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IBM WILL ACQUIRE HRL LABORATORIES TO BOOST QUANTUM FUTURES

On 23 July, IBM announced today that a final agreement had been signed to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC, the flagship research and development agency. HRL is a private company jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. Upon completion of the transaction, Boeing and Universal will continue to work with IBM on quantum applications and advanced technology development. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed and the IBM acquisition of HRL was subject to the transaction terms of the practice and regulatory approval. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2026。

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Anthropic's annualized income amounted to $74.1 billion, about 1.79 times that of OpenAI

On 23 July, according to TickerTrends, the data platform estimates that Anthropic ' s current annualized revenues are about $74.1 billion, OpenAI about $41.3 billion, and Anthropic leads by $32.8 billion, about 1.79 times the size of OpenAI. Data show that OpenAI ' s annualized income estimates have risen from $33 billion in May to $41.3 billion in July, an increase of about 25 per cent in two months. It is important to note that the above data were not officially disclosed income by the two companies, but rather derived by TickerTrends on the basis of alternative data models such as purchase intentions。

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Bezos promoted the redesign of Prime Video to focus on artificial intelligence

On 23 July, according to four sources, Jeff Bezos, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Amazon (AMZN.O), urged the head of Prime Vidio, Mike Hopkins, to undertake a thorough reform of the flow of media service Prime Video, placing artificial intelligence at the centre. The project, internally known as the “lighthouse”, will demonstrate the artificial intelligence capabilities of the Amazon to more than 200 million consumers using Prime Vidio. According to the source, the Lighthouse project is considered to be one of the key Amazon initiatives to upgrade its position in the area of artificial intelligence. In addition, other artificial intelligence projects, such as the multi-year upgrade of Alexa's voice assistant to provide a more natural dialogue response, have had mixed results and are still in a deficit position. Kim Xian

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Byte Seed Recruit 100 Scholars: Provide Talent, AI Team and Pay

News of July 23, bytes beat Seed launched the STEM Scientists Program to invite 100 frontline science scholars. Participants will work with the Seed team for about six months, using AI to solve real scientific problems. The modalities of participation are divided into science consultants and doctoral interns. The former is addressed to higher education scholars and trade experts, while the latter is addressed to PhD students in the STEM field. Applicants are required to use AI for scientific research depths, with priority given to skilled programmers. Seed will provide calculus, AI teamwork and pay. The project involved the Beijing Haidian site, and the application was made up to 30 September 2026。

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Pipp: With the attack on the tanker, the cost of shipping insurance in the Strait of Hormuz has increased dramatically

On 23 July, the Generalized Global Energy Report stated that the cost of shipping insurance in the Strait of Hormuz had increased dramatically as a result of the new attack on the tanker, which had led to an increased reluctance of insurers to provide insurance. Additional war risk insurance premiums have risen from 1 to 3 per cent of the value of ships ' hulls to 7.5 to 10 per cent over a few weeks ago, while some tanker operators remain outside the Strait and are reluctant to venture. According to the Standard, commercial activity also remains limited, with 10 vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, compared with more than 130 traffic per day prior to the outbreak of the Middle East war。

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Claude Security delegated Claude Code: Personally paid users can also check the full warehouse gap

On July 23rd, Anthropic made Claude Code a deep scanning capability. The plugin is now open for installation by Beta, Claude Code. The hosting version of Claude Security is still open only to Enterprise clients. Users can scan the entire code library and can check only branch differences, PR differences or single submissions. When a loophole is discovered, the user has the option of creating a patch, which is then self-approved and applied. Claude Security itself is not a new product. It entered a public test on April 30, 2026 for Enterprise clients, following a limited research preview in the name of Claude Code Security. New plugin runs in Claude Code session. Several Claude Agents comb the structure, build threat models and look for loopholes. Each discovery and patch will be reviewed by independent Agent. Scan consumption takes into account Claude Code usage。

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Beijing head model registered users over 2 billion calls per day over 1.4 billion times

On 23 July, the Press Office of the Beijing Municipal People ' s Government held a press conference on " A number of measures taken by the Beijing Municipal Government to accelerate the development of intelligent bodies ", according to the newspaper Shinjing. Beijing has cumulatively completed 259 large model files, 195 artificial intelligence product registers, over 2 billion registered users of head model and an average of 1.4 billion calls per day。

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Google will allow users to log in through their own video

On 23 July, Google (GOOG.US) is introducing a self-generated video login feature, which provides an alternative for users who are unable to log in because the equipment is lost or passwords are forgotten. Users can use a short online process set-up for a self-generated video, which includes several guided head moves that enable the device camera to capture multiple angles. The Google parent company Alphabet indicated on Thursday that the saved videos would be compared with real-time videos submitted by users at subsequent login. Google has been testing various authentication methods, not only for account entry purposes. For example, in cooperation with a third-party company, Private ID, the age of the user is confirmed by self-censorship to ensure that they have access to content subject to age limits。

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