AI News for July 17, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Moonshot's Kimi K3 becomes largest open-weight model at 2.8T parameters, rivals US frontier: Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model it calls the world's largest open-weight LLM, roughly 75% bigger than DeepSeek V4 Pro, with 896 experts, a 1M-token context window, native visual understanding, and always-on reasoning.
[NEWS] EU orders Google to open Android and Search to rival AI assistants: The European Commission issued binding Digital Markets Act measures forcing Google to give rival AI assistants and search engines the same access to Android features and Search data it grants Gemini.
[TOOLS] Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, gives each notebook a code-running computer: Google rebranded its research tool NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook, keeping it a standalone app while integrating it across the Gemini app and Search.
[NEWS] Google delays Gemini 3.5 Pro after model misses internal coding goals: Google is months behind schedule on Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship, after the model fell short of internal targets, particularly on coding.
[NEWS] Xi Jinping debuts at World AI Conference, pitches low-cost 'AI for all': President Xi Jinping delivered his first keynote at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, promoting China's low-cost AI to the Global South and calling for a more open technological order that opposes any 'one country' dominance.
[NEWS] Japan to buy 27,500 Nvidia chips to build sovereign robot AI factory: Japan will deploy 27,500 next-generation Nvidia chips to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots, anchored by a partnership with state-backed Noetra Corp, formed by SoftBank, NEC, Sony, and Honda.
[NEWS] Netflix used generative AI in roughly 300 titles to cut cost and time: Netflix said about 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, mostly in post-production, disclosing the figure in its Q2 earnings.
[TOOLS] 1Password lets Claude sign into websites without exposing passwords: 1Password launched a browser integration that lets Anthropic's Claude agent complete multi-step tasks like booking travel using stored credentials, without the AI ever seeing passwords or MFA codes.
[TOOLS] LM Studio launches Bionic, an AI agent app for open models: LM Studio released Bionic, a Mac and Windows app that uses open models for coding, research, and document work, its biggest expansion beyond chat.
[RESEARCH] DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs publish joint bioresilience approach: Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs released a joint approach to bioresilience, aiming to prevent misuse of frontier AI while using it to detect and respond to disease outbreaks.

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