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Sources: Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness has sold all of its public stock holdings after losses on AI stocks and a bad bet against software stocks (David Faber/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/leopold-aschenbrenners-hedg…

AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund has sold all of its public stock holdings, according to people familiar with the matter.

Solar power for renters would get easier with two bills now on the governor’s desk
The California Legislature just passed two bills that advocates say will
greatly improve access to small-scale solar for renters,
people in condos and others who don’t have access to their roofs
or can’t afford a full rooftop array.
On Sunday night, lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 1813,
a third-time effort to force the California Public Utilities Commission
to develo…

California lawmakers pass bills expanding access to solar for renters
Renters could get access to solar panels if the governor signs two bills just passed by the Legislature.

Detection of C60 Combination Bands in the Near-IR #Spectrum of Tc 1: #Buckyballs Discovered in #PlanetaryNebula: https://aasnova.org/2026/06/24/new-spectral-signs-of-buckyballs-discovered-in-planetary-nebula/

Das heutige #Rausgeschafft ging dank heute auslaufendem und nur vor Ort einlösbarem 15% IKEA-Rabattgutschein zum IKEA, hin und zurück 23km.
Insgesamt bin ich diesen August 829km geradelt. Das ist neuer persönlicher Rekord und schlägt den bisherigen Rekordhalter August 2024 mit 695km um mehr als 100km,

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.

California State Assembly passes a bill to create tax credits for local news organizations based on journalist headcount; the bill awaits Senate approval (Suhauna Hussain/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2

California's new attempt to help struggling newsrooms faces key test
The bill will require approval from two-thirds of the Legislature in the coming days in order to make it to Gov. Newsom's desk.

An in-depth account of the past two days inside Situational Awareness, as Aschenbrenner assured investors he would focus on changes to his portfolio management (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/leopold-aschen

Informal initiatives have been launched in recent years to address broader military uses of AI and autonomy,
such as for target generation and decision support.
One such effort is the Netherlands and South Korea-led REAIM
(Responsible AI in the Military Domain).
REAIM has held three international summits since 2023 to promote awareness and international engagement,
each generating important outcome documents.
The U.N. General Assembly has also entered thi…

Expert Backgrounder: What to Watch for at This Week’s Pivotal International Meeting on Autonomous Weapons
A United Nations gathering this week could prove pivotal for the international governance of lethal autonomous weapon systems.

A look at the Seckinger school cluster in Georgia, including the US' "first AI-themed educational institution", as parents say AI integration is often sparse (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/opinion

Opinion | The First A.I. High School in the U.S. Is Surprisingly Human
Schools are not like start-ups, because children’s minds should not be tied to the whims of the marketplace.