[7/23 03:00] China fires back at US AI theft claims as "smear" / Upstage unveils Solar Open 2, open-source AI agent LLM

[7/23 03:00] China fires back at US AI theft claims as "smear" / Upstage unveils Solar Open 2, open-source AI agent LLM

AI News Flash for July 23, 2026 at 03:00 UTC. Topics: 1. China fires back at US AI theft claims as "smear" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/china-calls-us-ai-theft-claims-smear-sanctions-floated-rcna588813 2. Upstage unveils Solar Open 2, open-source AI agent LLM https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/07/23/56WY73LGFBH7ZE4HHYQTTTMKQQ/ 3. NVIDIA AI supercomputer comes online at Naval Postgraduate School https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/naval-postgraduate-school-dgx-ai-supercomputer/ 4. Michigan study - robot umpires curb favoritism for star hitters https://www.technology.org/2026/07/23/batter-up-bias-down-robot-umpires-curb-favoritism-for-star-hitters/

[7/22 21:00] Alphabet Q2 earnings beat on AI, capex nearly doubles / Tesla Q2 cash burn as AI and robotaxi capex surges

AI News Flash for July 22, 2026 at 21:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Alphabet Q2 earnings beat on AI, capex nearly doubles https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/googles-q2-earnings-112-11b-203657354.html 2. Tesla Q2 cash burn as AI and robotaxi capex surges https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/elon-musks-tesla-posts-cash-200902600.html 3. ServiceNow raises annual subscription forecast again https://www.reuters.com/business/servicenow-raises-annual-subscription-revenue-forecast-again-ai-driven-demand-2026-07-22/ 4. MIT study puts 10% odds on catastrophic rogue AI harm by 2030 https://www.cfodive.com/news/rogue-ai-poses-10-percent-odds-catastrophic-harm-2030-mit-study/825959/ 5. Philadelphia SEPTA AI cameras cut bus lane violations 51% https://6abc.com/post/septa-ai-camera-program-linked-sharp-decline-bus-lane-violations/19557622/

[7/22 18:00] AMD to invest up to $5B in Anthropic + tens of billions in AI servers / White House accuses Moonshot AI over banned Nvidia chips and distillation

AI News Flash for July 22, 2026 at 18:00 UTC. Topics: 1. AMD to invest up to $5B in Anthropic + tens of billions in AI servers https://www.reuters.com/business/amd-invest-up-5-billion-anthropic-wsj-reports-2026-07-22/ 2. White House accuses Moonshot AI over banned Nvidia chips and distillation https://qz.com/white-house-moonshot-ai-nvidia-chips-anthropic-kimi-k3-072226 3. OpenAI's infrastructure spending balloons to $750B https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/openais-ai-spending-spree-has-ballooned-to-750b/ 4. Reddit stock drops 9% as Google AI content deal nears expiration https://qz.com/reddit-stock-google-ai-content-deal-072226 5. Monday.com lays off 630 employees, 20% of staff, to focus on AI https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/monday-com-lays-off-hundreds-to-focuses-on-ai/

[7/22 15:00] Samsung weighs ~$1B investment in Mistral / Pegasystems tumbles on AI market warning

AI News Flash for July 22, 2026 at 15:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Samsung weighs ~$1B investment in Mistral https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/samsung-weighs-1-billion-dollar-investment-ai-firm-mistral/ 2. Pegasystems tumbles on AI market warning https://www.barrons.com/articles/pegasystems-ibm-ai-warning-software-stocks-12c69b61 3. Musk to make "historically accurate" Odyssey with Grok Imagine https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/elon-musk-grok-imagine-historically-accurate-ai-homers-odyssey-christopher-nolan 4. Sleep monitoring plus AI detects Alzheimer's early https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260722/New-study-uses-sleep-monitoring-and-AI-to-detect-Alzheimers.aspx 5. Only 3% of organizations say leaders are prepared for AI teams https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-adoption-is-outpacing-leadership-readiness-as-new-research-finds-only-3-of-organizations-say-their-leaders-are-fully-prepared-to-lead-ai-enabled-teams-302831661.html

[7/22 12:00] Rubio tells diplomats to play down tech "kill switch" talk / Trump administration $5bn AI for science effort

AI News Flash for July 22, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Rubio tells diplomats to play down tech "kill switch" talk https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/marco-rubio-tells-diplomats-play-down-talk-american-tech-kill-switch-2026-07-22/ 2. Trump administration $5bn AI for science effort https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai 3. Ultromics EchoGo detects heart failure earlier https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-heart-association-ai-assessment-lab-report-finds-ultromics-echogo-heart-failure-may-identify-hfpef-earlier-than-standard-care-302831397.html 4. Axon AI police reports get facts wrong https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/07/22/axon-says-ai-police-reports-save-time-public-records-show-they-get-facts-wrong/