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Microsoft introduces ThinkingBox to assess AI agent reliability
Microsoft released an open‑source sandbox framework that tests whether AI agents can reliably perform business tasks, revealing a 25% pass rate across 20 trials.
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Nvidia to invest $6 billion to build U.S. open‑weight AI model alternative to China’s DeepSeek, Kimi K3, and Qwen
Nvidia is committing roughly $6 billion to a sweeping deal with AI startup Poolside, aiming to build a powerful U.S. open‑weight AI model and challenge China’s growing lead in downloadable models.
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Google Cloud Launches Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
Google Cloud unveiled Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services, a purpose‑built agentic AI solution engineered for financial professionals, announced on August 25 2026.
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Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?
Reuters reports on a new study showing robots that can run faster than humans, raising questions about power and connectivity for autonomous systems.
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Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule
Linkdaze introduces a touchscreen calendar that syncs multiple services and includes an AI meal planner, targeting family organization without a subscription model.
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Rillet hits a $1B valuation to push AI agents into accounting
Rillet announced a $100 million Series C that pushed its valuation to $1 billion, cementing its position as a leading AI‑powered accounting platform.
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Advancing price‑performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
OpenAI rolls out its latest GPT‑5.6 model family to the Kiro software‑development agent, enabling teams to plan, build, review, and test code with higher quality and lower cost per token.
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Designing GOV.UK Chat for the GOV.UK app
The UK government’s new chat interface adapts AI‑powered conversational design for mobile, focusing on accessibility, transparency and brand consistency.
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Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven a frenzy of speculation about who actually built it.
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Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
TechCrunch reports that Hugging Face is in acquisition discussions, potentially valuing the open‑source AI platform at $13 billion, amid growing interest in AI infrastructure services.
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Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year‑end
Nvidia refuted claims that it would ship a language‑processing unit tailored for Chinese customers, saying no such product is on its roadmap.
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
A new court ruling clarified that training AI on copyrighted works can be lawful if the use is transformative, reshaping the legal landscape for AI developers.
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China urges respect for digital sovereignty in AI race
China called for respect of digital sovereignty amid growing pressure from the U.S. to choose sides in the AI competition, emphasizing that each country should decide its own AI partnerships.
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OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT‑5.6 Sol model by more than 20%
OpenAI announced a price cut of over 20% for its GPT‑5.6 Sol model, easing costs for developers amid rising competition.
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Medly AI grabs $8M to build an AI tutor for exam prep
London‑based Medly AI raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its AI‑powered tutoring platform, targeting millions of students worldwide.
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Alibaba launches $10.2 billion share placement to fund AI-related development
Alibaba’s Hong Kong share placement will be fully invested in AI, covering chips, infrastructure and model development to accelerate its AI stack.
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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A study finds that leading frontier AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and xAI, lack publicly disclosed containment plans for rogue models, raising safety concerns.
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Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
MIT Technology Review argues that framing AI as conscious misleads policy and diverts attention from real safety risks.
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Flop Labs Launches Flop Network as Settlement Layer for AI Agents on August 21
Flop Labs introduces a blockchain settlement layer that lets AI agents pay GPU miners for inference services using its FLOP token.
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Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis
Waymo unveiled the specs of its custom 5‑nm ASIC that processes sensor data in real time, revealing its hardware suppliers and design principles.