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Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and form an "AI Force", in a Truth Social post that rejects AI safety concerns as a "hoax" (María Paula Mijares Torres/Bloomberg)
 China is readying the world's first giant submarine UAV carrier — built with a 1115ft dock, the unnamed mothership could be longer (and bigger) than WW2 light aircraft carriers and carry 148ft underwater drones
Former DraftKings employees detail how it uses ML to target likely losers with promotions, while efforts to flag problem gamblers were shelved or squashed (New York Times)
 The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is possibly the thinnest laptop we've ever tested — and this deal drops the price by $550
Sony Music and UMG sue Suno, alleging that its new model trained in partnership with WMG and BMG infringes copyright because it is based on an infringing model (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
 Samsung's new 2026 TVs are cheaper than ever right now — save up to $1,900 off top-rated 4K, QLED, and OLED TVs
Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500+ Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022 (Francesca Maglione/Bloomberg)
 Iran snoops on enemies of the state with Chosen Brick malware controlled using messaging apps
Delos Data, which develops network chips and software to connect AI chips in a data center, raised $100M from Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, and others (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, its "most advanced live dialogue models yet", to more effectively enable voice agents (Google)
Some developers are using the Claude Code harness to access cheaper non-Anthropic models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, via proxies and services like OpenRouter (Alix Coutures/The Information)
Apple rolls out iOS 27, watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, visionOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, all with Siri AI (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Xi Jinping calls for a "consensus-based global AI governance framework" and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community (Joanna Ossinger/CNBC)