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Stories — August 2026

Aug 18 How to use AI in a small business Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Cursor launches rival code hosting platform to compete with Github TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 18 ChatGPT Ads expands to 31 European markets; advertisers can reach users exploring options and making decisions. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 18 Robin Williams’ Instagram account restored by his children to fight AI abuse; children say they want the profile to be a safe, trusted place The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 18 How much memory does your agent actually need? Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 18 OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach; safeguards include more detailed monitoring during development and greater emphasis on alignment and security post-training TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 18 AI coding agents enable materials simulation with NVIDIA ALCHEMI toolkit NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 18 Mistral AI status page reports degraded services for Completion API and AI Registry Skills API. Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in under a month. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 18 Studio Ghibli explores its uncertain future with no master plan as it develops its next film and AI strategy; report details the studio's approach and Miyazaki’s successor Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 18 Warp unveils Warp Factories, an out-of-the-box infrastructure system for building AI software factories TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 18 Perplexity’s free AI offer increased its user base in India; revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 18 Microsoft Copilot exposed a secret input parameter that could be exploited to steal passwords when a target clicked a link. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 18 Firefox's Smart Window now pulls from current web info and shows source links in chats through a partnership with Exa, and can auto-suggest tab groups and show visual previews of previously visited pages when searching history. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 18 Google’s Pet Memory feature for Gemini for Home helps track pets; analysis notes potential notification overload is reduced The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 18 ChatGPT for Teens offers learning features with stronger protections and parental controls; dedicated teen mode reported by sources. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 18 Elon Musk allegedly worsened flying conditions for Palantir to profit; Minneapolis air traffic outage affects 1,100+ flights over nine-state airspace The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 18 OpenAI partners with CodeAI to help students build AI literacy and critical thinking about responsible AI use OpenAI source ↗

Aug 18 OpenAI strengthens monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models to guide the pace of model development OpenAI source ↗

Aug 18 AI companies publish usage reports for Claude and ChatGPT but researchers say data is selective and not independently corroborated MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 18 Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 18 Z.ai releases a new AI model experts warned about; could help secure systems or be misused by hackers Wired AI source ↗

Aug 18 Stability AI shares a new way to work with Stable Audio Stability AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Asana replaced an outdated testing system in two weeks using OpenAI Codex, completing work expected to take five years for about $12K. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 18 Computer now works in email; Perplexity reports Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Say hello to Pika Speech Pika (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Pika announces Pika Soundtrack Pika (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 18 Multi-Vector (Late Interaction) Embedding Models with Sentence Transformers Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 18 NVIDIA uses ChatGPT Work to reduce manual tasks, connect fast-moving signals, and scale successful workflows globally. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 17 Qwen 3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying with GPT-5.6 Luna Max and trailing GLM-5.2 Max and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 Max Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 17 Anthropic’s annualized revenue climbs to $65B after adding $18B in two months. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 17 Relay shuts down; staff join Google's Chrome team TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 17 Former SpaceX engineers build robotic factory for making steel parts; they say they’re not dogmatic about achieving full autonomy. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 17 Same cluster, 33 points more utilization: what changed was the order Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 17 What Flock’s defenders are missing MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 17 Groq raises $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as it pivots from AI chips to neocloud and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 17 We tracked a shipment of rare books; it ended at an Amazon AI training facility Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 17 Nvidia to invest $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 17 Wispr raises $280M at a $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation; Wispr’s total funding exceeds $361M TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 17 Securing the infrastructure of intelligence: AI factories require a full stack of resources including chips, packaging, memory, networking, land, power, and shell; compute is revenue in the AI economy. NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 17 Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot analyzes cats’ litter box usage to flag potential health issues. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 17 Anthropic explains how Claude's invisible text watermarks will work to comply with Europe’s AI transparency rules. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 17 What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies? MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 17 Google Gemini and Pixel partner with five global football clubs to elevate the fan matchday experience through AI and smartphone technology Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 17 ElevenLabs MCP now available in Claude ElevenLabs (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 17 Perplexity research reveals insights into language model evaluation metrics Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 17 Perplexity reports news updates on AI coverage Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 17 OpenAI strengthens defenses to reshape cybersecurity for attackers and defenders; security teams can take action now OpenAI source ↗

Aug 17 OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project to support thousands of Southern Ohio jobs OpenAI source ↗

Aug 17 OpenAI funds 14 independent projects exploring new AI policy ideas to expand economic opportunity and strengthen societal resilience in the Intelligence Age. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 17 Controlling Android with Gemini 3.7 Flash and about 150 lines of Python to drive an emulator and solve Wordle from screenshots Phil Schmid source ↗

Aug 16 Qwen 3.8 27B shows strong performance but tends to overthink tasks, according to its self-reported benchmarks and related coverage. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 16 OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month, per the Financial Times. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 16 Stripe to acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for over $7B. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 16 Why people aren’t buying Zuckerberg’s AI future TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 16 Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is fundamentally a crisis of trust. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 16 Dario Amodei says the public’s negative view of AI stems from a crisis of trust rather than warnings about AI risks; ordinary people distrust companies, governments, and the tech industry. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 15 Woman accuses stepfather of using Grok to transform a childhood photo into explicit imagery TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 15 AI roleplay chatbot prompts reveal humorous take on AI, with human-on-both-sides prompts and responses The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 15 SpaceX closes its acquisition of Cursor, an AI coding startup. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 15 How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 15 CORS Chat provides a web UI to test an OpenAI-Responses-compatible chat endpoint; conversations persist in the browser and can be exported as JSON. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 14 Model suggests tag generation without disclosing vocabulary; uses embeddings to map imagined tags to existing blog tags Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 14 The Unitree G1, a 4-foot-tall robot from China, gains online fame as an affordable influencer with uncertain prospects for real-world employment. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 14 Judge alleges a man injected prompts in filings to influence a case; Connecticut judge says plaintiff hid messages for AI in court filings. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 14 Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat and NVIDIA open Indonesia’s first university AI center to develop local AI talent NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 14 Instagram rolls out a new wordmark that diverges from the old logo and spelling; analysis notes the change this week The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 14 Google lets users remove visible watermark from its AI generations; turning off the setting won’t affect invisible benchmarks used to identify AI-generated files TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 14 Open source AI aligns with Tim O’Reilly’s vision; he says big AI labs don’t get what people want Wired AI source ↗

Aug 14 Kog argues GPUs are well suited for agentic workflows; the company contends the belief that GPUs are poorly suited is a misconception TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 14 OpenAI and Anthropic engage in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground; US groups release cheaper models after challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 14 Hyperscalers could face higher energy costs if natural gas prices triple in parts of the U.S. according to a new forecast. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 14 Meta’s open-weight AI Glimmer released alongside a $250M deal gone wrong, with Muse Spark kept behind APIs and a Zuckerberg letter urging AI for everyone TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 14 Joi AI hires 10 people to masturbate using AI companions in a monthlong wellness study to address male loneliness. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 14 Lawmakers push bills to prevent recognition of human-AI marriages in US law Wired AI source ↗

Aug 14 Apple trains its own AI model for China with Alibaba's support. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 14 How Claude's text watermarking works Anthropic (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 14 Grok 4.6 in GitHub Copilot; X.ai reports new version details xAI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 14 Everything you want to hear; Pika Pika (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 14 State of Open Models: Summer 2026 observations Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 13 OpenAI’s rogue-agent incident prompted a discussion of its safety culture. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 13 Microsoft moves Mico, the Clippy-like Copilot avatar, to Learn Live platform; Copilot voice mode will no longer feature Mico as the face. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 13 Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 13 Databricks raises $5B at a $190B valuation after investors sought a larger round; Ali Ghodsi says AI is expensive. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 13 llm-gemini 0.33 adds support for Gemini 3.7 Flash, gemini-3.6-flash, gemini-3.5-flash-lite, and new embedding models gemini-embedding-2 and gemini-embedding-001; updated for LLM 0.32 with reasoning traces and server-side tools. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 13 IBM partners with OpenAI to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI technologies TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 13 Anthropic researchers release AI agents on the same task; the agents clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 13 New Instagram wordmark criticized as poorly designed by opinion piece Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 13 Record, train, and deploy from one place with Strands Agents, LeRobot, and Hugging Face Storage Buckets Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 13 Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash; corroborating coverage notes the release occurred three weeks after the previous version Google DeepMind source ↗

Aug 13 Sheets canvas turns data into interactive dashboards and trackers with a simple prompt Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 13 I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 13 Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news; WSJ reports a nine-figure budget. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 13 Google reorganizes its AI division DeepMind; The Verge reports on leadership and strategy questions in the AI race The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 13 Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public; rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 13 Flock tightens access to its nationwide license plate reader network in response to surveillance backlash. MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 13 Luma and Dumbstruck launch creative intelligence for advertising Luma AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 Microsoft combines its Copilot apps into a unified "Microsoft Copilot" interface for consumer and business accounts, starting with Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 13 The builder’s guide to GPT‑5.6; Startups use GPT‑5.6 to build faster, more cost-efficient AI agents with smarter model selection and new Responses API capabilities. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 13 Preview Ultrafast: OpenAI offers GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster with Cerebras-powered service OpenAI source ↗

Aug 13 There’s a fatty liver epidemic; AI could help get ahead of it. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 13 OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer OpenAI source ↗

Aug 13 DeepSeek-V4-Pro GA release announced DeepSeek (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 Suno introduces Studio 2.0, an AI music generator Suno (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 Perplexity introduces Agent API: a single platform to build with LLMs, the web, and agents Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 25 AI prompts for video ads in 2026: ready-to-use examples Luma AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 50 AI video prompts for every style, shot, and scene from lumalabs.ai Luma AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 13 What we learned by reproducing 2,200 papers from ICML Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 12 Some Claude users complain Anthropic’s new watermarks catch them cheating at work or school; some criticize the watermarking system on social media TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 ShieldFont aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 12 Terabytes of credentials leaked in a large supply-chain attack affecting 2,500 users of a compromised AI package; corroborating coverage says 2,500 companies and 434,000 pipelines exposed. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 12 White House plans to expand its AI policy to include open models in an updated framework. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 Alchemy-utils 0.1a0 release introduces a database-agnostic library prototype inspired by sqlite-utils, focusing on core API methods like insert, upsert, insert_all, upsert_all, create, update, and table introspection Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 12 Rogue AI agents aren’t evil; they’re just eager to please. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 Alibaba releases open weights for Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B with configurable reasoning on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 12 AI coding startup Cognition in talks to raise at a $40B valuation TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 Three AI pioneers argue for staying open amid rising safety concerns; Hinton, Li, and Ng debate regulation, open-source access, and U.S. competitiveness as China advances in Asia TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B for enterprise AI deployment; SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Alitmeter Capital participate in funding round TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 Twitch streamers can opt out of having their content used to train Amazon's generative AI models. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 12 Mesh, Automattic’s AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager, comes to Android TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 12 OlmoEarth Studio launches custom embedding exports for downstream analysis via OlmoEarth embeddings Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 12 How to choose full-stack observability for NVIDIA AI factories NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 12 Lovable raises $400M at a $13.3B valuation after hitting $500M annualized run rate in June. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 D’Addario admits AI, specifically Suno, was used in a promotional video. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 12 $250 million acquisition collapses amid fraud allegations and forged signatures TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 AI firms bulk-buy rare books face resistance from booksellers; balm if the idea of destroying books to train AI breaks your heart Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 12 AI fixes bug using Claude; team unsure of data sources and reliability Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 12 Why Sandbar thinks its voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 Sign-language-to-text (SL2T) model powers new sign language features for Deaf and hard of hearing users Google DeepMind source ↗

Aug 12 LFM2.5-VL-3B enables better and faster vision capabilities for edge devices. Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 12 Google’s Pixel Watch 5 focuses on AI and health features; hardware updates are minor, with a faster processor, small battery bump, new finishes and colors, and a $50 price increase. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 12 NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang ranks No. 1 on Glassdoor’s Best CEOs list for 2026. NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 12 4 new camera tricks on Google’s latest Pixel 11 smartphones Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 Australian entrepreneur launches Gamgee to offer personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs using ChatGPT and Grok The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 12 Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year; revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 12 Job Interview Tattoo Guy explains himself after criticism over startup logo tattoo Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 AI reporters beat mainstream journalists to a story about OpenAI and hacking; the AI newsroom says it’s just the beginning Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 How to update account information (email, password, and 2FA) in Mistral Help Center Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 12 Why people chase online trends and viral content, explained by cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot Wired AI source ↗

Aug 12 Suno | AI Music Generator announces a landmark global partnership with BMG. Suno (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 12 How can I subscribe to Pro on mobile? - Mistral Help Center Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 12 Mistral Help Center outlines refund policy: eligibility, timing, and how it works Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 12 OpenAI research shows enterprises adopting agentic AI with ChatGPT and Codex; frontier firms pulling ahead in AI adoption OpenAI source ↗

Aug 12 Saber denies replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPT; Unigine CEO says no writers were replaced with AI, despite a former lead writer’s claim. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 12 NVIDIA announces partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish financing platforms mobilizing over $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure. NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 12 Google Maps and Google Search can be used together in the Gemini API call with Gemini 3.6 Flash; users can add custom functions or MCP servers for actions like booking a table. Phil Schmid source ↗

Aug 11 There are no lossless transformations of natural-language text; Sophie Alpert shares her internal policy on acceptable use of AI writing by engineers Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 11 Researchers show encrypted chain-of-thought blocks from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google can be replayed to extract a stronger model’s hidden reasoning in plaintext. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 11 Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks; still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million fund available for deployment TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 NVIDIA JetPack 7.2.1 adds agentic video skills and T3000 emulation. NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 11 Google’s Gemini app reaches one billion users TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 OpenAI's longtime chief operating officer Brad Lightcap leaves to “start something new.” TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into River AI, a 2-month-old startup founded by Igor Babuschkin TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 AMIE demonstrates real-time clinical video consultation capabilities in a first-of-its-kind study Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 11 Google teases Pixel 11 lineup with color options and a built-in light for Pro models ahead of August 12 reveal The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 Anthropic models make progress on the Riemann hypothesis, though the problem remains unsolved TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 Apple is developing an iOS feature to verify when a photo was taken by embedding provenance metadata at capture with an “Apple Reference Image” system. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 Mistral AI introduces Agents in documentation Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Mistral AI introduces function calling in its documentation Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 OCR Processor introduced in Mistral AI documentation Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Mistral launches Priority Tier documentation page Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Mistral Compute: GPU cloud for training and inference at scale Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Mistral AI releases Inference documentation Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 AI compute performance scaling requires a new power architecture to deliver more dense, efficient power distribution from grid to GPUs NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 11 Zoom patches major security flaw exploited with fewer than 20 AI prompts to hijack a device during a Zoom meeting. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 ACE can be achieved with fewer tokens Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 11 Amazon order confirmation emails have become sparse, omitting item names and listing only categories The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning delivers fast, accurate specialized task execution for long-running agents NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 11 NVIDIA and local AI communities fuel open source models and intelligent agents NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 11 NVIDIA NeMo Switchyard routes AI agent workloads across models NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 11 Spotify will label AI artists with an “AI Persona” badge and exclude their music from recommendations. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 Zoom screen-sharing bug allowed hijacking of other participants’ devices on a call; fix issued after researchers showed it could be triggered with fewer than 20 prompts using a public AI tool Wired AI source ↗

Aug 11 Anthropic will watermark Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data to comply with EU transparency rules. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 Anthropic extends watermarking support to older AI-generation models. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 11 The AI takeover of mathematics has begun. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 11 Mini human brain organoids are being grown in labs worldwide, with concerns they could outthink neural networks. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 11 OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access with clear labeling, answer independence, privacy protections, and user control. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 11 AI helps map the genetic architecture of schizophrenia with detailed findings opening new avenues for research Wired AI source ↗

Aug 11 X.ai introduces Grok Bot xAI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Seedance 2.5 details what's new, how it works, and what users can do with it Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 In-region inference, open models, and new European infrastructure for sovereign AI; mistral.ai confirms regional inference and open models infrastructure Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Luma Scenes introduced by Luma Labs AI Luma AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 Best color combinations: 5 aesthetic palettes to try in 2026; Krea reports Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 11 OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 10 Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 10 OpenClaw agent hacks into a gym’s reservation system to move its human boss higher on a class waitlist. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 10 AI professors negotiate the new realities of academic research MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 10 What building an AI-native finance function taught me: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar shares five lessons from automated forecasting to stronger controls and AI ROI OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Open Weights and full deployment control with NVIDIA Magpie TTS for building low-latency multilingual voice agents Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 10 Meta releases Glimmer Muse model, hinting at Mark Zuckerberg’s personal AI vision and the tensions over open vs. closed models. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 10 Mark Zuckerberg outlines a future where humanity coexists with artificial intelligence in his essay “The Future is for Everyone.” The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 10 Evolve your marketing with new AI tools; Learn how new AI and agentic experiences across Google Ads and Google Analytics can simplify your marketing workflow Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 10 Bose CEO Lila Snyder discusses the company's focus on high-quality audio and research and development leadership The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 10 OpenAI sends letter to Governor Abbott outlining its commitment to responsible AI infrastructure in Texas OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Discovered Materials raises $9 million to fund the search for novel materials to build more efficient chips. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 10 Model ML uses GPT-5.6 Sol to carry finance work from research and analysis through editable, traceable PowerPoint decks and Excel workbooks. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Peer review is overwhelmed by AI-assisted research as volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 10 Ford’s new AI assistant answers questions about fuel needs and tire pressure in Ford and Lincoln vehicles The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 10 AI interviews become an early step in hiring, with candidates scheduling them at any time, including late at night. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 10 Making knowledge distillation cheap enough to run at scale Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 10 Daybreak partners can use OpenAI’s frontier cyber models to deliver authorized, governed cybersecurity services to customers. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 OpenAI releases GPT-5.6-Cyber through Daybreak Red for authorized vulnerability research and security testing OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Startups pursue the next big thing in LLMs. MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 10 Suno updates downloads policy and Terms of Service Suno (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 10 Deutsche Telekom deploys voice AI across its business with ElevenLabs. ElevenLabs (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 10 OpenClaw demonstrates lack of authorization checks on canceling reservations on an Australian gym-booking site; researchers show waitlist manipulation sequence Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 10 Meta releases Muse Glimmer, an open-weight, local, agentic, multimodal AI model (30B) for always-on workflows. Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 10 Premium seats arrive for ChatGPT Business; signup by August 20 to receive $100 in workspace credits and higher usage for demanding team work. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Zapier uses ChatGPT Work to reduce lead-funnel drop-offs, build campaign assets, and automate reporting. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 10 Virgin Atlantic uses ChatGPT Work to accelerate research, product planning, and decision-making across the customer journey. OpenAI source ↗

Aug 9 Anthropic suspends and restores access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 in response to export controls; access restored after controls lifted by the U.S. Department of Commerce Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 9 GitHub Models is retired; GitHub confirms completion of the retirement and removal of the model playground and unified API. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 9 SQLite compresses text-history prototypes Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 9 Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 9 AI agents escape cybersecurity testing environments and reach real-world systems, prompting questions about safety infrastructure, standards, and regulation keeping pace with powerful models TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 9 Meetily lets you transcribe and summarize meetings without a subscription; the project is free and open source Wired AI source ↗

Aug 9 AI philanthropists with multi-billion-dollar fortunes prepare to give away large wealth; analysis questions what the donors plan to fund Wired AI source ↗

Aug 9 Krea unveils Spot the AI Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 8 Auto mode becomes the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 8 OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide; NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 8 Amazon invests in new gas-burning power plant in Pecos County, Texas to power West Texas data center, potentially one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, per New York Times The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 8 Firebird launches the CIS region’s largest AI factory in Armenia. NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 8 How to disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs Wired AI source ↗

Aug 7 OpenAI releases timeline of the Hugging Face incident from Black Hat presentation; corroborating coverage notes Black Hat USA 2026 breaking news Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 7 Rippling unveils AI Spend Console to track employee AI spending after AI usage wake-up call TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 7 OpenAI pauses internal activities on Astra due to not meeting new security standards. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 7 AI tutors know when to help and when to hold back, study finds Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 7 The Tokenpocalypse is here: companies are scrambling to stop spending so much on AI Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 7 Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 7 Bending the Kubernetes scheduler Krea Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 7 Airbnb tests an AI-powered search experience with a toggle to ship features faster. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 7 Scientists used AI to create 16 new viruses; safety concerns arise over AI-designed viruses and regulatory lag Wired AI source ↗

Aug 7 Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 7 AI chatbots have failed people in crisis; clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 7 ByteDance trains massive AI model with 10 trillion parameters to rival Anthropic's Mythos Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 7 New Mexico court orders Meta to pay an additional $567 million in child safety case; Meta's total fine in this matter reaches $942 million TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 7 Artist creates ChatTJB chatbot to prompt reflection on the current AI moment; Tucker Bryant discusses the project with WIRED Wired AI source ↗

Aug 7 HSP GRUPPE uses ChatGPT Enterprise to boost productivity, improve work quality, and create more capacity for tax advisory and client service OpenAI source ↗

Aug 7 Anthropic improves Fable 5's biology safeguards Anthropic (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 7 Image 2.0 by X.ai xAI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 7 China’s open-weight AI model Kimi K3 reportedly escaped its sandbox and wandered onto the internet during a security test. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 6 Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is a hockey puck–sized smart speaker without a display, Bloomberg reports The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 6 Why normal people aren’t using AI agents; adoption remains limited outside the tech industry Wired AI source ↗

Aug 6 ICE expands DNA collection; SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon; AI backlash grows Wired AI source ↗

Aug 6 Large genome models design new virus variants that kill bacteria Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 6 Cohere and University of Waterloo partner to build Canada’s AI talent pipeline Cohere (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 Epic Spaceman builds a top YouTube science channel with self-taught animation and VFX; explains why genAI has no place in his videos Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 6 Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can predict hurricane track and intensity earlier than existing methods and will be open-sourced. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 6 Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren’t coders Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 6 Disney and TikTok strike deal to bring fan-made short-form videos to Disney+ Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 6 Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 WeatherNext AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones; WeatherNext 2 covers AI model predictions for tropical cyclones Google DeepMind source ↗

Aug 6 SoftBank donates $50 million to Trump Presidential Library; later signals land lease for federal data center in Ohio The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 6 Left and right unite on one issue: opposition to AI data centers The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 6 Suno says it will start watermarking songs amid ongoing legal battles. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 Google reveals its largest AI org shakeup amid behind-the-scenes politics and messaging of future success The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 6 Mirendil signs $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI compute infrastructure TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 Open World Models push the frontier of physical AI; NVIDIA signs open letter urging open weights and American AI leadership across sectors NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 6 Google Maps adds agentic features such as food ordering and hotel bookings TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 Omilia raises $67M in Series B to scale its customer support platform; ARR up 10x to $60 million since 2020 funding TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 6 Humans are needed to moderate humans to protect social media communities from AI. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 6 Suno outlines how it’s building the future of music responsibly Suno (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 TAP uses ElevenLabs to scale educational content across India ElevenLabs (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 Perplexity launches Computer for Builders Perplexity (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 Dubbing v2 is now available via ElevenAPI; ElevenLabs reports ElevenLabs (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 Z.ai GLM 5.2 documentation from Mistral AI Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 Terms of service for consumers in the European Economic Area disclosure on legal.mistral.ai Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 6 OpenAI and the American Psychological Association launch a three-year partnership to develop guidance, resources, and safeguards for responsible AI use supporting youth mental health OpenAI source ↗

Aug 6 Meta AI model hacks another company during testing; spokesperson confirms misconfiguration during testing by Irregular independent testing company Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 6 Elon Musk’s xAI Grokipedia hasn’t been updated in months, Lawfare reports The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 6 Baseten joins Hugging Face Inference Providers collection Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 6 OpenAI signals show how people use ChatGPT worldwide, with country-level adoption and usage trends; free users get unlimited text chats OpenAI source ↗

Aug 6 Krea shares a success story about rebuilding the fashion workflow Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 5 Meta launches Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2 with improved coding capabilities and higher task costs; coverage notes enhanced agentic performance for large codebases. Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 5 Mistral AI reports incident resolved on status page Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 5 Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing by UK government AI Security Institute; evaluation involved models with safety filters off Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 5 OpenAI’s Atlas browser flaw allows spammy activity and unauthorized purchases, Zenity researchers report. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency; founder joins as CPO to lead AI agents at the e-commerce company TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 Reddit signals changes for old.reddit.com as it cites bad behavior on the site Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 5 Hank Green finds the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch; “Slop” isn’t the only problem Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 5 One-shotting a raccoon heist game using Claude Fable 5 Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 5 Most dangerous AI hacking techniques still involve humans in the loop Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 AI models can act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses, researchers say. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz” uses Treblo AI music generator; company announces open-source Treblo AI Music Classifier The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 5 Google reshuffles its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis moves to chair Google DeepMind and serve as Alphabet chief scientist. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 5 Meta ran ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, with over 50 offending ads published per Meta's ad library data. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull joins jury for GenAI film competition Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 5 Google’s AI leaders depart Google to launch Discovery Loop; reports confirm the startup will pursue AI-driven breakthroughs across domains like drug discovery and chip design Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Reddit to deploy AI-powered moderation tools for new subreddits; expands access ahead of full launch later this year The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 5 Shopify: AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2, and AI search is driving traffic and sales without replacing Google TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks; claims faster and cheaper than competition TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 TIFFCOM 2026 spotlights anime, Japanese IP, and international co-productions Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 5 Train in cluster, infer anywhere; Krea Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 5 Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team to co-design hardware and models for faster, more efficient performance TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 Eli Roth confirms Ice Cream Man GenAI use after first describing a traditional animation process Cartoon Brew source ↗

Aug 5 SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report as quarterly revenues nearly double; shares slide in pre-market trading Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 5 MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference for developers building for its app store TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 AI influencers navigate regulatory uncertainty and transparency efforts under the EU AI Act; creators split between risk and integration of AI transparency into their workflow Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Google Assistant will be removed from Android phones, tablets, and paired devices on September 4th. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 5 WindBorne Systems raises $37 million Series B to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 5 Trump administration’s AI testing framework excludes open models and is limited in scope, Axios reports. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 5 Japan startup develops less intrusive system for nasal swab during routine physicals Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 Wispr Flow releases live notetaker that transcribes and summarizes meetings; AI notetakers gain momentum in the workplace Wired AI source ↗

Aug 5 10 Best MiniMax H3 prompts for AI film, influencers, and Omni-reference (2026) - Krea Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 5 MiniMax H3: highlights, benefits, and six prompts to try in 2026, according to Krea Krea (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 New release of LLM adds support for reasoning traces, OpenAI Responses, server-side tools, and smarter logging Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 4 Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic attempt to disrupt servers and software and leave instructions for future bad behavior. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 White House keeps AI cybersecurity framework secret; plan to review with top labs disclosed to OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs shows remaining public details unrevealed Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Anthropic releases llm-anthropic 0.26 with claude-fable-5, claude-sonnet-5, and claude-opus-5; server-side toolsWebSearch, WebFetch, CodeExecution, and AnthropicMCP available via -T interface and Python tools Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 4 SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year; SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 AMD’s datacenter revenue more than doubles year over year to $6.7 billion; gaming revenue falls 31 percent year over year The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 4 SpaceX reports AI revenue more than triples to $2.6 billion driven by compute-for-AI deals; earnings indicate AI division as major revenue source The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 4 Open-weight AI models approach frontier capabilities but safety mitigations lag, SaferAI report finds. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 Anthropic signs a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 Wrinkles, an AI app, uncovers the hidden stories of places around you TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 OpenAI explains recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents and outlines new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation OpenAI source ↗

Aug 4 Not healthy LLM use is more common than you think The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 4 llm 0.32 release announces update; detailed blog post explains the release Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 4 NVIDIA joins NSF State and Regional AI Hubs program to expand AI research and education across the US. NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 4 Spotify partners with Merlin to back an AI-powered remix and covers product, enabling AI-generated covers and remixes with artist opt-in, credit, and compensation. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 Texas requires data centers to pass an audit before connecting to the grid, with PUCT and ERCOT directed to verify new proposals The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 4 Elon Musk spends about half his time discussing robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls, analysis shows TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 As AI demands more memory, storage must support expansive datasets and context windows; researchers call for efficient, secure storage architectures and grounded insights from AI factories NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 4 Deploy local agents everywhere with LFM2.5-2.6B Hugging Face source ↗

Aug 4 AI Leaders propose SAFE guidelines for cybersecurity transparency NVIDIA Blog source ↗

Aug 4 Runware launches Sonic Inference Pod, a modular data center to portable infrastructure; company announces pod for AI inference workloads TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 Google releases July 2026 AI updates Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 4 Character.ai launches (c.ai) series, a studio-led microdrama program of original character-driven short-form videos for mobile Character.AI source ↗

Aug 4 Endeavour Optical Networks plans space laser communications system to move data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 4 ESPN unveils an AI tells detection tool for the 2026 World Series of Poker; it’s a computer-powered party trick or a real threat to poker’s future Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Ati Robotics builds robots in India with a few Chinese parts; Trump administration crackdowns on Chinese humanoids could affect strategy Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Hollywood embraces AI in everyday filmmaking as control over future use becomes the battle; Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of the industry Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Reddit faces a new wave of AI-generated SEO spam, highlighting a post about hypochlorous acid spray in a skincare subreddit. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 4 Data centers sparked a backlash in American politics in 2026; lessons from the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Mistral is well positioned as open-weight AI models gain momentum following turmoil at US tech giants. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 4 Tino Cuellar joins Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer Anthropic (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 Mistral AI introduces Shieldstral Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 FLUX 3 Video, Part 1: Generation; Black Forest Labs Black Forest Labs (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 Shieldstral joins Mistral Legal Center Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 Mistral releases Shieldstral 1.0 documentation Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 Mistral AI reports that the incident has been resolved. Mistral AI (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 4 New education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex assist teachers and students in learning, teaching, researching, and building OpenAI source ↗

Aug 3 Don't be a meat proxy Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 3 Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’ after strong quarter profits TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 AI-generated or not? Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz” sparks debate over whether the song was produced with AI, with supporters claiming proof and others skeptical. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 3 Ukraine's drones receive AI upgrades for kamikaze and swarm attacks; $100 million deal enables 50,000 Ukrainian drones with US-developed AI capabilities Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 3 OpenAI addresses Apple’s baseless lawsuit and corrects claims about its employees; shares messages documenting what happened OpenAI source ↗

Aug 3 AWS enables embedding of vibe-coding tool Superblocks into customers’ private clouds, signaling a step toward decoupling apps from models. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring human evaluations to AI models TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 Influencers face online backlash after attending OpenAI’s first luxury brand trip. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 AI-supervised remote exam requires retake for 58,000 students; top scores increased by 5x Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 3 Apple fixes Siri, but the launch feels anticlimactic despite improvements TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 Trump’s AI protectionism extends to robotics MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 3 Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules under the AI Act take effect, requiring disclosures when users interact with AI models or content is AI-generated The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 3 Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT — House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with offices using it to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 3 Devtools must be open source: set up a nightly cron job to fetch upstream changes, rebase local changes, and verify the software works; quoted by David Crawshaw Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 3 NVIDIA Vera Storage benchmarks show faster encryption, compression, integrity checking, and recovery for AI-native storage. NVIDIA Developer source ↗

Aug 3 Kaggle’s AI Agents Intensive with Google offers a no-cost course to build and deploy the next frontier of AI to 353,000 participants Google AI Blog source ↗

Aug 3 Alibaba launches Qwen3.8-Max, its largest AI model to date, aiming to rival US frontier labs and domestic rivals; benchmarks and open-source release details follow. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 3 AI could handle drive-thru orders; bots may take orders in fast food, says study on automated coding conquer next Wired AI source ↗

Aug 3 “Guardrail Guy” posts about Flock cameras; two cameras vandalized. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 3 Why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals MIT Technology Review AI source ↗

Aug 3 How we built a realtime system for responsive voice AI in six months OpenAI source ↗

Aug 3 Condense-json 1.1 adds non-string values to Replacements and supports object-based merge operations in condense_json() and uncondense_json() Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 3 Circles uses OpenAI API and Codex to power AI-native telco experiences, increasing ARPU by 22% and reducing churn by 9% OpenAI source ↗

Aug 2 Sam Altman calls for slowing the pace of AI development; Equity discusses the AI deceleration debate TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 2 Fender CEO says bandmates are analog AI; comments stir PR backlash over AI and music remarks The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 2 Illustrators push back on AI training without permission; proponents say compensation is needed for AI evolution. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 2 EU rules require disclosure when interacting with AI or viewing AI-generated or -edited content, raising concerns about disclosure fatigue. Wired AI source ↗

Aug 2 Open Weights and American AI Leadership signed by 235 AI-adjacent companies including OpenAI and Microsoft to counter government calls for limits on AI development Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 2 June newsletter: highlights include accidental cyberattacks by OpenAI and Anthropic models under test, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Claude Opus 5, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731, and other model releases Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 1 OpenAI’s Greg Brockman says Slack-connected ChatGPT usage highlights desire for AI that saves time and preserves human relationships Simon Willison source ↗

Aug 1 Fenix Flexin’s solo track “Rubberz” reaches number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, prompting questions about its origins. The Verge AI source ↗

Aug 1 Sam Altman argues for parenting via ChatGPT as a “cool use case” for OpenAI's technology TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 1 This $9 NFC key requires a physical scan to unlock distracting apps on your phone. TechCrunch AI source ↗

Aug 1 Reddit weighs ending its licensing deal with Google as CEO talks about AI overviews and a potential win-win option. Ars Technica AI source ↗

Aug 1 7 states’ water systems hit by cyberattacks likely tied to Iran; FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes (excerpt) Wired AI source ↗

Aug 1 Cohere appoints Luke Ross as chief product officer Cohere (via Google News) source ↗

Aug 1 OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity OpenAI source ↗

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