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US State Department Tells 35 Countries to Pick Sides in the AI Race With China
A draft U.S. State Department letter reportedly instructs 35 partner countries that they cannot simultaneously participate in the U.S.-led Pax…
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Anthropic’s IPO Valuation Hinges on a $190-200 Billion 2028 Revenue Forecast
Anthropic is reportedly planning an initial public offering as early as October, with bankers pricing the deal based on a…
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LinkedIn and Snap Crack Down on Low-Quality AI-Generated Content
LinkedIn, Snap, and other social platforms are rolling out new measures to curb the spread of low-quality, mass-produced AI content…
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Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-27B, an Open-Weight Multimodal Model
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released open-weight versions of its Qwen3.8 models under the Apache 2.0 license, according to The Decoder.…
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Amazon Brings Agentic AI Extensions to Microsoft 365 Apps
Amazon has launched Microsoft 365 extensions for its Amazon Quick AI assistant, bringing agentic AI capabilities directly into Word, Excel,…
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Anthropic Opens Public Beta for Self-Hosted Claude Code Environments
Anthropic announced a public beta of self-hosted environments for Claude Code, allowing organizations to run coding-agent sessions on their own…
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US Army Deploys Salesforce AI Agents for 9.2 Million Soldiers and Veterans
The Pentagon and Army Human Resources Command have approved autonomous AI agents built on Salesforce’s Missionforce National Security platform to…
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OpenAI to Introduce Ads on ChatGPT’s Free and Go Tiers in Europe This Month
OpenAI announced on August 15, 2026 that advertisements will begin appearing on ChatGPT’s Free and Go plans for users in…
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Anthropic Projects First-Ever Quarterly Operating Profit on $10.9 Billion in Q2 Revenue
Anthropic told investors it is on track to report $10.9 billion in second-quarter 2026 revenue, up 127% from $4.8 billion…
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Manus to Resume Independent Operations as Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition Unwinds
AI agent startup Manus announced it will soon resume operating as an independent company as Meta’s roughly $2 billion acquisition…
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OpenAI Pauses Parts of Astra Development Over Critical Cyber Capability Concerns
OpenAI has paused certain internal work on its upcoming Astra model after preliminary evaluations found the system’s agentic coding and…
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OpenAI Previews Ultrafast Mode, Running GPT-5.6 Sol at 14x Speed on Cerebras Chips
OpenAI introduced a preview of “Ultrafast,” a new API service tier that runs its GPT-5.6 Sol model on Cerebras hardware…