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July 9, 2026, 8:55 AM

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Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg:
SpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to “handle difficult, long-running tasks” across finance, legal, and coding  —  SpaceXAI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model built in partnership with AI coding startup Cursor that's meant …
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OpenAI launches GPT-Live, new voice models powering ChatGPT Voice and built on a full-duplex architecture, meaning they can listen and speak at the same time  —  A new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction, now powering ChatGPT Voice.  —  Sign up to be notified
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Leaked renders via Android Headlines show the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, Z Fold 8, Watch 9, and Watch Ultra 2; the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is likely the new wide foldable  —  The company has an Unpacked event scheduled for July 22.  —  Official renders for a bunch of Samsung products just leaked, according to reporting by Android Headlines.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Interpol and law enforcement agencies arrest 5,811 suspects and seize $293M in an operation combating social engineering scams and fraud across 97 countries  —  Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries.
OpenAI:
OpenAI says it found widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro, estimates ~30% of tasks are broken, and retracts its earlier recommendation to adopt the benchmark  —  Through a detailed audit, we find widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro and estimate that ~30% of the tasks are broken.
Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
A Brown University professor suspected his class used AI to cheat after a take-home midterm averaged 96%, prompting an in-person final, which averaged 48.6%  —  Brown University leaders' response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Enterprise AI agent startup Lyzr is raising a $100M Series B at a ~$500M valuation, up from $250M in a Series A in 2026, and says agents wrote investment memos  —  A startup that helps enterprises build AI agents proved the technology's value in the most practical way possible: by deploying one during its own fundraising.
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Block agrees to pay $45M and offer live customer support for Cash App to settle claims by 46 US states that the company failed to protect users from fraud  —  Block (XYZ.N) has agreed to pay $45 million and offer live customer support for its mobile payment service, Cash App …
Paul Sandle / Reuters:
US cybersecurity and data resilience company Rubrik plans to invest $500M+ in the UK over the next five years and establish its European headquarters in London  —  U.S. cybersecurity and data resilience and company Rubrik (RBRK.N) said on Thursday it would invest more than $500 million …
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta announces its first data center in Canada, and 33rd overall; the 1GW facility in Alberta will cost Meta ~$9B and take two to three years to construct  —  Meta's AI expansion is heading north of the border.  —  The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it's building …

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