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Last updated: July 16, 2026, 2:30 AM ET

AI Safety and Governance

OpenAI is advancing AI safety through a "reverse federalism" approach, where state laws contribute to a more democratic AI ecosystem. The company also introduced GPT-Red, an automated red teaming system utilizing self-play to enhance AI safety, alignment, and robustness against prompt injection attacks.

RAG Systems and Evaluation

Building trustworthy production Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems requires continuous evaluation. Most RAG hallucinations stem from retrieval failures; fixing the retrieval mechanism leaves the model with less room for invention identifying retrieval as the primary culprit. Developers should avoid letting models like Claude grade their own homework, as a second opinion from a different lab is more effective than self-review.

ML Engineering and Research

Google AI is exploring the creativity of diffusion models. For those looking to master machine learning, a 6-week plan focuses on data structures and algorithms. In quantum computing, Psi Quantum has a plan to build a massive quantum computer.