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The Final Shift

Daily Reports on Artificial Intelligence · Data Centers · Regulation

Lead Story · The Verge

America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 20 2026: People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 20, 2026. | Image: LONG WEI/ Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and predictable. Markets wobbled, commentators declared Silicon Valley shooketh, and polic

Jul 21, 2026

MIT Technology Review

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is a

Jul 21, 2026

The Verge

Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and you’l

Jul 21, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.

Jul 20, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Over the weekend, several current and former advisors to Presi

Jul 20, 2026

MIT Technology Review

The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The n

Jul 20, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up

Jul 20, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."

Jul 18, 2026

The Verge

TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tes

Jul 17, 2026

The Verge

Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

A scene from The American Experiment, one of the Netflix titles to use generative AI | Image: Netflix Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post

Jul 16, 2026