AI Developments
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July 27 – August 2, 2026
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Microsoft Q4 FY26: $90B Revenue, Azure +43%, 30M Copilot Seats
Microsoft reported fiscal Q4 2026 earnings with $90 billion in quarterly revenue — an 18% year-over-year increase driven primarily by AI infrastructure demand. Azure grew 43%, its fastest rate in years, while Microsoft 365 Copilot passed 30 million paid seats.
1,200+ AI Workers Sign 'Pacing the Frontier' Letter Calling for Slowdown Tools
More than 1,200 employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta published a joint statement asking the US government to develop tools that could deliberately slow AI development if necessary. Both OpenAI and Anthropic endorsed the statement within hours.
Claude Shared Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results
User-created public Claude share links were indexed by Google and Bing, making sensitive conversations discoverable to anyone running a search. Exposed content included API keys, personal data, and confidential professional discussions.
Kimi K3 Weights Released — World's Largest Downloadable AI Model at 2.8T Parameters
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3's model weights on Hugging Face — 2.8 trillion parameters freely downloadable, the largest open-weight model in history. The release came as deeplearning.ai revealed closed AI models refused their legitimate security work while open models succeeded.
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Hugging Face Hack Aftermath: Kill Switch Legislation and Closed Model Refusals
US lawmakers drafted hardware-enforced 'kill switch' legislation following the Hugging Face breach, while deeplearning.ai revealed closed AI models refused legitimate cybersecurity work — leading them to switch to open-weight models.
White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge — Data Centers to Fund Their Own Power
More than 200 utilities, developers, and US states pledged that large AI data centers — not residential ratepayers — should fund the new power infrastructure they require, addressing the energy cost externality of the AI buildout.
EU AI Omnibus Enters Into Force — High-Risk Deadlines Extended to December 2027
The EU AI Omnibus took effect July 27, pushing high-risk AI compliance deadlines to December 2027 while adding new prohibitions on synthetic intimate imagery and CSAM generation that apply from December 2026.