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‘It feels like early Covid’: The messy scramble to regulate AI
The U.S. government is racing to create a regulatory framework for powerful AI models, sparking a tug‑of‑war between agencies and tech giants.
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Agentrys Raises $24.5M to Automate Chip Design
Agentrys secured $24.5M across seed and pre‑seed rounds to deploy self‑improving AI agents across full chip design workflows, from specification to sign‑off layout.
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Stability AI raises $76 million in Series B to fuel creative AI tools
The generative‑AI studio, focused on music, gaming and entertainment, secured a $76 million round that brings its total funding to $232 million.
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DataAgent raises $10M to let AI fix production faults inside Kubernetes clusters
Israeli startup DataAgent Ltd. formally launched today with $10 million in pre‑seed funding and a platform that repairs production faults inside customers’ own Kubernetes clusters.
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Askeal, the AI cybersecurity assistant that gives verifiable, expert-backed answers
Askeal combines AI with community expertise to provide evidence-backed security insights, launching its beta with a $1.1 million pre‑seed round.
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FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit
The FTC and 22 states sue Amazon for secretly charging advertisers more for ad placements, claiming the practice has been hidden for seven years.
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Skild AI’s S1 Uses One Human Video to Prompt Robots Through 10‑Minute Tasks
Skild AI unveiled its S1 robot foundation model that can learn a task from a single human‑task video, enabling multi‑step jobs without retraining.
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Waken AI launches ClineFlow, an open‑source framework for portable AI context
Waken AI unveiled ClineFlow, a project‑centric knowledge base that lets AI agents share context across chats, teams, and tools without a vendor‑locked database.
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Tesla denies Shanghai data center closure allegations as China FSD hiring accelerates
Tesla China refutes claims that its Shanghai data center was shut down, stating the facility remains operational and that driver‑assistance hiring is ramping up.
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ChatGPT experienced network errors and slow responses for some users
OpenAI confirmed a partial outage on August 31, 2026, affecting ChatGPT users worldwide with network errors and latency issues.
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Veeda AI Raises $90M Seed to Build “The Matrix” for Physical AI
Toronto‑based Veeda AI has secured $90 million in seed funding to develop scalable simulation environments that let embodied AI agents learn without real‑world trials.
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How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
TechCrunch reports that advances in AI may reduce the number of software bugs, making it more difficult for law‑enforcement agencies to find vulnerabilities they need for surveillance.
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Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human
Instagram will limit the reach of AI-generated profiles that do not self‑label, renaming the “AI creator” label to “AI‑generated profile.”
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The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok
The Pentagon has launched custom versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving 3 million personnel access to generative AI tools tailored to warfighter needs.
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ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU
The EU has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Platform, subjecting it to stricter Digital Services Act rules on minors, ads and transparency.
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Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band
Luffu Link, a new wearable from Fitbit’s co‑founders, offers all‑day health sensing, voice logging, and LTE emergency support for families.
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OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI announced it will wind down its contract supplying models to Cursor following SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding startup.
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Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
Grindr is pivoting toward a full‑service platform that includes dating, healthcare, and travel, powered by AI to enhance user experience.
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AWS Adds 2 Million Nvidia GPUs—Its AI Bet Triples in Five Months
Amazon Web Services announces a plan to deploy 2 million additional Nvidia GPUs across its global cloud infrastructure, expanding its AI compute capacity.
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Visual Studio August Update — Work Smarter Across Models and Branches
Microsoft’s latest Visual Studio update gives developers finer control over AI assistance levels, introduces organization‑level custom agents, and adds Git worktree and submodule support.