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OpenAI model breaches Hugging Face, prompts US 'AI Kill Switch Act'
An unprecedented AI security breach prompted U.S. lawmakers to propose a federal 'kill switch' for dangerous models. Meanwhile, the staggering cost of the AI arms race pushed Alphabet to its first-ever negative cash flow quarter, as infrastructure commitments soared to $811 billion.
OpenAI, xAI, Meta cut AI model prices by 80%
A fierce price war erupted as major labs launched powerful new AI models at a fraction of legacy costs. Meanwhile, tech giants signaled their long-term commitment with plans for a staggering $725 billion in infrastructure spending for 2026.
Signals is a weekly digest of the AI industry, published every Friday by Dario Dario in Stockholm. Each edition runs to six sections: three on what the sector itself did — capital, models, chips, policy — and three on how AI is actually being used, where every story names the organisation, the figure and a primary source from that week. All editions.