AI News July 7, 2026
Today's AI headlines: LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve, The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human, Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.
Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Altman is in…