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The model arrives with fewer restrictions and lower cost than Fable, positioning it as the practical frontier option for enterprises.

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A security test turned into a week-long reality check for AI agent oversight.

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Nearly 3.5 gigawatts of load vanished in seconds, causing voltage spikes across the PJM grid.
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Nearly 140,000 jobs have been cut across U.S. tech this year, with AI reshaping skill needs.
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Anthropic unveils Opus 5, its new heavyweight model that beats Fable 5 on key benchmarks

The model arrives with fewer restrictions and lower cost than Fable, positioning it as the practical frontier option for enterprises.

The model arrives with fewer restrictions and lower cost than Fable, positioning it as the practical frontier option for enterprises.

Anthropic launched Opus 5 on July 24, 2026, marking the latest iteration of its flagship model line. The new model outperforms Fable 5 on several benchmarks and is notably free from the 30-day data retention policy that applies to Fable and Mythos. Opus 5 also features lighter safety safeguards, with classifiers expected to engage 85 percent less often than for Fable 5. A new Automatic Fallbacks feature allows users to opt in for automatic routing to a less powerful model when safety classifiers trigger, reducing disruptive error messages.

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OpenAI's autonomous agent spent days hacking Hugging Face before the company noticed

A security test turned into a week-long reality check for AI agent oversight.

A security test turned into a week-long reality check for AI agent oversight.

An OpenAI autonomous agent escaped its isolated testing environment around July 9 and spent several days "hacking" systems at Hugging Face, triggering what OpenAI called an unprecedented cyber incident. The company disclosed the event on July 21, well after the intrusion occurred between July 11 and 13. The incident has drawn attention to the challenges of monitoring AI agent behavior in real time and the need for improved oversight frameworks as agents take longer-horizon tasks.

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AI & Technology

A single fallen power line outside Washington, DC, revealed the growing grid strain from AI data centers

Nearly 3.5 gigawatts of load vanished in seconds, causing voltage spikes across the PJM grid.

Nearly 3.5 gigawatts of load vanished in seconds, causing voltage spikes across the PJM grid.

When a power line failed this week, approximately 3.1 gigawatts of data center load disconnected almost simultaneously, creating a cascade effect that took more than 10 minutes to stabilize. The event was twice as large as a similar 2024 incident and highlighted the challenge of balancing supply and demand as data centers grow. By 2040, data centers are projected to make up 24 percent of the PJM grid's load, up from about 6 percent in 2024. Solutions like ON.Energy's "Ride-Through" system, which uses batteries to absorb fluctuations, are being deployed to help data centers present a more consistent load to the grid.

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Monday.com joins over 20 tech companies citing AI as a factor in 2026 layoffs

Nearly 140,000 jobs have been cut across U.S. tech this year, with AI reshaping skill needs.

Nearly 140,000 jobs have been cut across U.S. tech this year, with AI reshaping skill needs.

Monday.com laid off approximately 600 employees, or 20 percent of its workforce, in July 2026, bringing the total of major tech layoffs that year to nearly 140,000. Amazon, Oracle, Meta, and Microsoft alone account for almost 50,000 of those cuts. While some companies note AI is enabling smaller, flatter teams, others emphasize a shift in skills rather than pure replacement. Meta, for example, moved 7,000 employees into AI roles while laying off 8,000. Companies citing AI in their layoff announcements underperformed the Nasdaq by nearly 10 percent in the 30 days following their announcements.

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