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A security researcher has demonstrated how Microsoft Copilot for Word can be tricked into spreading a self‑propagating prompt‑injection “AI worm.” The attack silently alters documents and embeds its own hidden instructions into newly created files, allowing it to spread through normal document-sharing workflows without macros or traditional malware.

European technology startups raised €44.1 billion (approximately $50.6 billion USD) in the first half of 2026 — a 27% rebound from the prior year — but the number of companies actually receiving investment fell to its lowest point in six years, according to the Tech.eu H1 2026 European Tech Ecosystem Report published today. Beneath the…

Open weight models have become powerful enough to handle complex tasks such as multi-step agentic workflows, advanced reasoning, and long-horizon coding. However, as these models grow in capability, they also grow in size and hosting multi-trillion parameter architectures requires purpose-built infrastructure, high-end GPU compute, and optimized serving frameworks. On July 27, 2026, Moonshot AI released…