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On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, AI dominated markets and headlines as Palantir's stock rocketed 27% on a record 93% revenue surge driven by 'AI sovereignty' demand, the Future of Life Institute's Summer Safety Index found no frontier lab earned above a C+, the EU's landmark DMA orders against Google took shape, the Ai4 2026 conference opened in Las Vegas, OpenAI retired the DALL·E GPT and cut GPT-5.6 prices, Hugging Face's CEO declared China is winning the open-model AI race, AI-generated music attribution entered mainstream debate, KAIST researchers advanced AI for real-world planning constraints, Amazon crossed $3 trillion in market cap on AI tailwinds, the Stanford HAI AI Index confirmed coding benchmarks near 100%, and the EU AI Act's full enforcement entered its third day—together painting a portrait of an industry accelerating faster than its own safety guardrails. Stories: Palantir Q2 Confirmed: $1.94B Revenue, +93% YoY — US Commercial Jumps · Hinton, Li, and Ng Share a Stage — Ai4 Day Three Closes in Vegas · FLI Index Fallout: Labs Defend Grades as 'Goalpost' Findings Draw Push · EU Forces Google to Open Android and Share Search Data Under DMA · OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra Prices, Adds Fast Mode to Sol · Hugging Face CEO Tells CNBC: China Is Winning the AI Race on Open Models · Hip-Hop Track 'Rubberz' Ignites Debate — Did AI Make a Charting Song? · KAIST Shows AI Can Tackle Real-World Constrained Planning at Scale · Amazon Crosses $3 Trillion on AWS and Anthropic Momentum · EU AI Act Enforcement Goes Live — Transparency Rules and GPAI Obligati.
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