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1. OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself

   "The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex," OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent.

2. OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

   Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks.

3. Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

   Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.

4. Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending

   Company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet.

5. A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

   Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals.

6. Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo

   “Abandonment” offers rare chance to reclaim one of tech’s most recognized brands.

7. Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

   Facebook agrees to change "pay or consent" model after talks with European Commission.

8. In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

   Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

9. Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

   Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed.

10. Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas

    Report: Microsoft declared "the era of AI agents" in May, but enterprise customers aren't buying.