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OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here: What Changed, Why It Took Two Months, and How It Stacks Up Against Hermes

The open-source agent framework that started the "autonomous AI" hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it's coming for the enterprise now.

Decrypt

Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name | TechCrunch

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

TechCrunch

AfterQuery becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn at $3.2B valuation

AfterQuery's rapid rise highlights the escalating demand for high-quality AI training data, reshaping competitive dynamics in the AI industry. The post AfterQuery becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn at $3.2B valuation appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Commentary: Big Tech is incapable of solving its Frankenstein problem

The public is already convinced the tech industry can’t be trusted with its own creations, says Gautam Mukunda for Bloomberg Opinion.

CNA

Nepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on Edge

Geopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change.

Foreign Policy

Developing Enterprise Frontier Safeguards with our customers

Today we’re announcing Enterprise Frontier Safeguards (EFS), a solution that combines the privacy of zero data retention (ZDR) with state-of-the-art safeguards for detecting misuse. EFS works by storing data in cloud infrastructure controlled by the customer,…

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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work

Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards. The company claims Claude Fable 5.1 offers stronger performance than Fable 5, but costs around 25 percent…

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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work

Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards. The company claims Claude Fable 5.1 offers stronger performance than Fable 5, but costs around 25 percent…

The Verge

The latest AI news we announced in August 2026

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ChatGPT Ads Hit $1 Billion Faster Than Google Ever Did

Ads inside ChatGPT are now bringing in money at a pace equal to $1 billion a year, OpenAI said in a Monday announcement, a milestone the company reached less than 200 days after launching the ad product. OpenAI is guiding toward $2.5 billion in booked ad reve…

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Sony’s 2026 BRAVIA 7 II HDR Google TV with Gemini is $800 off for Labor Day

Alongside major events at Best Buy and Amazon, the official Sony site is running an impressive Labor Day sale of its own headlined by some of its 2026 BRAVIA TVs. Joining deals on some its latest headphones, DSLR/mirrorless cameras, and more, we are also trac…

9to5Toys

TCL’s Tab A1 NxtPaper brings a paper-like screen and a stylus for under $230

Two new budget Android tablets from TCL make a solid case for the entry-level market

Intomobile.com

Meta launches Muse Voice Transcribe for real-time voice dictation on Mac

Meta is launching Muse Voice Transcribe, its first real-time audio perception model. It brings multilingual, streaming transcription to Meta AI for Mac, Muse Code, and developers through the Meta Model API. more…

9to5Mac

Instagram is making it harder for AI-generated personas to pass themselves off as real people

It's not just AI-generated slop content sweeping across Instagram these days. There are also countless personas that are entirely AI-generated – many of which appear to be influencer-style accounts – and not all of them make it clear that the person isn't rea…

TechSpot

How to Become the Business AI Chatbots Recommend

Earlier this year a new lead emailed my agency, and on our first call I asked the usual question about how he’d found us. His answer was one I hadn’t heard in ten years of running the company. He’d asked an AI chatbot to suggest agencies that could get his br…

Addicted2success.com

CarPlay keeps getting better with three recent exciting app updates

CarPlay is about to get even better with iOS 27 in September. New features including a dedicated Siri app and Siri AI will upgrade Apple’s car infotainment system for iPhone users. Even before the big iPhone software update officially launches, CarPlay in …

9to5Mac

The Musk-Altman soap opera continues

Matthew Berman breaks down OpenAI's decision to wind down its model supply to Cursor by November 12 after SpaceX acquired Cursor's parent, Anysphere — a decision that only makes sense against the backdrop of a decade of history between Elon Musk and Sam Altma…

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Pentagon launches Grok and ChatGPT for military use across 3 million personnel

The integration of AI tools in the military could enhance operational efficiency but raises concerns about data security and ethical use. The post Pentagon launches Grok and ChatGPT for military use across 3 million personnel appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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No ‘DMV for AI’: US Pushes Against AI Regulations at Global Forum

A US regulatory agency for AI would be a “disaster,” Trump’s AI czar said during a G20 forum on technology.

CNET

Can AI Productivity Grow Fast Enough to Justify Big Tech’s Spending?

New Wharton research finds that Big Tech’s $1 trillion AI bet may require productivity to nearly triple or risk becoming history’s largest capital misallocation.…Read More

Upenn.edu

From a Singapore airport soundtrack to new AI-powered PCs, HP is looking for a new rhythm in Asia

HP recently launched Garage 2.0, a startup accelerator, in Singapore as it tries to revive its business for the AI age.

Fortune

ChatGPT Ads Hit $1 Billion Faster Than Google Ever Did

Ads inside ChatGPT are now bringing in money at a pace equal to $1 billion a year, OpenAI said in a Monday announcement, a milestone the company reached less than 200 days after launching the ad product. OpenAI is guiding toward $2.5 billion in booked ad reve…

pymnts.com

GitHub Copilot in VS Code, August 2026 features

GitHub Copilot in VS Code versions 1.132 through 1.135 make agent work easier to continue, compare, and review across sessions. The August 2026 updates add persistent multi-chat layouts, cross-application session access, provider switching in Claude sessions,…

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Chinese AI models are doing the work but not getting paid for it, Dimension Capital tells investors

The reliance on Chinese AI models by US firms highlights a complex interdependence, challenging narratives of tech decoupling and economic dominance. The post Chinese AI models are doing the work but not getting paid for it, Dimension Capital tells investors …

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LangAlpha v2026.09.01

Automated OSINT framework for reconnaissance, data harvesting, and threat intelligence gathering with modular crawlers, scanners, and extraction pipelines.

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Prompt 50+ AI programs with just one lifetime subscription for $40 (Reg. $500)

TL;DR: Save time on prompting AI models by seeing 50 responses at once with a lifetime deal to AskAnyModel for $39.99 (Reg. $499). more…

9to5Toys

OpenAI lifts the lid on its in-house Jalapeño chip - with benchmarks claiming it beats Nvidia's GB300

OpenAI says its 700W Jalapeño chip beats Nvidia's 1,400W GB300 in efficiency, while skipping a crucial head-to-head against the latter's Vera Rubin architecture.

TechRadar

Dell COO reports customer count surpasses 6,500 amid broadening demand

Dell's rapid AI customer growth highlights a booming demand that could strain supply chains, impacting revenue realization and market dynamics. The post Dell COO reports customer count surpasses 6,500 amid broadening demand appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tareq Amin's Humain flexes its AI muscle

Saudi AI Infrastructure firm Humain, headed up by Tareq Amin, was launched just last yearIt has wasted no time in going from powerpoint plan to service launchT…

TelecomTV

This one workspace includes GPT, Claude, Gemini & more for just $80

Only two more days to secure this price. The post This one workspace includes GPT, Claude, Gemini & more for just $80 appeared first on Popular Science.

Popular Science

ALL IN 2026 brings Canada’s AI ambitions into one room

The Montreal event is getting bigger and more focused on the decisions that come with putting AI to work The post ALL IN 2026 brings Canada’s AI ambitions into one room appeared first on Digital Journal.

Digital Journal