# China’s Open Model Challenge & Anthropic Copyright Case Settles - Tech News (Jul 22, 2026) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-6466996/china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles-tech-news-jul-22-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-6466996/china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles-tech-news-jul-22-2026.md Podcast: [The Automated Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-6466996) Published: 2026-07-22T13:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://theautomateddaily.com/episodes/2026-07-22-china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.theautomateddaily.com/audio/tech/2026-07-22/en/episode.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-automated-daily-6466996/episodes/china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles-tech-news-jul-22-2026 Duration seconds: 353 ## Resource Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad - Invest Like the Pros with StockMVP - https://www.stock-mvp.com/?via=ron - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/tad Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: China’s Open Model Challenge - Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 signals that China’s open-weight AI models are closing the gap with leading US systems. Keywords: Kimi K3, Moonshot AI, open-weight LLM, China AI, AI race. Anthropic Copyright Case Settles - Anthropic won approval for a landmark copyright settlement over pirated books used in AI training. Keywords: Anthropic, Claude, AI copyright, book piracy, fair use, settlement. Google Search Faces Pushback - Google’s AI-heavy search is sending less traffic to the open web just as EU regulators prepare a major DMA fine. Keywords: Google Search, AI Mode, web traffic, Digital Markets Act, EU regulation. Nvidia Meets AI Skepticism - Investors are questioning whether AI spending will pay off fast enough, even as Nvidia pushes deeper into data-center infrastructure. Keywords: Nvidia, AI stocks, Vera CPU, data centers, hyperscalers. Coding Agents Learn Teamwork - New research suggests AI code reviewers catch more bugs when they inspect another model’s code, not their own. Keywords: code review, Greptile, Anthropic, coding agents, software engineering. Space Discoveries Shift Perspective - Astronomers found a hidden giant planet around Beta Pictoris, while Chang’e-6 samples revealed the Moon’s far side gets a different solar-wind history. Keywords: James Webb, exoplanet, Beta Pictoris d, Chang’e-6, Moon far side. Orga… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-automated-daily-6466996/episodes/china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles-tech-news-jul-22-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-6466996/china-s-open-model-challenge-anthropic-copyright-case-settles-tech-news-jul-22-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.