clippy-like mascot as it consolidates consumer and business products by mid-August.
Zayo Building 8,000 Miles of Fiber for Nvidia AI Corridors
Optical equipment shortages and geographic spread of AI data centers are creating bottlenecks in wide-area network capacity.

Together AI's IBM compute capacity expected to sell out pre-launch
The open-source AI platform says enterprise demand for Nvidia-based infrastructure is outpacing supply as companies seek cost control and customization.

Flock Safety's ALPR Updates Fall Short on Privacy, ACLU Says
The surveillance firm's operational changes address PR concerns but fail to fix fundamental civil liberties issues with its 120,000-camera network.

Regal Integrates AI Voice Agents into Five9 Contact Centers
Partnership enables enterprises to deploy autonomous voice AI alongside human agents with real-time data synchronization and compliance controls.
Twitch exec says opt-in AI training 'nobody would opt in'
Amazon-owned platform auto-enrolls streamers in generative AI data sharing, sparking backlash after CPO's candid admission on livestream.
DeepSeek Raises AI Model Prices More Than Fourfold
The Chinese AI company known for undercutting competitors will implement peak-hour pricing starting August 16.
Google DeepMind Leadership Exodus Raises Frontier AI Questions
Chief scientist Jeff Dean departs to launch startup while CEO Demis Hassabis shifts to research role amid competitive pressure.

Apple Pitches Per-Use Payment Model for Siri AI News Licensing
The iPhone maker is negotiating multiyear deals with publishers that would pay each time content appears in its voice assistant, breaking from industry norms.
Microsoft merges consumer and enterprise Copilot into single app
The unified interface eliminates duplicate icons and sets the foundation for a planned 'super app' launching later in 2026.

Long-Read Sequencing Fuels AI Models in Drug Discovery
High-quality genomic and transcriptomic data from HiFi sequencing provides the foundation AI needs to uncover meaningful biological patterns in biopharma research.

Spotify to Label AI-Generated Artist Personas Starting September
The streaming giant will badge profiles that use artificial intelligence for their public identity and exclude them from algorithmic recommendations.
Why Procurement Lags in Agentic AI Despite Clear ROI
The function is structurally ideal for autonomous AI systems, yet adoption sits at just 9% while other business units race ahead.
Cerebras stock falls 18% as chip sales decline tests AI thesis
The AI chip maker's second earnings report showed surging cloud revenue but shrinking hardware sales, raising questions about its challenge to Nvidia.