A Clock on AI Oversight, OpenAI’s Screenless Speaker, New York Says No to New Data Centers
Today we’re covering the biggest AI stories of July 15th, 2026. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis published a plan for a U.S. led body modeled on FINRA that would safety test frontier models for deception, bioweapons risk, and hacking capability 30 days before release, and he wants it operational before the end of the year, warning that open source capabilities could turn dangerous within 18 months. Bloomberg reported that OpenAI’s first Jony Ive designed hardware device will be a screenless, battery powered speaker built around a humanlike personality that studies your emails and habits for…
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