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• Aram Zucker-Scharff
American A.I. Companies Say Chinese Copycats Are Quickly Catching Up
nytimes.com/2026/07/06/technology/ai-distillation-china.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
The American companies building artificial intelligence systems are loudly complaining that their Chinese competitors are unfairly copying their technology, and they are pleading with officials to do something about it.
Bumblebees collect up to 7 times more toxic metals than honeybees
Bumblebees are picking up dramatically more toxic heavy metals than honeybees, even when both species forage in the same places. Researchers warn that this hidden pollution could quietly reduce their ability to find food, reproduce, and keep colonies healthy.
WIRED
• Reece Rogers
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
WIRED
• Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Allison
Beloved Bakery & Cafe Opens Second Location In Orange County
We can stop by their new location for some croissants, sandwiches, fruit creations, tarts and more! Continue reading…
Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old, 1881 #degas #edgardegas
If Only There Had Been a Sign That the Face-Melting Nazi...
If Only There Had Been a Sign That the Face-Melting Nazi from Indiana Jones Wouldn’t Make a Good Senator. “Marion Ravenwood said he trapped her in a room and physically assaulted her. But I decided to keep supporting Toht anyway.”
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Amanda Caswell
Coinbase runs 1,200 agents and just slashed its AI bill in half

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong run very different companies, but they’re making the same architectural bet.
The post Coinbase runs 1,200 agents and just slashed its AI bill in half appeared first on The New Stack.
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
A Thumb on the Scale
Electrek
• Peter Johnson
Kia’s next electric van looks even bigger in person [Video]

Kia’s first electric van is already becoming a global sensation. The PV7 is set to go on sale soon, serving as the bigger sibling to the PV5. Here’s our first look at it.
Racket
• Em Cassel
RIP Harry Singh, Hot Sauce and Roti King
Plus remembering Philando Castile, all aboard the bicentennial train, and Misfit misfortunes in today's Flyover news roundup.
Interviews with some of the dwindling number of...
News – The White House
• The White House
Democrats Fought Against Historic Tax Cuts. Now They’re Fighting Against Opportunity for America’s Kids.
President Donald J. Trump and Republicans delivered the largest middle- and working-class tax cuts in history through the Working Families Tax Cuts, which Democrats fought every step of the way. Now, Democrats are smearing Trump Accounts — the program giving every eligible American child a $1,000 head start on building real wealth. These accounts put […]
The post Democrats Fought Against Historic Tax Cuts. Now They’re Fighting Against Opportunity for America’s Kids. appeared first on The White House.
After the Bath, 1895 #impressionism #degas
Defector
• Maitreyi Anantharaman
The Atlanta Dream Are Getting Drowsy
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Jennifer Riggins
Watch AWS engineers troubleshoot agentic AI with OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch

Your organization constantly needs more information about system performance, usage, and data while in production — or better yet, before
The post Watch AWS engineers troubleshoot agentic AI with OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch appeared first on The New Stack.
Vercel acquires Better Auth to give AI agents their own identity

AI agents increasingly act on people’s behalf, opening pull requests, reviewing code, creating deployments, querying internal systems, or updating business
The post Vercel acquires Better Auth to give AI agents their own identity appeared first on The New Stack.
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• Unknown
Noted
WBUR News
• WBUR
A switch to school buses prompted Scottish soccer fans to donate to Mass. charity
Scottish soccer fans have left another gift to the region: a $15,000 donation to a charity administered by the Massachusetts Teachers Association that helps students in financial need.