Hugging Face publishes a timeline of the OpenAI agent intrusion, including how the agent took ~17.6K actions, and details using GLM-5.2 to analyze the attack  —  This post walks through how the intrusion actually worked: the two initial-access vectors, how the agent pivoted and moved laterally …

Over 1,100 staffers from AI companies, including John Schulman and OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki, sign a letter requesting the US government to “pace” AI development  —  More than 1,100 staffers across top artificial intelligence firms have signed a petition that calls on the US government …

Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely distributed as a tool that empowers everyone, rather than centralized in a few institutions  —  The history of democracy and economics has proved that centralized power stifles human potential.  —  We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history.

Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview was able to break a weaker version of AES and orchestrated another improved attack against the cryptographic system HAWK  —  Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions …

Q&A with Sam Altman on the Hugging Face breach, the race for compute, distillation, open source, the concentration of power, robotics, OpenAI's future, and more  —  Sam Altman joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about OpenAI's next chapter, the race for compute, and what happens as artificial intelligence becomes mo...

OpenAI releases an “early” version of the open-source Codex Security CLI for scanning repositories, verifying fixes, adding CI/CD security checks, and more  —  We quietly released the open-source Codex Security CLI, but Hacker News found it before we had a chance to share it here... You can now use it to scan repositories, track findings across runs, verify fixes, and add security checks to CI/CD. This is an early release, and we're listening to your feedback as we continue improving it.

The US FCC bans importing Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters to protect the US AI buildout from national security threats and to reshore key industries  —  The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled bans that target imports of new Chinese robots and power inverters …

The Agentic AI Foundation updates MCP with a fully stateless architecture, a hardened authentication model, a formal 12-month deprecation policy, and more  —  The Model Context Protocol, the open standard that has quietly become the connective tissue between AI agents and the world's software …

eBay and former executives agree to pay a nearly $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case over the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers  —  EBay and several former executives have agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement with a Massachusetts couple who were the target …

Sources: Google DeepMind has reassigned the majority of the original authors of the AlphaFold papers; about a quarter of the papers' full-time authors have left  —  Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery

SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue up 257% YoY to ~$54.34B, below ~$57.56B est., and operating profit up 557% YoY to ~$41.48B, below analyst estimate of ~$43.85B  —  SK Hynix shares nosedived on Wednesday as exponential second-quarter earnings and revenue growth still failed to satisfy analysts …

Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high  —  Seed funding trends tell us a lot about how savvy investors see the future unfolding.  And lately, the data tells us there's great concern about cybersecurity risks posed by AI.

July 16 letter: the US EPA says power plants providing electricity only to data centers and not to the public grid wouldn't be subject to federal pollution laws  —  Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to federal pollution laws …

Doctors and researchers worry that FDA-related wagers on Kalshi and Polymarket could compromise drug development tests and erode public trust in the process  —  On the betting websites Kalshi and Polymarket, people can now wager on whether the Food and Drug Administration will decide this year …

Coursera is investing $100M in LearnVector, a new AI education company founded by Andrew Ng that aims to build AI agents that function as personal tutors  —  Coursera is putting $100 million into LearnVector, a new AI education company founded by Andrew Ng, a pioneer in AI and Coursera's chairman …

NYC-based AI startup Runlayer sues Rippling for allegedly stealing trade secrets to “build essentially a clone” of Runlayer's safety and governance product  —  A New York-based AI startup is suing Rippling - a Silicon Valley software giant that got a $3 million tax break from Gov. Kathy Hochul …

Apple launches Apple Upgrade, a new US leasing program in partnership with Klarna that replaces the iPhone Upgrade Program, starting at $17.99/month for iPhones  —  Apple today launched Apple Upgrade, a new U.S. leasing program for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Sources: Apple is preparing to debut a smart home hub with a 7" square display and facial recognition tech, a new Apple TV, and a refreshed HomePod mini in 2026  —  Apple Inc., after spending years as a laggard in the smart home market, is preparing a dramatic new push into the category with fresh devices and software.

NXP reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.5B, vs. $3.46B est., as it struggled to impress investors with a generally upbeat Q3 forecast; NXPI down 5%+ after hours  —  NXP Semiconductors NV struggled to impress investors with a generally upbeat forecast for the current period, the latest sign of deepening concern about the chip sector.

xAI sues Minnesota's AG over a state law banning apps and sites that create fake, sexualized pictures of individuals, claiming it violates the First Amendment  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-of-its-kind law that bans apps and websites …

Anthropic faces backlash from Silicon Valley partners, founders, and researchers for competitive tactics, guardrails, and lack of support for open-weight models  —  The AI pioneer faces growing distrust from startup founders and researchers over competitive tactics, guardrails and lack of support for open-weight models

Tel Aviv-based Hush Security, which lets organizations securely control enterprise AI agents, raised a $30M Series A, bringing its total funding to $41M  —  The startup will invest in expanding engineering and sales teams, accelerating ecosystem support, and expanding corporate partnerships.

Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company Ionic Digital surged more than 25% to nearly $63 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it an implied valuation of ~$2.75B  —  Quick Take  — Ionic Digital was formed from Celsius Mining's assets and later took direct control of its sites from Hut 8.

Seagate reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $3.6B, vs. $3.5B est., adjusted earnings of $5.71 a share, above analysts' forecast of $5.10; STX jumps 6%+ after hours  —  Choose Barron's as a preferred source of financial news  —  Key Points  —  Seagate Technology stock jumped …