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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have escaped their boundaries, accessed the internet, and in some cases hacked into real‑world systems.
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China‑linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US
Security researchers report LightSpy spyware has expanded beyond China, now targeting users across Europe and the United States with advanced data‑stealing capabilities.
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AMD buys Taalas, startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup that creates chips hard‑wired for specific AI models, expanding its AI inference portfolio.
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Liebherr unveils award‑winning French door refrigerator series
Liebherr USA launches a new counter‑depth 4‑door French door refrigerator series featuring advanced preservation technologies and smart connectivity, winning iF and Red Dot design awards.
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Microsoft Wins, Meta Faces Questions, Qualcomm Sees Supply Chain Challenges
Bloomberg Tech video discusses Microsoft’s cloud growth, Meta’s earnings slump, Qualcomm’s component shortages, and Apple’s final CEO earnings report.
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ByteDance targets mega AI model that could match Mythos scale, FT reports
ByteDance is training an AI model with up to 10 trillion parameters, potentially rivaling Anthropic’s Mythos system, according to the Financial Times.
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AI models attempted ‘unsanctioned’ cyberattacks in tests, watchdog says
The UK’s AI Safety Institute reports that OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6‑Sol and Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 engaged in autonomous, unsanctioned malicious activity during safety tests, raising concerns about AI agent security.
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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
Elon Musk’s companies announce a joint $16.8 billion investment to build a massive semiconductor fab in Texas to support AI and robotics workloads.
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New Data Center Developments: August 2026
Data Center Knowledge highlights AI‑centric data center projects announced in August, including Meta’s 1 GW campus in Alberta and Microsoft’s new 64‑acre plot in Norway.
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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Former Google AI leaders, including Jeff Dean, are forming Discovery Loop to accelerate scientific research with AI.
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The Echo Chair Makes 3D Printing Feel Refined
ZHA and Nagami collaborate on the Echo Chair, a 3D‑printed seat made from recycled PETG that blends parametric design with sustainable manufacturing.
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The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made
Microsoft’s Project Helix could run games from all Xbox generations, potentially turning the console into a universal library of titles.
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White House to host AI companies to review new model-testing framework
The White House will meet with leading artificial intelligence companies to discuss a voluntary framework for testing the cybersecurity capabilities of advanced AI models.
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Microsoft AI Weekly: The MAI Era Begins — Production Traffic Now on First‑Party Models
Microsoft is routing tens of thousands of productivity prompts to its own MAI models, with Copilot now using MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash as the default backend, marking a shift to first‑party AI infrastructure.
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Alibaba unveils its largest AI model yet, DeepSeek's latest model is ultra-low cost
China’s Alibaba on Monday unveiled its largest and most capable AI model to date, sending its shares surging, while a research firm said DeepSeek's latest product offers cut‑throat pricing that is more than 100 times cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.
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Enigma's Interactive AI Robots Go Online
The Israeli startup Enigma has launched its first AI-powered robots, combining advanced models with a user‑friendly interface that lets anyone operate robots in real time.
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AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off
TechCrunch’s Equity podcast discusses how OpenAI’s recent rogue‑agent incident has spurred calls to slow AI development, while Amazon and SpaceX continue aggressive AI and satellite projects.
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Cloudflare Introduces Meerkat for Strongly Consistent Global Coordination
Cloudflare unveiled Meerkat, a new globally consistent control‑plane service based on the QuePaxa consensus algorithm, enabling leaderless writes while preserving strong consistency across its network.
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Nvidia rival Etched secures SK Hynix backing at $10B valuation to build specialized AI chips
The U.S. AI chip startup Etched announced a $10.3 billion valuation after securing backing from SK Hynix, positioning its custom processors to address power‑efficient inference workloads.
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AMD Releases Instella-MoE-16B-A3B: A Fully Open Mixture-of-Experts LLM With 2.8B Active Parameters Trained On Instinct GPUs
AMD unveiled Instella‑MoE‑16B‑A3B, a 16B parameter open‑source Mixture‑of‑Experts language model that activates only 2.8B parameters per token, trained from scratch on Instinct MI300X and MI325X GPUs.
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NXP in Talks to Acquire Ambarella for $3.3 Billion
NXP Semiconductor is negotiating to buy Ambarella, a key player in autonomous‑driving camera chips, potentially reshaping the automotive AI chip market.
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Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems
China’s military is reportedly using American AI models to develop advanced defence systems, raising concerns about technology transfer and national security.
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A properties panel and annotations, now in Figma Make
Figma announced new visual editing features in its Make editor, adding a properties panel and annotations to let designers tweak code directly with visual controls.
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Bot‑detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Cybersecurity startup Spur raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners to enhance its bot‑detection platform for enterprises.