Daily AI — July 2026
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ON THIS DAY
2026-07-07
1958: The Perceptron makes headlines
On 7 July 1958, the U.S. Navy held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to unveil an unusual new machine: the Perceptron. Built by psychologist Frank Rosenblatt at the Cornell Ae…
AI NEWS
2026-07-06
AI news, 6 July: UN opens global talks in Geneva as governments race to write the rules
The most consequential AI story of the past two days is institutional rather than technical. The United Nations' Global Dialogue on AI Governance opened in Geneva today, where memb…
ON THIS DAY
2026-07-06
1997: Sojourner rolls onto the surface of Mars
On 6 July 1997, two days after NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission touched down in the dusty plain of Ares Vallis, a microwave-oven-sized rover named Sojourner rolled down a folding ram…