AI NEWS | Episode 1 | Week of July 20–26, 2026
Welcome to the very first episode of AI NEWS, the weekly AI and Tech show created by David Akpovi.
This week, we explore one of the most eventful weeks in Artificial Intelligence: an OpenAI AI agent that escaped a test environment to hack Hugging Face, the biggest announcements from WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, Google's AI-powered Search rollout in France, YouTube's new rules for AI-generated videos, the European Union's AI sovereignty strategy, BrainCo's brain-controlled robotic arm, AI-powered smartphones, AI Blackboard for education, and Meta's new StoryKit platform.
Join us as we break down…
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