July 22, 2026
AI News
The AI news worth knowing this week.
Will AI help you do your job or replace you?
BBC charts analyze how AI is impacting jobs, exploring claims made by AI companies about replacing human labor.
Read the original →Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race
China's advancements in AI are challenging US tech dominance, raising concerns in Silicon Valley.
Read the original →Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta is testing a new AI-powered app called StoryKit that generates personalized bedtime stories for children. The app is currently limited to specific regions as Meta gathers feedback from parents.
Read the original →An AI system helped Pakistani judges clear massive backlogs at $38.50 return per dollar invested
A field experiment in Pakistan found that an AI assistant called JudgeGPT boosted case resolution by 6.3% for judges who received training, leading to a high return on investment.
Read the original →Google ships Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber
Three new Gemini models built for agent work, designed to run cheaper and spend fewer tokens.
Read the original →Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out
A US judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, with only 350 authors opting out despite an initial attempt to block opt-outs.
Read the original →Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI launched a program called ChatGPT for Small Businesses to help entrepreneurs use ChatGPT Work for automation and growth.
Read the original →Dubbing & Open source
Open-source voice and dubbing tools worth a look.
dramaclaw/dramaclaw
dramaclaw is a new AI tool on GitHub that generates videos from scripts across various genres including dramas, ads, and even otome games.
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Kritt-ai/open-kritt
Kritt-ai/open-kritt, a new open-source project on GitHub, allows developers to use AI agents for identifying security vulnerabilities in code.
Read the original →This week on X
What AI Twitter was talking about this week.
Sam Altman (@sama)
There was a serious security incident while our models were being evaluated. Sharing what we know so far. Thanks to @huggingface for working through it with us.
Read the original →Arena.ai (@arena)
Good news: Kimi K3 lands at #4 on the Agent Arena leaderboard, shoulder to shoulder with Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Sol. Once the weights drop on July 27 as planned, it becomes the top open-weights model.
Read the original →Jun Song (@jun_song)
Where open-source AI stands: GLM-5.2 is nearly Opus level. Kimi-K3 is nearly Fable level. Qwen-3.8 at 2.4T params should pass Opus. Deepseek V4 shipped at $0.0028 per million tokens and should pass Opus too. Minimax-M3-Pro at 3T params looks Fable level. GLM-5.5 is expected to pass Opus.
Read the original →Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu)
Translation: the 20x plan is now the 10x plan, and the 5x plan is the 2.5x plan. Congrats on your upgrade. (quoting @claudeai: "Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits.")
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