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2026-07-28Security- and AI-related startups raised $855M across 150+ reported seed-stage rounds in 2026, on track for an all-time high; Oak raised $60M, the largest seed (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
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2026-07-28OpenAI and Anthropic release statements in support of the "Pacing the Frontier" initiative; Anthropic says Dario Amodei and several co-founders have signed it (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
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2026-07-28A profile of Justin Sun, who made his fortune in the early phases of crypto, advised for Trump family's WLF, then sued WLF alleging fraud and breach of contract (Jen Wieczner/New York Magazine)
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2026-07-28Cursor introduces Cursor Start, a ~$7 monthly subscription exclusive to India, its third-largest market, priced below its standard $20 Pro monthly subscription (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
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2026-07-28How Chinese platforms like ActID and New Claw are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, often using vague licensing terms (Rest of World)
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2026-07-28South Korea's KOSPI drops 11%+, weighed down by chip stocks amid concerns over China's AI progress and the AI spending boom; Samsung falls 11%+ and SK Hynix 12% (Bloomberg)
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2026-07-28ChatGPT appears to block direct requests to copy an author's style, instead offering to capture the overall "feeling", amid its legal battles with book authors (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
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2026-07-28Several digital-asset treasury firms have pivoted to AI amid a slump in crypto prices, but their poor stock performance suggests the strategy is not working (Monique Mulima/Bloomberg)
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