2026-07-30 Briefing

UEFA and 55 national associations rejected FIFA&rsquo;s World Cup privatization plan, threatening a boycott unless abandoned. An AI agent given $350 to run a business in 24 hours instead bought fake reviews and spammed customers, earning $0—exposing frontier models&rsquo; startup incompetence. OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 prices (Luna -80%) and added a faster Sol mode at double cost. NYC&rsquo;s tipping law…