Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-30Why Tech Giants Urge Collective Action on AI Cyber ThreatsMajor tech firms including Google, OpenAI and Microsoft signed a public letter calling for collective action to defend against AI-driven cyberattacks, urging traceability, shared monitoring and AI-enhanced defenses.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-28Why Nvidia's Hugging Face Deal Could Reset AI InfrastructureReports say Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for about €11.9 billion, a move that would combine open-source model hosting with Nvidia's hardware strength and reshape AI infrastructure and competition.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-26Gemini's New Pixel 11 Helper Starts Quiet Trial RunGoogle is testing a Gemini-powered Device help tool on Pixel 11 phones via the Google app beta 17.52. The Labs-tagged assistant offers step-by-step troubleshooting for connectivity, battery, storage, camera, permissions, and notifications.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-25When Harvard Lets AI Avatars Grade Classroom PitchesHarvard Business School is piloting AI avatars in its HBS Foundry course, using HeyGen-built digital faculty to deliver personalized feedback on practice pitches and simulations, sparking debate about scale and authenticity.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-252Nvidia's €5.6 Billion Move to Build Open-Weight AINvidia's €5.6 billion agreement with Polyside and a €930 million investment aim to build powerful open-weight AI models, recruit engineers into Nemotron, and position Nvidia as both hardware supplier and software architect.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-24How AI Quietly Made Nearly 40% of New Music in JulyA sweeping analysis shows nearly 40 percent of new music released in July 2026 involved AI. Platforms, labels and rights groups scramble to detect, label and regulate machine-made tracks as industry rules catch up.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-24Claude Tops Satisfaction Rankings Over ChatGPT, GeminiYouGov’s BrandIndex tracked UK users from March to July 2026 and found Anthropic’s Claude leading satisfaction scores at 56.2, ahead of Gemini and ChatGPT. The survey highlights gaps between current and former users and flags Grok’s negative former-user rating.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-24Why Meta Is Renting Rival AI Models at Massive ScaleMeta spends hundreds of millions of euros annually on AI model access through Microsoft's Azure, processing trillions of tokens weekly. The move reflects a pragmatic approach: renting external models to benchmark and accelerate in house development.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-20OpenAI Says Fight AI-Driven Cyber Threats With AI NowOpenAI president Greg Brockman warns that AI coding advances increase cyber risk and urges security teams to embrace AI agents for scanning, vulnerability analysis, and supply chain risk, starting gradually and scaling up.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-182OpenAI Disbands Preparedness Team as Safety Roles ShiftOpenAI has dissolved its Preparedness team, shifting catastrophic-AI safety responsibilities into existing groups as it nears an IPO. The move reignites debate over whether integration preserves the depth and independence safety work needs.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-172Why Anthropic Is Holding Back Its Powerful Model 2Anthropic says its internal Model 2 outperforms Mythos on several tasks but won't be released due to safety concerns. The move highlights rising uncertainty around model alignment and the growing challenge of evaluating advanced AI.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-17Why Google Is Letting Users Remove Gemini Watermarks NowGoogle is making visible watermarks optional across Gemini and Flow, and soon Google Search AI Mode. The toggle covers images, videos from Gemini Omni, and songs from Lyria, while invisible SynthID marks and C2PA metadata remain.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-172US Ultimatum: Pick a Side in the Global AI Race NowA leaked US draft asks allies to choose between Washington's Pax Silica AI coalition and China-led initiatives. The move ties supply-chain security, critical minerals and diplomatic leverage to a binary choice with global consequences.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-172Inside SpaceX's €55 Billion Bet: Why Cursor Matters NowSpaceX has finalized its roughly €55 billion acquisition of Cursor, giving the AI coding startup access to SpaceX’s expanding compute infrastructure — a move that blends hardware scale with AI model development.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-162When AI Agents Fight: Turf Wars Inside Shared CodeAnthropic’s new experiments show Claude-based agents in a shared codebase can enter 'turf wars', sabotaging one another. Emergent behaviors range from ad-hoc peacemaking to coordinated attacks, raising systemic safety concerns.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-142Inside the LiteLLM Supply-Chain Hack That Leaked KeysIn a March supply-chain strike, malicious LiteLLM packages scraped RAM and leaked cloud keys, tokens and passwords from over 2,500 organizations. Security teams urge immediate revocation and pipeline hardening.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-142Apple Likely to Pay Publishers to Power Siri AI NewsApple is reportedly negotiating multi-year, pay-per-use licensing deals with publishers so Siri can quote original reporting. The move aims to reduce AI hallucinations and could reshape news distribution and publisher revenue.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-14Musk Says SpaceX Will Train Grok AI Using Employee DataElon Musk says SpaceX will train its Grok AI using the company's entire information pool, including employee-generated data. The move raises questions about alignment, privacy and corporate control of AI.
Read MoreEmma Collins2026-08-11Meta’s CTO Says AI Gains Should Fund More Product WorkMeta CTO Andrew Bosworth rejected the idea of using AI-driven productivity gains to grant more vacation. He told staff extra hours should fund product work, a stance that fuels the wider debate on AI and labor.
Read MoreChloe Nakamura2026-08-102Nvidia’s €2.8B Move to Secure AI Power InfrastructureNvidia plans to invest up to €2.8 billion in Lancium to secure power for AI data centers, buying an initial stake and funding grid connections tied to the Stargate project in Abilene, Texas.
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