All briefings and quick hits published that day.
MiniMax published downloadable weights for H3, its omni-modal 2K video model, making a top-ranked video generator locally runnable for the first time.
It puts a leaderboard-topping video generator into open weights, breaking the closed-API lock on frontier video generation.
Apple's highest-volume laptop is now short of supply as DRAM makers divert wafers to AI data centres, with custom orders slipping into September.
SB 942 became operative on 2 August, forcing large generative-AI providers to embed provenance data and publish a free detection tool.
Apple has imposed a submission ceiling and a 30-day cool-off on Feedback Assistant bug reports, blaming a deluge of AI-assisted findings.
From 2 August the AI Act's Article 50 transparency duties bite across the EU: machine-readable marking, chatbot disclosure and deepfake labels.