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Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

July 03, 2026

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement  —  The studios sued the AI image lab last year, accusing it of enabling massive infringement of their copyrighted characters.



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A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as assets under management have more than doubled to ~$384B in less than a year amid rapid AI adoption (Bloomberg)

July 03, 2026

Bloomberg:
A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as assets under management have more than doubled to ~$384B in less than a year amid rapid AI adoption  —  Quant funds in China have become so popular that they are being deluged with investors' money.  —  Ubiquant, one of the top players …



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Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal (Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros/SemiAnalysis)

July 03, 2026

Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros / SemiAnalysis:
Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal  —  Zuck Takes Plan B?  SpaceX 2.0, Bedrock 2.0, MSL Isn't Giving Up, Scaling RecSys by 10x... ClusterMAX ranking coming soon?



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Meta getting into the cloud business has been inevitable for a long time, as it seeks to diversify beyond ad revenue and monetize its AI buildout (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

July 03, 2026

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Meta getting into the cloud business has been inevitable for a long time, as it seeks to diversify beyond ad revenue and monetize its AI buildout  —  Their need to diversify the business meets the AI build out concerns...  Meta has a problem.  Well, two of them, actually.



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Internal memo: Tesla plans to impose a $200-per-week limit for staff's AI spending beginning July 6; the tally excludes beta versions of xAI products (Grace Kay/The Information)

July 02, 2026

Grace Kay / The Information:
Internal memo: Tesla plans to impose a $200-per-week limit for staff's AI spending beginning July 6; the tally excludes beta versions of xAI products  —  Tesla told employees last month it would impose a $200 per week limit for staff's AI spending beginning July 6, according to an internal memo …



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UK-based StirlingX, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defense and critical infrastructure, raised a $20M Series A, following a $11M seed (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)

July 02, 2026

Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu:
UK-based StirlingX, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defense and critical infrastructure, raised a $20M Series A, following a $11M seed  —  The UK company, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defence and critical infrastructure, will use the funding …



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Sources: Apple is working on new iPad Pros and an entry-level 14" MacBook Pro with a new design in line with the upcoming touch-screen laptops for H1 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

July 01, 2026

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on new iPad Pros and an entry-level 14" MacBook Pro with a new design in line with the upcoming touch-screen laptops for H1 2027  —  Apple Inc. is preparing an upgraded iPad Pro line and a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro for next year, adding to a slate of several …



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