Nvidia Backs Voice AI's Two Biggest Rivals at Once
Nvidia has joined Gradium's seed round while holding a stake in rival ElevenLabs, tying its GPUs to both leaders in the race to own voice AI.
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China Weighs Copying US-Style AI Model Controls
China's Ministry of Commerce is discussing restrictions on overseas access to Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai's most advanced AI models, mirroring the export control regime Beijing has spent years fighting.
OpenAI's Liability Shield Died - Illinois Passed Audits
OpenAI backed an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from mass-harm lawsuits, reversed course under public pressure, and watched the state sign a tougher audit law instead.
US AI Giants Sold Services to Pentagon-Blacklisted Firms
OpenAI and Google provided AI services to Singapore affiliates of Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent - all three on the Pentagon's 1260H list of companies with alleged military ties.
US Grants UAE License-Free Access to Nvidia AI Chips
The Commerce Department reclassified the UAE to Country Group A:5, giving NVIDIA, AMD, and Cerebras a clear path to supply AI chips and servers without per-shipment export licenses.
Meta Cuts Muse Image in 3 Days After Creator Revolt
Meta's Muse Image let anyone generate AI images from public Instagram accounts by default. SAG-AFTRA and CAA pushed back. The feature lasted 72 hours.
Mistral's Leanstral 1.5 Finds 5 Unknown Bugs Free
Mistral's open-source Leanstral 1.5 scanned 57 repos and found five previously unreported bugs, including a silent integer overflow in a Rust zigzag decoder.
Cerebras Pushes GPT-5.6 Sol to 750 Tokens Per Second
GPT-5.6 Sol is now live on Cerebras wafer-scale hardware at 750 tokens per second - roughly 10x faster than any GPU-based frontier model deployment in production.
Google Forces AI Label on Ads Ahead of EU Deadline
Google now requires advertisers to disclose AI-generated ad content across Search, YouTube, and Discover - three weeks before EU AI Act Article 50 enforcement begins.
Fidji Simo Steps Down - OpenAI Bets on Brockman
OpenAI's No. 2 executive Fidji Simo exits over chronic illness as Greg Brockman absorbs her role - the latest in two years of steady leadership turnover as Anthropic closes in.
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Hardware Secrets
Apple filed suit against OpenAI on July 10, alleging a coordinated scheme to steal iPhone trade secrets through recruiting tactics and unauthorized file downloads.
NYT Seeks Sanctions on OpenAI Over Hidden Evidence
The New York Times and Daily News asked a federal judge to sanction OpenAI for concealing evidence that its systems detect and log copyrighted content regurgitation.
