Pulse Daily — Monday, August 3, 2026

[YOU] on AI · Daily · Aug 3, 2026 · 18m

On Monday, August 3, 2026, the AI landscape was reshaped by OpenAI's Astra model cracking ten decade-old math problems, the EU AI Act's enforcement powers going live, a €30B European gigafactory bid, AWS's 37% AI-fueled cloud surge, AMD's high-stakes earnings eve, Verizon's accelerating AI-driven workforce reshaping, Visa joining the AI layoff narrative, a $15M compliance-AI startup, a chemistry citation breakthrough, the EU's new AI-labeling mandates, and a deepening debate about who bears the cost when intelligence scales. Stories: Astra Drops Lean-Verified Proofs for Ten Open Problems —…