Saturday, July 26, 2025

The AI Action Plan suggests Trump wants to inculcate a "try-first" culture through regulatory sandboxes for AI, which have already popped up in some US states (Aaron Mak/Politico)

Aaron Mak / Politico:
The AI Action Plan suggests Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture through regulatory sandboxes for AI, which have already popped up in some US states  —  Among the many, many ambitious ideas baked into his AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture for innovation in the U.S.



The SharePoint hacks increase pressure on Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative, which the company calls an ambitious effort expected to take years to complete (Andrew Martin/Bloomberg)

Andrew Martin / Bloomberg:
The SharePoint hacks increase pressure on Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative, which the company calls an ambitious effort expected to take years to complete  —  Three months ago, Microsoft Corp. issued a progress report on what it described as the largest cybersecurity engineering project in history.



Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business (Richard Waters/Financial Times)

Richard Waters / Financial Times:
Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business  —  The company has defended search but its dominant position in online advertising may still be up for grabs



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...