Chatbots must now disclose they are AI and deepfakes require clear labeling, as the European Commission begins enforcing new transparency obligations under the EU AI Act from August 2, 2026.
The European Commission began enforcing new EU AI Act transparency rules on August 2, 2026, requiring clear labeling of deepfakes and mandatory AI disclosure for chatbots, with fines of up to €15 million for violations.
Google suspended its newly launched Google Earth AI image generator within a day, after experts showed it could fabricate fake satellite images of nuclear sites and conflict zones.
OpenAI says an internal version of its next-generation Astra model solved ten previously unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science for about $2,000 in compute, with proofs verified in Lean and praised by Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers.
An internal version of OpenAI’s next model, Astra, has produced formally verified solutions to ten long-standing problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including the first proof that non-sofic groups exist.
The EU AI Act’s new transparency rules took effect on August 2, 2026, requiring chatbots and AI-generated content to disclose their artificial origin, under penalty of fines up to €15 million.
American firms have signed 37 African data center and digital infrastructure deals worth $25.67 billion, outbidding Chinese rivals including Huawei in Lesotho, Gabon and Ivory Coast.
NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies are working to stabilize the LINK spacecraft after it began spinning uncontrollably during a mission to rescue the aging Swift Observatory, with a rendezvous now targeted for late August 2026.
A new UN scientific panel warns that global governance of artificial intelligence is falling dangerously behind its pace of development, as computing power concentrates in just two nations.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has officially released its V4-Flash model, cutting API costs by up to 50% and closing a $7.4 billion funding round, as competition in China’s artificial intelligence sector intensifies.
