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AI Daily Digest — 2026-07-26: Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about
Your daily briefing on what's happening in AI — from groundbreaking research to industry moves, curated from the world's most trusted sources. Here are the top stories for 2026-07-26.
1. I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else
OpenAI's fancy new AI keypad will be a lot of fun for some, while many others are probably not going to touch it.
2. Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
Source: Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
3. The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
Plus: Russian hackers are trying to steal US nuclear scientists’ emails, the State Department bans known scammers from entering the United States, and more.
Source: The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
4. One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here's how to fix the problem.
Source: One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
5. Exphormer: Scaling transformers for graph-structured data
Posted by Ameya Velingker, Research Scientist, Google Research, and Balaji Venkatachalam, Software Engineer, Google Graphs , in which objects and their relations are represented as nodes (or vertices) and edges (or links) between pairs of nodes, are ubiquitous in computing and machine learning (ML).
Source: Exphormer: Scaling transformers for graph-structured data
6. Mixed-input matrix multiplication performance optimizations
Posted by Manish Gupta, Staff Software Engineer, Google Research AI-driven technologies are weaving themselves into the fabric of our daily routines, with the potential to enhance our access to knowledge and boost our overall productivity. The backbone of these applications lies in large language mo
Source: Mixed-input matrix multiplication performance optimizations
7. MobileDiffusion: Rapid text-to-image generation on-device
Posted by Yang Zhao, Senior Software Engineer, and Tingbo Hou, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Core ML Text-to-image diffusion models have shown exceptional capabilities in generating high-quality images from text prompts. However, leading models feature billions of parameters and are consequently e
Source: MobileDiffusion: Rapid text-to-image generation on-device
8. OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the US on Thursday, allowing more people to connect their medical records and health-tracking information to the chatbot. During a briefing, Ashley Alexander, OpenAI's vice president of health product, says the company's models "are now capable of
Source: OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone
9. Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and extending its reach into apps like Gmail, Slack, and Canva. When Anthropic launched voice mode last year, it wa
Source: Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
10. The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
The Trump administration unveiled the first "Genesis Mission" grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White Hou
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