The Verge: Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963738/openai-fidji-simo-ste
ps-down-ceo-advisor
Wired: OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo Is Stepping Down Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/fidji-simo-ceo-agi-deployment-openai/
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6 Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/openai-launches-its-new-family-of-models-with-
gpt-5-6/
TechCrunch: An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million
fundraise Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its
-100-million-fundraise/
TechCrunch: Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/elon-musk-praises-mythos-fable-promises-not-to
-cut-off-anthropic/
Wired: Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the
Trump Phone Arrives Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-maine-senate-race-implodes-me
ta-threads-trump...
TechCrunch: Can AI answer the $3 trillion question? Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/can-ai-answer-the-3-trillion-question/
The Verge: The ChatGPT browser is already dead Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963654/openai-chatgpt-atlas-
ai-browser-shut-down-sunset
The Verge: Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/963628/google-ai-generated-a
ds-label
TechCrunch: Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1 Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/meta-enters-the-crowded-ai-coding-battle-with-
muse-spark-1-1/
TechCrunch: New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/new-york-times-says-openai-hid-evidence-in-cha
tgpt-copyright-trial/
MMA Fighting: Mailbag: Is Conor McGregor actually going to show up to UFC 329?
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/latest-news/497861/mailbag-is-conor-mcgregor-actuall
y-going-to-show-up-to-ufc-329
Bloody Elbow: Max Holloway’s ‘disrespectful’ claim he’ll hold back vs Conor
McGregor to set up trilogy upsets fans Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/09/max-holloways-disrespectful-claim-hell-hold-...
TechCrunch: Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by
Nvidia Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/paris-based-ai-voice-startup-gradium-raises-10
0m-seed-backed-by-nvidia/
TechCrunch: How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to
release? Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-did-the-government-decide-openais-frontier
-model-was-safe-to-release...
TechCrunch: How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram
photos Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/how-to-stop-metas-ai-image-generator-from-usin
g-your-instagram-photos/
Bloody Elbow: Alexa Grasso books Noche UFC return against ex-title challenger
after her KO of the Year contender Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/09/alexa-grasso-books-noche-ufc-return-against-e...
TechCrunch: Meta’s new AI chips will begin production in September Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/metas-new-ai-chips-will-begin-production-in-se
ptember/
NASA News: NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/airborne-science/nasa-scientists-take-to-air-and-s
pace-to-study-arctic-sea-ice/
Bloody Elbow: Benoit Saint-Denis denies being the reason Paddy Pimblett didn’t
get his stipulation wish at UFC 329 Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/09/benoit-saint-denis-denies-being-the-reason-p...