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Last updated July 11, 2026
Susquehanna, an early ByteDance backer, winds down its China venture team as U.S.-China tensions squeeze foreign investors
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 Sol, its most powerful model yet, after U.S. restrictions over cybersecurity delayed the launch
Meta adds performance metrics for its AI Business Agents, tracking conversations, purchase intent, and containment rate
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels says rising AI costs are pushing companies toward cheaper open-source models over frontier labs
Google details Qualified Future Conversion, a Gemini-powered Ads metric predicting 180-day sales from brand and demand-gen ads
Bank of England gains powers to regulate cloud providers AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Microsoft as critical to UK banking
Shein finally wins approval for its Hong Kong IPO from China’s securities regulator after failed listing attempts in New York and London
Meta faces EU fines of up to 6% of revenue over addictive autoplay, infinite scroll, and personalized recos on its platforms
Airbnb hires Michael Tabtabai as VP of creative, poaching OpenAI’s creative chief of under a year to grow its in-house team
New York Times and other news outlets ask a judge to sanction OpenAI over hidden ChatGPT training evidence in copyright case
Google adds an AI-transparency label to Search, YouTube, and Discover ads showing whether they were created or edited with AI
Anthropic adds former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to its long-term benefit trust to advise on AI’s job and economic impact
OpenAI president Greg Brockman takes over its top products after Fidji Simo steps down over chronic illness, ahead of the IPO
Meta’s AI-detection tool fails to identify most cropped images made by its own Muse Image AI watermarked with Content Seal
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, a GPT-5.6-powered cloud agent that runs tasks across Gmail, Slack, and GitHub on all paid tiers
Apple sues OpenAI and its hardware chief Tang Tan, alleging former Apple staff took trade secrets to build rival devices
Wonder, owner of GrubHub and Blue Apron, is raising at a $9B valuation with an IPO ratchet as Marc Lore adds $200M of his own
Shopee shifts affiliate-commission tax reporting onto Brazilian sellers as TikTok Shop raises its per-item fee by up to 50%
Marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart capture 44% of first-time brand purchases, versus 10% on retailer sites and 3% on social
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