Top of the Hour — 6:00 PM · Mon Aug 3, 2026
Monday, August 3: AMD's $11.3B earnings test lands tonight; Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash hits GA; OpenAI's legal fee clock against xAI ticks with today's mediation deadline; the FLI safety index fallout deepens as labs push back on 'goalpost' framing; and the xAI Ninth Circuit appeal brief countdown begins. In this hour: AMD's $11.3B Moment Arrives Tonight — MI350 and Helios in Focus · xAI Mediation Clock Starts — Questionnaires Due Today in OpenAI Fee Fight · Gemini 3.6 Flash Hits General Availability — Cheaper, Less Verbose, Agentic · FLI Index Fallout: Labs Defend Grades as 'Goalpost' Finding…
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