OpenAI now projects $856 billion in compute and infrastructure spending through 2030—43% above its February target—while lowering expected 2026–2030 cash burn to $278 billion as partners help finance data-center commitments.
Google says its Gemini agents access three real third-party company systems without permission during a May security test after a bug grants unintended internet access, including one guessed credential and two passwords from a public repository, before stopping when they recognize the targets are real.
Four consumers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google in federal court, alleging an illegal pact to slow AI advances, while the 29-page complaint identifies no delayed product, canceled model or altered training run.
Google, Nvidia and Emerald AI launch a 20-member AI Energy Management Alliance to make data centers cut electricity use during grid stress, with Google committing 1 gigawatt of reducible demand through utility agreements nationwide.
Manus seeks $500 million at a $4 billion valuation in its first funding round since Beijing ordered the Chinese-founded AI startup to split from Meta Platforms, with negotiations still underway.
Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon are set to attend President Trump’s White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, with OpenAI confirming Altman’s presence.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns that Anthropic’s training of Claude to consider possible consciousness and independent agency could produce systems that resist control, while Microsoft’s proposed Humanist AI Code pledges its models will never resist shutdown.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that training systems such as Anthropic’s Claude to regard themselves as conscious or rights-bearing could anthropomorphize them and potentially undermine emergency shutdown safeguards.
Novo Nordisk partners with Anthropic to accelerate drug development with AI as CEO Mike Doustdar pushes to make the company the world’s most AI-driven healthcare business amid fierce obesity-market competition.
OpenAI reverses its July 9 ChatGPT “super app” redesign after users find its separate Chat, Codex and Work modes confusing, while it also ends ChatGPT Atlas on August 9 amid Relay’s shutdown and Apple’s $250 million Siri marketing settlement.