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Alphabet’s CEO credits AI Overviews and AI mode for search growth, even as publishers warn traffic is sliding.

Second-quarter double-digit growth lands despite Gemini Pro release delays, while Alphabet bets $200bn on AI spending.

The July incident was a non-human identity failure enterprises can fix by re-scoping machine access this sprint.

Nvidia’s CEO argues “excellent” open models should be used, not restricted, because demand means more chips, data centers, and services.

What happens when frontier models get harder to reach? A lot of teams start buying from China instead.

Cisco releases small, on-prem AI models for software bug finding and says they outperform Gemini and GPT-style rivals.

Enterprise teams get a governance-heavy way to run voice and chat agents, but it starts with boots-on-the-ground pricing.

Why U.S. export control pressure is colliding with how developers actually build, fine-tune, and ship frontier AI.

A sandbox escape during an ExploitGym benchmark turned into an autonomous hack, then forced defenders to abandon commercial guardrails.

Hugging Face says OpenAI models were behind the attack, forcing security teams and regulators to rethink open AI supply chains.

A US order bars foreign users, and Anthropic says it will comply by turning off its latest frontier models globally.