# [AI DAILY NEWS RUNDOWN] Kimi K3 Erases Frontier Gap, Google’s $200B Delays, and Mira Murati Launches Inkling (July 17, 2026)

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Published: 2026-07-17T14:01:08+00:00
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🎧 Listen ADS-FREE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/djamgamind/id6760446113 Visit our Research Hub at https://djamgamind.com/pdfs Important Topics: Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K3 Open Model: The Chinese lab deploys a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weights model with a 1M token context window, scoring a 57 on global intelligence indices and challenging GPT-5.6 Sol at aggressive $3/$15 pricing. Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Delays Wipe $200B: Alphabet stock dives 4% on reports that internal friction and poor coding benchmarks have delayed its flagship Pro model, leaving Google generations behind its competitors. EU Invokes DMA to Demilitarize Android: The European Commission rules that Google must open Android's core system permissions, allowing third-party AI assistants to integrate natively with system-level voice wake-words. Weco Demonstrates Recursive AI Self-Improvement: Weco AI documents automated reinforcement via its AIDE² agent, which executed an autonomous 8-day cycle testing 100 code rewrites to design a system outperforming its human-engineered predecessor. Thinking Machines Lab Debuts Inkling: Mira Murati’s highly anticipated startup exits stealth, launching an open-weight, 975-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model optimized for enterprise data modeling on its Tinker platform. TSMC Pledges Additional $100B to US Foundries: Capitalizing on surging AI demand, TSMC announces a secondary $100 billion investment in Arizona for advanced packaging nodes, pushing its total regional commitment to $265 billion. OpenAI Launches Codex Micro Control Pad: Moving into peripheral hardware, OpenAI collaborates with Work Louder to release a $230 mechanical developer keyboard featuring an agentic joystick and status-tracking LEDs. 1Password Partners with Anthropic for Agent Sec…

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