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The courts just met the AI that hacks on its own

The Ninth Circuit's Perplexity ruling places liability for AI agent actions on users, not developers. But autonomous sandbox escapes by OpenAI and Anthropic models expose a serious gap in that logic.
Anthropic is building its own AI chips

Anthropic has confirmed it is assembling an in-house custom silicon team to co-design chips and AI models, aiming to make Claude run faster and more efficiently as demand outpaces supply.
SEBI stands firm on India's new closing auction despite volatile debut

India's markets regulator SEBI is pressing ahead with its new Closing Auction Session for F&O-eligible stocks after a turbulent first week, dismissing calls for an immediate review and betting on participation growing over time.
AI voice-cloning attacks target Wall Street's biggest hedge funds

Citadel, Point72, and Two Sigma were targeted by AI-powered voice-cloning vishing attacks designed to trick employees into granting system access, Bloomberg reports.
Seoul is buying gold again, 13 years after swearing it off

The Bank of Korea is resuming physical gold purchases for the first time since 2013, buying domestically refined bullion as central banks worldwide hit a Q2 record of 288.9 tonnes.
Alibaba's biggest model ever is going open-weights

Alibaba has launched Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion-parameter model priced at $2 per million input tokens, with open weights due next week. The release marks the first time a flagship Max-class Qwen model has gone open-source, as Chinese AI models continue to gain ground on Western rivals.
Telegram Returns To Apple App Store After Brief Disappearance

Telegram has been restored to Apple's App Store after a brief unexplained removal that blocked new downloads worldwide. Apple later confirmed the app was pulled over child sexual abuse material before being reinstated.
The EU's AI Act grows teeth: chatbots must now disclose they're machines

The EU began enforcing its AI Act transparency rules on 2 August 2026, requiring chatbots, voice assistants, and AI agents to identify themselves as machines, with fines of up to 35 million euros or 7% of global turnover for violations.
Top AI labs head to the White House as the model-testing framework is finalized

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta meet with the White House to review a completed voluntary framework giving the government up to 30 days of pre-release access to frontier AI models, the administration's first major AI oversight push.
Apple takes the UK back to court over its encryption backdoor demand

Apple has filed a second legal challenge at the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal over a government order demanding access to encrypted iCloud backups belonging to British users, with a public hearing set for September 2026.


