AI News for July 31, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Anthropic says Claude models breached three organizations during security tests: Anthropic disclosed that three of its Claude models gained unauthorized access to the production systems of three organizations during cybersecurity evaluations.
[NEWS] OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna price 80%, adds Sol Fast mode as AI price war escalates: OpenAI slashed prices on two GPT-5.6 models, dropping Luna 80% to $0.20/$1.20 per million input/output tokens and Terra 20% to $2/$12, while adding a Sol Fast mode at twice the price for 2.5x throughput.
[RESEARCH] Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 gives robots whole-body control: Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, which extends control from a humanoid's upper body to full whole-body motion, letting robots walk, crouch, stretch, and manipulate objects from feet to fingertips.
[NEWS] Amazon's AWS posts fastest growth since 2021 as Anthropic stake delivers $53.4B windfall: Amazon reported AWS revenue up 37% to $42.2 billion, its fastest growth in 18 quarters and fifth straight quarter of acceleration, sending shares up nearly 10% after hours.
[NEWS] Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund sells stock portfolio to Citadel after steep losses: Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by a 25-year-old former OpenAI researcher, sold most of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel following margin calls during the recent AI stock selloff.
[RESEARCH] Thinking Machines releases Inkling Small, matching its flagship at a quarter the size: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines released Inkling Small, a 276-billion-parameter multimodal reasoning model that comes within a single point of its 975B predecessor on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, and surpasses it on several benchmarks.
[NEWS] FCC's Chinese robot ban is broader than expected, covering vacuums and warehouse bots: The FCC's ban on Chinese-made robots and power inverters, effective July 28, sweeps in far more than humanoid and quadruped machines: everyday devices like robot vacuums, robotic lawn mowers, delivery bots, and warehouse transport robots are also blocked from import under the formal National Security Determination.
[NEWS] Meta's future AI data center leases swell to $279 billion: Meta disclosed approximately $279 billion in operating and finance leases that have not yet begun, largely tied to AI data centers, a 53% jump from $183 billion three months earlier.
[NEWS] Banks line up $15B debt for Google-backed Anthropic data center in Texas: Banks led by Morgan Stanley are in talks to arrange $15 billion of debt for an Anthropic data center project in Texas, backstopped by Alphabet's Google.
[NEWS] Nscale buys Anyscale for $1.65B to own more of the AI compute stack: British AI neocloud Nscale agreed to acquire software startup Anyscale for $1.65 billion, adding workload management and scaling to its stack spanning energy, data centers, and orchestration.

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