July 31, 2026

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why: New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and the role investors play. Read More

Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation: A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash. Read More

Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content: Snapchat has adjusted its recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop. Read More

Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger: Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan. Read More

SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year: SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months. Read More

Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts: Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch — or simply listen to — its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman said the feature is already in the works and could begin testing later this year. Read More

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human: The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test. Read More

Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds: The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion. Read More

Gartner evaluated every analytics platform so you don't have to. See why ThoughtSpot was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI.

Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests: After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents. Read More

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July 31, 2026

Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger: Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan. Read More

Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts: Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch — or simply listen to — its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman said the feature is already in the works and could begin testing later this year. Read More

Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human: The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test. Read More

General Compute raised $15m to build the world's first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier.

WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses: WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them Read More

Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label: A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology. Read More

Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests: After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents Read More

AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares: The former OpenAI researcher’s fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play. Read More

Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI: As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools. Read More

Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers: Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding. Read More

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