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I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."

—Claude Shannon

Sarvam AI Announces Trillion-Parameter Model, Claims 105B is 5.5× Cheaper Than GPT-5.4 Mini

Sarvam AI announced its building a 1 trillion parameter foundational AI model from scratch.

Sarvam AI announces it is building a trillion-plus parameter foundational model in India at Epoch 2026, while claiming its flagship 105B is 5.5× cheaper than GPT-5.4 Mini.

“Power Sits Where the Compute Sits”: PauseAI Chief Maxime Fournes on Who Really Controls Frontier AI

Maxime Fournes, CEO of PauseAI Global, spoke to AI FrontPage after the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, held on 6 and 7 July 2026.

After the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, PauseAI’s global chief tells AI FrontPage that the power to pause frontier AI already exists, and explains why he believes Anthropic built a weapon of mass destruction in the cyber realm.

Canada Asks Public How Should AI Systems Be Made More Transparent

Canada has opened a public consultation on AI transparency, running from July 23 to September 23, 2026.

Canadian government claimed increased transparency can help Canadians understand when they are interacting with AI systems, help businesses make informed decisions about the AI products they adopt, and give governments and organizations the information they need to develop policies and research that shape the citizens’ experience with AI.

NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, SpaceX Launch Open Secure AI Alliance

NVIDIA led the launch of the Open Secure AI Alliance on Monday, joined by nearly 40 companies including Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and SpaceX.

NVIDIA, IBM, Adobe, Microsoft, SpaceX and nearly 40 other technology companies have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, a global coalition to develop and share open-source tools, techniques and models to defend against AI-powered cyberattacks.

HSBC to Hire 100 AI Specialists for Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore

HSBC has selected Singapore as the location for its upcoming Global AI Center of Excellence, where more than 100 AI specialists will develop artificial intelligence solutions for deployment across the bank's international operations.

The multinational bank will establish a Global AI Center of Excellence in Singapore, hiring over 100 AI specialists to build AI capabilities for wealth management, payments and enterprise banking.

India Backs 20 Indigenous AI Models, Approves 58 Centres of Excellence: IT Ministry

India supports 20 sovereign AI models and has approved 58 AI Centres of Excellence under the IndiaAI Mission, MoS Jitin Prasada told the Rajya Sabha.

The Indian government currently supports 20 indigenous AI models, 12 LLMs and 8 SLMs and has approved 58 AI Centres of Excellence across states and union territories, MoS for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha on July 24.

Kimi K3 Launch: OpenAI’s Strategist Calls Open-weight Models “AI Communism”; AI for Public Good as “Dystopian Hellscape”

Dean Ball, Head of Strategic Futures at OpenAI, called open-weight models "full AI communism" days after Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3. | Image: AI FrontPage.

Days after Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, the world’s first open-weight 3T model, OpenAI’s Head of Strategic Futures Dean Ball described open-weight AI as “full AI communism” and the vision of AI as a state-provided public good as a “dystopian hellscape”.

BrainCo Debuts Brain-to-Robot AI Platform at WAIC 2026

BrainCo's mind-controlled robotic arm grasps an object during a live demonstration at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai. (Credit: BrainCo / WAIC 2026 . Pic Credit: BrainCo

At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, China’s BrainCo unveiled a brain-to-robot AI platform that lets a user direct a robotic arm through EEG signals alone decoding neural intent into machine commands in under 200 milliseconds.

China To Answer The Call of Global South: Xi Jinping Bats for a New World Order on AI

Chinese Premier Xi Jinping batted for a new world order on AI governance with China taking the global south lead.

Xi Jinping showed up at WAIC in person for the first time since the conference began in 2018 and used the stage to pitch China as the AI partner the Global South has been waiting for.

China’s AI Safety Focus Shifts From ‘What AI Says’ to ‘What AI Does’: Report

China is shifting its AI safety strategy beyond regulating AI-generated content toward governing increasingly autonomous AI systems, according to the Concordia AI report.

According to a new Concordia AI report, China is shifting its AI safety focus beyond AI-generated content toward governing increasingly autonomous AI systems and the risks they pose to cybersecurity, society, and critical sectors.