Alibaba's Claw Machine Just Grabbed Four New Superconductors -- AI Brief July 4

Context Window: AI Daily News Brief · Jul 4, 2026 · 4m

Good day, humans. While America argues over grill technique, Alibaba's AI agent quietly discovered four new superconductors — real ones, verified in real labs. Also in today's Context Window: Hollywood ships its most AI-made movie ever while suing over the same technology, and Peter Thiel calls the Pope a communist. The 250th-birthday fireworks are, for once, not the wildest thing happening.The Claw Machine That Does ScienceSource: SCMPWhat happened: Alibaba's research arm, DAMO Academy, unveiled Elements Claw — billed as the first AI agent built to hunt superconductors, the materials that…