AI News — July 1, 2026
Daily news briefing for 1st July 2026. Track model releases, research breakthroughs, startup funding updates, and AI signals published on this day.
All Stories Published on July 1 (7)
UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
The acquisition was approved without concessions by the Department of Justice in June.
TwelveLabs Closes $100M Series B for Multimodal Video Models
TwelveLabs will use the funds to expand research into AI video search engines and intelligence extraction.
Announcing Our $800M Series C to Accelerate the Shift to Open-source AI
We raised $800M to accelerate the shift to open-source AI. Here's why the economics of closed models don't scale, and what we're building next.
Lambda's keynote at the ALVR workshop co-located with ACL 2026
On July 3, Lambda's research team delivers a keynote at the Advances in Language and Vision Research (ALVR) workshop, co-located with ACL 2026 in San Diego.
2026 BAIR Graduate Showcase
Congratulations to the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab class of 2026! This year, BAIR celebrates another remarkable group of Ph.D. graduates whose curiosity, creativity, and perseverance have pushed the frontiers of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
New York City Educators and Industry Leaders Gathered at Google's Offices to Shape the Future of AI in Classrooms.
Google, the New York Jobs CEO Council and Urban Assembly hosted an AI summit for 150 education and industry leaders.