Google DeepMind’s Hassabis calls for a US-led AI watchdog as Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit lands and Anthropic keeps pulling in fintech talent. Plus Wall Street’s stablecoin pushback, Shopify’s agentic-commerce bet, and a wildcard T. rex bite mystery.

Ina Fried, Axios · Jul 14

Hassabis proposes a FINRA-style body, funded by industry, to screen frontier AI models before release.

Ben Thompson · Jul 13

Weekly column argues Apple’s trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI reflects frustration more than a strong case.

TechCrunch · Jul 9

The Times and 16 other outlets asked a federal court to sanction OpenAI over withheld evidence.

Robbie Sequeira, Stateline · Jul 10

A proposed FTC policy targets state AI laws, including Colorado’s algorithmic-discrimination statute, as ideologically biased.

TechFundingNews · Jul 13

Blomfield is leaving Y Combinator to work on Anthropic’s compute infrastructure team.

Simon Willison · Jul 12

Anthropic extended free Claude Fable 5 access again, the latest in a series of short extensions.

NBC News · Jul 7

Claude Cowork is moving to the cloud, adding mobile and web access alongside desktop.

Anna Irrera, Bloomberg · Jul 13

Major banks are building tokenized-deposit rails to compete with the fast-growing stablecoin market.

Investing.com · Jul 13

Jefferies raised Shopify to Buy, citing its position as infrastructure for AI agents that shop on customers’ behalf.