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Google pitches Hollywood studios $40M-per-character AI licensing deals
Google is offering Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal hundreds of millions to train Gemini on their libraries — with a per-character price tag.
Palo Alto Networks beats Q4 estimates, buys AI agent startup Console
Revenue jumped 34% to $3.41B as AI-driven attacks fuel demand; Console is the third acquisition in Nikesh Arora's dealmaking spree.
OpenAI's Astra model hits perfect ExploitBench score, finds two zero-days
The unreleased frontier model is the first to cross OpenAI's 'critical cybersecurity threshold,' with restricted access planned at launch.
Anthropic ships Fable and Mythos 5.1 with cheaper tokens and looser guardrails
The twinned 5.1 release cuts token costs, reduces false-positive refusals, and finally brings Zero Data Retention to Fable.
Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict infrastructure outages
Two former Sequoia IT leaders spun out an autonomous observability tool that flags risky system changes before they cascade into downtime.
Google launches Pics, a Workspace AI image editor aimed at Canva
Built on Gemini and Nano Banana, Pics ships inside Docs and Slides with 2K and 4K upscaling and object-level prompt editing.
John Deere launches JD, an AI chatbot trained on farmers' own field data
The assistant answers questions on equipment settings, fuel use, and harvest timing, and ships with a 10-point Farmer Data Commitment.
Fambot raises $3.5M to build an 'AI chief of staff' for parents
Ex-Uber and Instagram operators pitch families on an assistant that reads school emails, WhatsApp threads, and calendars before you do.
Amazon's Alexa adds 'Update Me When' to nudge shoppers before they ask
The new Alexa for Shopping feature sends personalized alerts on product launches, tour dates and book releases — a shift from reactive to anticipatory commerce.
Nvidia ships DLSS 5 on September 3rd, only for NBA 2K27 and RTX 50-series
The AI upscaler carries a 50–60% performance hit and needs 6x frame generation to hit 1080p on midrange cards.
Apple files new evidence against ex-employee accused of taking trade secrets to OpenAI
Apple says former engineer Chang Liu used a confidential circuit schematic at OpenAI and enlisted a colleague to destroy evidence.
Mississippi asks appeals court to reassign judge over AI-assisted ruling
The state says a federal judge's order was riddled with fabricated citations and phantom parties, hallmarks of AI hallucination.
Pentagon launches ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on GenAI.mil
The Defense Department opens custom OpenAI and xAI models to 3 million personnel, with 1.7 million already onboarded to the portal.
Sony cites Anthropic staff chats praising Z-Library in music copyright suit
A new filing surfaces internal messages including 'Zlibrary my beloved' as evidence Anthropic knowingly trained Claude on pirated material.
Blue Voice raises $6M to build a 'Harvey for police officers'
The Boston startup, now used by 225 county agencies across 25 states, gives officers real-time answers on department policy and local law.
Instagram will throttle reach of AI-generated profiles that skip disclosure
Meta renames its 'AI creator' tag to 'AI-generated profile' and will reduce distribution for accounts that don't use it.
Clipto hits $250M valuation as AI video search finds a market
The three-year-old startup raised $15M at a $250M post-money valuation and reached $15M in ARR by early 2026.
Debian votes to allow AI-assisted code in its Linux distribution
The project's new policy neither endorses nor prohibits generative AI, rejecting proposals for an outright ban.
Nvidia invests $3.5B in MediaTek to co-opt the custom AI chip wave
MediaTek gets NVLink Fusion access to design custom silicon for hyperscalers — inside Nvidia's rack-scale stack, not outside it.
Instagram will throttle AI accounts that pose as human
A new 'AI-generated profile' label replaces 'AI creator,' and unlabeled synthetic accounts lose reach in Reels and Explore.
EU designates ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under DSA
OpenAI, Reddit and Roblox have until end of December 2026 to comply with the bloc's toughest platform rulebook.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul pushes tighter AI and data center rules
Hochul signed a one-year data center moratorium in July and wants AI regulation aimed at kids under 18 — while claiming the tech-jobs crown from California.
Circleback opens a free tier to fend off Granola, Wispr and Calendly
The YC-backed notetaker is trading its $20.83 paywall for unlimited free transcription as the meeting-AI market crowds up.
Insurance claims adjusters are the workforce's biggest AI haters, Glassdoor finds
98% of adjuster reviews mentioning AI are negative as employment in the sector drops 21% year-over-year and entry-level postings fall by half.
Meta's Pocket turns text prompts into playable games — inside its walled garden
The vibe-coding app builds functional mobile games in about a minute per prompt, but creations can't leave Meta's platform.
Financial Stability Board flags AI-driven cyber risk as top threat to global finance
The FSB names AI-enabled cyberattacks as the leading near-term risk to global financial stability, ahead of traditional macro shocks.
US drone and robot curbs collide with China's 86% humanoid share
Washington tightened restrictions on Chinese drones and advanced robots this summer, but five Chinese firms shipped 86% of humanoids in H1 2026.
Caterpillar ports mining autonomy playbook to broader AI rollout
The industrial giant is spending $100M over five years to retrain 118,000 workers as it pushes AI from mines to construction sites.
Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over Claude training data
Publishers accuse the AI lab of pirating millions of books containing lyrics and sheet music, building on the $1.5B Bartz precedent.
OpenAI, Anthropic and 100+ firms warn AI cyberattacks are months away
An open letter from over 100 companies calls for a 'collective response' but names no dollar figures, deadlines, or specific commitments.
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