Ben Affleck sold his AI startup to Netflix for a substantial sum per a new SEC filing, with earlier reports valuing it as high as $600m [1]. Elsewhere, Epic Games has added Google Gemini-powered AI voices to 36 Fortnite characters for use in its Unreal Editor for Fortnite tool [5], while a Guardian opinion piece has criticised Meta's AI smart glasses, endorsed by celebrities like Kylie Jenner, over privacy and safety concerns [6]. Trump Media has also launched a paid API giving businesses real-time access to Truth Social posts from 1 August [3].