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“…this is the first AI film to demonstrate that AI can now sustain character consistency, world coherence, and narrative arc across a complete feature,” is roughly equivalent to “we made a car that actually has wheels and can take you somewhere.”
And it wasn’t in the festival, it just screening in the same town.
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1st quote source:

First AI-made Feature Film Premieres at Cannes on Higgsfield | Alex Mashrabov posted on the topic | LinkedIn
We just showcased the trailer of our first 95-minute feature film made entirely on Higgsfield in Cannes. Hell Grind is a 95-minute sci-fi heist directed by Aitore Zholdaskali and co-written with Adilkhan Yerzhanov, a two-time Cannes Official Programme filmmaker. A team of 15 professional directors, DPs, and editors made it on Higgsfield in 14 days for under $500K. The traditional comparable production cost is around $50M. But beyond the numbers, this is the first AI film to demonstrate that …

Google plans to open its first physical Google Store outside of the US, in Tokyo's Omotesando district "this summer", marking Google's 11th physical store (Damien Wilde/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/06/01/goog

Google Store Tokyo to be first physical store outside US, opens this summer
After being exclusive to the United States, the first physical Google Store outside of the region is coming to Tokyo, Japan, this summer.

fyi. First Tesla Semis (long haul 18 wheelers) come off of the new production line in dedicated factory.
at 500 mile range (astounding) I wonder if it could mean destination charging (with solar) rather than lots of charging stations.
https://electrek.co/2026/04/29/tesla-s

Unverhofft Jugend-forscht-Preisträger: KI "Jacob" für Leichte Sprache
Ein Abiturient aus Brandenburg hat ein Sprachmodell trainiert, das komplexe Inhalte in Leichte Sprache übersetzt. Für "Jacob" erhielt er einen KI-Sonderpreis.

Unverhofft Jugend-forscht-Preisträger: KI "Jacob" für Leichte Sprache
Ein Abiturient aus Brandenburg hat ein Sprachmodell trainiert, das komplexe Inhalte in Leichte Sprache übersetzt. Für "Jacob" erhielt er einen KI-Sonderpreis.

Sysdig Details JADEPUFFER, the First Documented Agentic Ransomware Operation
https://hackread.com/sysdig-jadepuffer-first-agentic-ransomware-operation/

Sysdig Details JADEPUFFER, the First Documented Agentic Ransomware Operation
A new Sysdig report traces how an LLM agent abused a Langflow flaw, stole credentials, reached production MySQL, and destroyed Nacos config data in minutes flat.

from my link log —
Why Casper forked Rust’s rand crate.
https://casualhacks.net/blog/2026-07-27-why-i-forked-rand.html
saved 2026-07-31

"São Tomé declares first two of eight planned marine protected areas"
#SaoTome #Turtles #Animals

São Tomé declares first two of eight planned marine protected areas
The West African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has formally designated its first two coastal marine protected areas.

"Most newspapers write about the cooking pot as if it were a jacuzzi". British media critic on climate journalism, quoted here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vincent-merckx-25a06b18_een-v…

Een van mijn grootste frustraties als klimaatjournalist: dit is het soort van beelden in persdatabanken waar je het doorgaans mee moet doen als je hittegolven covert. Dit is wat je momenteel krijgt… | Vincent Merckx | 30 comments
Een van mijn grootste frustraties als klimaatjournalist: dit is het soort van beelden in persdatabanken waar je het doorgaans mee moet doen als je hittegolven covert. Dit is wat je momenteel krijgt als je in zo'n databank, een waar elke denkbare nieuwswebsite, krant of magazine in ons land gebruik van maakt, de trefwoorden "Belgium" en "heat" (en een trits variaties die je daarop kan bedenken) intypt. Ik moest net een stukje maken voor VRT NWS over de voorbije lente. Die was volgens het KMI de…

Foundational Industries, which aims to build AI-run factories for physical products, starting with custom data center rack enclosures, raised a $25M seed (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/30/forget-

Forget robots on assembly lines. Foundational Industries wants AI to run the entire factory
The startup says software-native factories can leapfrog China’s highly automated manufacturing base rather than trying to replicate it.

Intel unveils six Xeon 6 data center CPU SKUs, says the 6990E has 30% better single-thread performance and up to 30% more energy efficiency than AMD Epyc 9965 (Jake Roach/Tom's Hardware)

Intel Xeon 6+ ‘Clearwater Forest’ puts 18A in the data center with up to 288 cores, 576 MB of L3 cache — new Xeon 6990E+ is 30% faster per thread than 192-core AMD Epyc 9965, says Intel
Intel’s dense Xeon 6+ design marks the first time 18A is being deployed in the data center.