Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web
Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web

Bots now outnumber humans on the internet for the first time in the web’s history. Cloudflare, the security firm that sits in front of millions of websites, says automated traffic crossed the 50 percent threshold in June and now accounts for nearly 58 …

Nvidia and 24 other companies sign open-weights letter as Washington weighs Chinese AI model ban — OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google absent from the list
Nvidia and 24 other companies sign open-weights letter as Washington weighs Chinese AI model ban — OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google absent from the list

Signatories include chipmakers, server vendors, cloud operators, enterprise software firms, security companies, and venture funds

Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent
Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent

Intel posted second-quarter 2026 revenue of more than $16 billion, a 25 percent jump from a year earlier and the company’s fastest growth since late 2011. Adjusted earnings per share came in at 42 cents, double the 21-cent consensus estimate on Wall St…

SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears
SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears

SAP gave investors the number they wanted. Europe’s biggest software company said cloud revenue grew 22% to €6.28 billion in the second quarter, beating forecasts, SAP announced. Its cloud backlog, a measure of future sales, jumped 26%. The stock rose …

Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led

Amazon is retreating from the race to build the smartest AI. This week it closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco team working on artificial general intelligence, The Information reported. The move was part of layoffs across Amazon’s AGI unit, Reuters firs…

Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn
Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn

Stripe wants a foothold in AI, and it is willing to pay dearly for it. The payments company is in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. That is a staggering price for a startup valued at just $1.3 billion in M…

World Foundation raises $52 million in token sale as proof-of-human demand accelerates
World Foundation raises $52 million in token sale as proof-of-human demand accelerates

World Foundation has raised $52 million through a locked token sale to expand the reach of World ID, its iris-scan-based system for proving someone is a real human online. Pantera Capital led the initial close, joined by Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Ho…

The AI giants just broke with OpenAI and Anthropic on open weights
The AI giants just broke with OpenAI and Anthropic on open weights

The AI industry just picked a side, in public. On Friday, 25 companies and groups published an open letter, “Open Weights and American AI Leadership”, urging Washington not to crack down on open-weight AI, Business Insider reported. The names are heavy…

OpenAI wants your medical records, and says its AI is ‘better than clinician level’
OpenAI wants your medical records, and says its AI is ‘better than clinician level’

OpenAI wants to be in the room for your next diagnosis. On Thursday it began rolling out ChatGPT Health to every logged-in US adult. The chatbot can now connect to your Apple Health data and medical records, the company said. It can then draw on them i…

Meta launches a standalone Seller app for Facebook Marketplace with AI-powered listings
Meta launches a standalone Seller app for Facebook Marketplace with AI-powered listings

Meta has launched Seller, a standalone app built for people who sell regularly on Facebook Marketplace, giving them dedicated tools for managing listings, communicating with buyers, and tracking sales performance in a single place. The free app is avai…