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    OpenAI Unveils Codex Micro, Its First Hardware — a Macro Pad for the Codex CLI
    • Programmable keypad co-built with boutique keyboard maker Work Louder, launching Wednesday July 15.
    • 13 mechanical keys, clickable rotary encoder, 2D analog joystick, and six programmable layers of Codex CLI shortcuts.
    • OpenAI's first branded hardware product — targeting the ~5M weekly Codex users.
    • First teased June 29 at the AI Engineer World's Fair in San Francisco; coverage in TechTimes, TheNextWeb, DevOps.com.
    tools thenextweb.com

    Anthropic Opens Artifacts to Public Viewing and Multiplayer Editing
    • Any Claude Artifact link is now viewable by anyone, no Claude account required.
    • Multiple users can co-edit the same Artifact live inside Claude Code.
    • Artifacts can also be spawned directly from Slack via the Claude Tag integration.
    • Announced by the ClaudeDevs channel on July 14; picked up by TestingCatalog and DevOps.com.
    tools devops.com

    Xi Jinping Will Personally Keynote China's WAIC — a First for the Summit
    • Xi to open the July 17 World AI Conference in Shanghai in person.
    • First appearance since WAIC launched in 2018; positions AI as a national strategic priority.
    • Same day as the rumored Gemini 3.5 Pro public rollout — a symbolic collision.
    • Bloomberg, SCMP, CGTN coverage across July 13-14; picked up by every major geopolitics desk.
    industry bloomberg.com

    Anthropic Launches Claude for Teachers, Free for US K-12 Educators Through 2027
    • Verified K-12 teachers get free premium Claude features and a curated teaching-skills library.
    • Curriculum connectors mapped to standards in all 50 states.
    • Free through June 30, 2027; pilot in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
    • Same-day coverage in Chalkbeat, EdSurge, Forbes, The Hill, and 9to5Mac.
    industry anthropic.com

    TSMC Posts Record Q2 as AI Demand Sells N3 and CoWoS Through Year-End
    • Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to NT$1.27T (~$39.6B); June alone jumped 68% YoY.
    • N3 process node and CoWoS advanced packaging both fully booked through Q4 2026.
    • The concrete number behind every 'compute crunch' headline — and behind Anthropic/OpenAI custom-silicon shopping.
    industry finance.yahoo.com

    Graphify Turns Codebases Into Queryable Knowledge Graphs for AI Agents
    • Open-source tool that ingests source, SQL schemas, and docs into a graph coding agents can query.
    • Aim: give agents structured project context instead of raw file crawling.
    • 86.7K stars total, +1,851 today alone; top of GitHub Trending Python this week.
    open-source github.com