Top AI & Tech News Stories — July 13, 2026

Chinese internet firms sign AI agent data protection pact

1 outlet · 1 article · persona information, data protection, personal data processing, AI agents, Baidu

The China Internet Association released a self-regulatory pact on personal information protection for AI agents at a forum in Beijing, with Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Volcengine, and 27 other internet companies among the first signatories. The pact is aimed at standardizing how AI…

Ant Group unveils AI safety models for agents and multimodal systems

1 outlet · 1 article · SingGuard, AI Safety, safety guardrails, autonomous agents, prompt injection detection

Ant Group’s AI Safety Lab has open-sourced SingGuard-NSFA, a safety guardrail model for autonomous agents, and disclosed details of SingGuard, a multimodal safety model. SingGuard-NSFA is designed to detect risks such as prompt injection, sensitive data theft, malicious code…

ByteDance explores autonomous driving for unmanned logistics

1 outlet · 1 article · autonomous driving, Physical AI, world models, ByteDance, Volcengine

ByteDance is exploring autonomous driving technology for unmanned logistics through the world model team under Seed, its AI research unit, according to Chinese media reports. The early-stage project is reportedly tied to Volcengine’s automotive industry line. ByteDance said its…

Zhipu AI founder outlines Touch High plan for AGI research

1 outlet · 1 article · long-horizon tasks, self-training, safety governance, mechanistic interpretability, Zhipu AI

Zhipu AI founder Tang Jie told employees in an internal letter that the Chinese foundation model developer will launch a “Touch High” plan, focusing on AGI research rather than short-term commercialization, according to LatePost. Zhipu AI is the company behind the GLM series of…

Apple’s Clash With OpenAI Heads to Seasoned Judge as Trade Secret Claims Mount

4 outlets · 5 articles · 77 total since July 10, 2026 · OpenAI, Apple, iPhone, ChatGPT, Tang Yew Tan

Apple and OpenAI once seemed like natural partners. Their collaboration on Apple Intelligence suggested shared goals in artificial intelligence. But that alliance has fractured. The iPhone maker now accuses the ChatGPT creator of orchestrating a systematic raid on its most…

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Meta cambia de estrategia con Muse Spark 1.1: menos open source y más guerra de precios en IA

1 outlet · 1 article · Inteligencia Artificial, flujos agénticos, uso de herramientas, APIs, SDKs

Meta ha dado un giro relevante en su estrategia de inteligencia artificial. La compañía ha lanzado Muse Spark 1.1 , una versión mejorada de su modelo multimodal y agéntico, y por primera vez abre una API de pago para que desarrolladores externos lo integren en sus propias…

PyTorch ExecuTorch Audit Complete!

1 outlet · 1 article · file parsing, security audit, static testing, dynamic testing, automated testing

The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security audit of PyTorch ExecuTorch . PyTorch is a popular open source deep learning library, with multiple subprojects including ExecuTorch. ExecuTorch enables PyTorch on-device inference…

Maybank expects demand from AI-related fields to remain strong in Singapore

1 outlet · 1 article · artificial intelligence (AI), AI infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, data centers, AI hardware

Maybank Investment Bank expects demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-related fields to remain strong and should be the key growth driver of the semi-con sector in Singapore. The research house said in its recent note that 2025 was a better year for most semi-con players in…

Malaysian banks move beyond AI trials, but gaps remain – AICB

1 outlet · 1 article · AI readiness assessment, AI governance, model risk management frameworks, risk-tiering, data governance

44 percent of Malaysian banks and development financial institutions (DFIs) are in the developing stage of artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, having moved beyond experimentation but still facing fragmented capabilities across data, skills and operating models, a survey by…

MTR Lab, Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation & Technology Park launch venture program to scale startups globally

1 outlet · 1 article · AI-powered commerce, proof-of-concept (POC), Partner Program, Hong Kong, Shenzhen

MTR Lab and Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Limited ( HSITPL ) have launched a Venture Partner Program connecting high-potential startups with funding opportunities, strategic guidance, and commercial partnerships to scale across AI, new energy, new materials…

Spatial AI startup Augmodo raises $21M to expand beyond retail stores

1 outlet · 1 article · computer vision, machine learning, data processing, Spatial Data, inventory management

Spatial AI startup Augmodo raises $21M to expand beyond retail stores Spatial artificial intelligence startup Augmodo Inc. said today it has raised $21 million in an impromptu funding round that lifts its valuation to $350 million. TQ Ventures served as the lead investors, with…

Product for Engineers is now build mode

1 outlet · 1 article · AI observability, MCP tool call, AI coding tools, Agent Skills, AI-native products

We’re rebranding Product for Engineers as build mode to better cover everything it takes to build successful products from now into the future. Here’s why. We accomplished our original goal We started Product for Engineers to challenge the idea that engineers only care about…

OpenAI's GPT-Live Redefines Voice AI with Full-Duplex Model

1 outlet · 1 article · 8 total since May 11, 2026 · OpenAI, speech recognition, text-to-speech, GPT-Live, GPT-Live-1

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-Live, a groundbreaking voice AI architecture that enables continuous, real-time interaction. Announced on July 8, 2026, GPT-Live replaces traditional turn-based systems with a full-duplex speech model, allowing it to listen and speak simultaneously. This…

Google DeepMind CEO Calls for Frontier AI Standards Body - TechNewsWorld

1 outlet · 1 article · 16 total since July 13, 2026 · Google DeepMind, deepmind, Google, United States, AI governance

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Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak

1 outlet · 1 article · key management, key rotation, incident response, secret scanning, continuous monitoring

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a recent data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials — including AWS Govcloud keys — in a public GitHub repository for almost six months before being notified…

New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content

1 outlet · 1 article · generative artificial intelligence, fine-tuning, Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), Gaussian probing, model auditing

With the exploding popularity of generative artificial intelligence, many open-source models are now available online for anyone to adapt for their task, such as generating product renderings in a certain artistic style. But these models also find their way into the hands of…

Apple’s Urgent Hunt for AI Chip Talent Exposes Cracks in Its Silicon Empire

1 outlet · 1 article · 4 total since July 12, 2026 · Apple, AI chip design, M7 Ultra, Mac M5 Ultra, on-device AI processing

Apple has begun quietly approaching semiconductor startups and holding talks with investment bankers about potential acquisitions. The moves signal a sharp turn for a company long known for building its own chips from the ground up. But the demands of modern artificial…

Weekly news roundup: TSMC widens AI chip lead as HBM and CoWoS bottlenecks reshape supply chains

1 outlet · 1 article · HBM, CoWoS, server hosting, EUV lithography, mass production

AI demand is still outrunning advanced semiconductor capacity, putting foundry output, HBM supply, packaging and server infrastructure at the centre of this week's tech agenda. TSMC extends its lead while Samsung and Intel chase capacity Samsung Electronics posted more than…

Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI makes serious claims. Will they matter?

1 outlet · 1 article · trade secret misappropriation, injunctive relief, discovery, jury trial, manufacturing techniques

Apple doesn’t sue often. When it has, it’s usually gone after companies like Qualcomm and Samsung that are already shipping competing products. But now, it’s suing a pre-product rival with a complaint against OpenAI. The lawsuit , filed by Apple on Friday, alleges theft of trade…

Top Tech News: Meta AI Chip, Cursor at $50B Valuation & More

1 outlet · 1 article · AI skills, AI-powered development tools, AI agents, testing, Speed optimization

Good morning, tech fam; here are some quick tech updates for you to catch up on! What’s New Today: Meta will begin producing its custom AI chip, codenamed Iris, in September to power its expanding AI infrastructure and reduce reliance on Nvidia and AMD. Fast-Track Insights: AI…