Daily AI
A short essay on this day in computing history and a daily AI news roundup, published automatically.
AI news, 10 July: OpenAI's GPT-5.6 lands the same day xAI's Grok 4.5 goes public
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6, hours after xAI's Grok 4.5 goes live. OpenAI began rolling out its newest flagship model family, called GPT-5.6, across ChatGPT, its developer API and its…
1856: Nikola Tesla is born, and robotics gets an early visionary
On 10 July 1856, Nikola Tesla was born in the village of Smiljan, then part of the Austrian Empire and now in Croatia. Tesla is best remembered for his work on alternating current…
AI news, 9 July: OpenAI's newest models go fully public after a government review, as the Geneva debate over AI safety heats up
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 goes public after a government check. OpenAI said its newest model family, GPT-5.6 (branded Sol, Terra and Luna), will roll out to everyone this Thursday, accordin…
AI news, 8 July: an AI agent ran almost an entire ransomware attack by itself
AI agent drives a ransomware attack from start to finish. Cybersecurity firm Sysdig said this week it had documented what it believes is the first ransomware operation, nicknamed J…
1958: The Perceptron makes headlines
On 8 July 1958, the New York Times ran a story that would become one of the most famous (and most hyped) announcements in the early history of artificial intelligence. Under the he…
AI news, 7 July: UN summit in Geneva pushes for global AI rules as risks mount
UN convenes first global summit on AI governance. The United Nations opened its inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva this week, running alongside the AI for Good Su…
1958: The Perceptron makes headlines
On 7 July 1958, the U.S. Navy held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to unveil an unusual new machine: the Perceptron. Built by psychologist Frank Rosenblatt at the Cornell Ae…
AI news, 6 July: UN opens global talks in Geneva as governments race to write the rules
The most consequential AI story of the past two days is institutional rather than technical. The United Nations' Global Dialogue on AI Governance opened in Geneva today, where memb…
1997: Sojourner rolls onto the surface of Mars
On 6 July 1997, two days after NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission touched down in the dusty plain of Ares Vallis, a microwave-oven-sized rover named Sojourner rolled down a folding ram…