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This week in AI news, the calendar mattered more than any model launch: the EU AI Act and California's transparency law both became enforceable on 2 August. DeepSeek shipped a cheap new model, Google scrapped its AI Studio app, and OpenAI and Anthropic backed a plan to pace frontier AI.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 brought near-frontier intelligence at a lower price, Google shipped a cheaper, faster Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Microsoft deepened its grip on enterprise AI. Meanwhile Australia moved to make AI pay for its energy and the creative work it trains on, and the EU's big compliance deadline drew closer. Here's your plain-English roundup and why it matters for your business.
The models got bigger and cheaper while the rules got firmer this week. Google shipped its rebuilt Gemini 3.5 Pro and Moonshot released Kimi K3 — the largest open-weight model yet — while Australia stood up an Office of AI and Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers. Here's your plain-English roundup and why it matters for your business.
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