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Let's Regulate This AI Stuff?

14 Jul 2026 · 20 min

Demis Hassabis proposed a US-based frontier AI standards body modeled on FINRA. IBM's stock cratered 20% on a Q2 miss from chip-spending shifts, Spotify launched a voice-control feature, Kalshi debuted an AI compute forward curve, and Anthropic studied Claude's values.

• Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release (X) • Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for "Frontier-class" AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release (The Verge) • IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips; IBM falls 20%+ (Bloomberg) • Spotify launches a Talk to Spotify feature that lets users create playlists and more, rolling out in beta to Premium users 18+ in the US, Ireland, and Sweden (Engadget) • Kalshi launches a forward curve tool for AI compute, using event contracts to track the future rental costs of GPUs, storage, and memory (Bloomberg) • Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models (Ars Technica)

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Links in the notes 7

• https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2076957440109625718
• https://www.theverge.com/tech/965270/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-global-ai-watchdog
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/ibm-says-second-quarter-sales-missed-as-customers-pulled-back
• https://www.engadget.com/2214520/talk-to-spotify-curate-playlists-with-voice/
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/kalshi-ramps-up-effort-to-build-markets-for-ai-computing-power
• https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/simulating-everything-sort-of-the-promise-and-limits-of-world-models/
• https://tech.supercast.com/