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AI news · Tuesday, July 7, 2026

SpaceX hits Nasdaq, Discord bans harmless grids, and Meta gets creepy

Samsung reported record-breaking earnings powered by AI chip demand, yet the stock slid 7% as shareholders questioned if the massive infrastructure spending would actually pay off. This sentiment rippled through the sector, with Intel, AMD, and Micron all seeing significant dips, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 5%. SpaceX made its Nasdaq debut following an $85.7 billion IPO, but it’s already facing high-profile skeptics like Jeremy Grantham, who claims there is a 90% chance the stock will eventually crash. Morgan Stanley and UBS are still betting big on Musk’s multiplanetary vision, though even they acknowledge the company isn't expected to be cash-flow positive until at least 2035.

Meta is under fire for a series of privacy and safety blunders. The company just launched Muse Image, a model capable of pulling public Instagram photos into AI-generated content automatically unless users manually toggle it off in settings. This rollout coincides with a weird incident where Meta contractors at a Wyoming data center site contaminated a local water system with a rare bacterium, leading the city to revoke the contractor's discharge permits. Meanwhile, Discord admitted its AI moderation bug wrongfully banned over 8,000 users for posting benign images like chessboards or game textures, mistaking them for harmful content.

AI coding and productivity tools are shifting from office novelties to everyday essentials. Anthropic is expanding its Claude Cowork agent to mobile and web, aiming to keep tasks running even when the user’s laptop is closed. Figma acquired the team behind the vibe-coding platform Bud to deepen its integration of AI into design workflows. Perplexity is also developing its own coding tool called Teammate, as big tech companies scramble to own the digital surfaces where work happens. Despite the focus on productivity, many engineers are reporting a sense of 'AI fatigue,' with Midjourney founder David Holz noting that his peers feel highly productive yet completely drained after switching to AI-driven workflows. Researchers are also raising alarms about 'cognitive offloading,' noting that relying on these models for everything from math to creative writing might be causing our core critical thinking skills to atrophy. To top it off, Google is holding a launch event on August 12 to show off its new Pixel 11 hardware, signaling that the company is trying to catch up in the device-based AI race.

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