Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The day in AI

The KeyNews.AI edition for Wednesday, July 29, 2026 leads with “Microsoft signs $130bn in data centre leases as it races to meet AI demand”, reported by Financial Times Technology and ranked 82 out of 100 by KeyRank. Also in the top 10: “OpenAI admits its autonomous AI models also compromised credentials on other platforms during security eval”, “AI Worming through Word”, “Meta’s AI bill swallows nearly all of its free cash flow as profit falls 14%” and “Microsoft Azure tops $100B in annual revenue as record AI spending cuts into cash flow”. Across the 6 desks, 115 stories cleared the KeyRank bar, with Work the busiest at 29 and Money next at 22. Further down the list: “We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety”, “AI Gateway: GPT-5.6 pricing and speed updates” and “How avatarin built a 24/7 retail agent with GPT-Realtime”.