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2026-07-29
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An archive of 20 AI news briefs collected on 2026-07-29. Check the original sources for details and updates.

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01News

An AI worm carried by documents can self-propagate through Word's Copilot.

I would like to thank Microsoft product teams and Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) for collaborating with me on this technical analysis and mitigation of the disclosed vulnerabilities. The editorial opinions reflected below are solely the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the organizations I collaborated with.

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02News

Haier Robotics and Xianlu Robotics reach strategic cooperation to jointly develop fully automatic home AI cooking robot

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03News

Wiz, under Google, launches AI agent vulnerability discovery system Atlas, having found over 200 vulnerabilities

Wiz, under Google, releases AI agent system Atlas, which collaborates like a human security team and autonomously discovers software vulnerabilities in a multi-stage, programmatic manner. The system has detected over 200 previously unknown security vulnerabilities in real-world applications and thereby received a 100,000 US dollar award from GitHub.

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06News

Alipay upgrades"AI Payment Developer Incentive Program", offering up to 5,660 yuan in special token subsidies

Alipay announced the upgrade of the 'AI Payment Developer Incentive Program', providing developers with a maximum 5660 yuan Token special subsidy, and expanded the incentive scope. From today until August 21, individual developers integrating relevant AI payment collection products can unlock tiered incentives by number of valid users. At the same time, using 'AI pay-as-you-go' enjoys 0 fee rate discount until the end of the year.

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09News

SpaceXAI sues the state of Minnesota, opposing"AI Undressing"App ban

A Minnesota law severely punishing 'AI undressing' apps is about to take effect; Musk's xAI filed a lawsuit citing violation of free speech, arguing fines are too high and scope too broad. The company emphasizes it has taken measures to prohibit non-consensual image generation, but the new law will restrict its Grok Imagine feature.

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12News

OpenAI Open-Sources Codex Security CLI, Can Automatically Fix Code Vulnerabilities

OpenAI has released Codex Security CLI, an open-source tool that automatically detects and fixes vulnerabilities in code repositories. Previously known internally as "Aardvark," the system has already helped fix more than 3,000 critical security flaws, according to OpenAI. It competes directly with Anthropic's Claude Security, as both AI companies race to match the growing automation of cyberattacks with AI-powered defense.

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14News

Behind the AI Race, Practitioners' Health Becomes a New Cost

The fierce competition in the AI industry is coming at the cost of practitioners' health. Multiple core executives from companies such as OpenAI and xAI have been forced to resign or transition to advisory roles due to health issues caused by long-term stress. The industry's widespread promotion of the 'founder model' and 'hardcore' work pace has sparked reflection, but the race driven by a trillion-dollar market has not slowed down.

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18News

OpenAI report: coding agents shorten scientific computing project runtime by 31–60 times

OpenAI has released a new field report tracking eight scientific computing projects where coding agents cut runtimes. The report documents projects that used Codex on its own in five cases and a combination of Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code in three others. Worth flagging upfront: this is a vendor publishing a survey of its own product’s application in research settings, built from case studies written by the contributors involved.

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