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Today's top AI news stories — 2026-07-18: 1. TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tes 2. Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple 3. The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model 4. The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it? 5. Databricks Hits $188B Valuation Milestone Data and AI platform Databricks has reached a $188 billion valuation, cementing its position as a leading AI infrastructure company and demonstrating investor confidence in open-weight model alternati Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-07-18.html