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Research
Aug 14, 2026 69

State of Open Models: Summer 2026 Observations

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AI News
Aug 13, 2026 48

Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft ...

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 49

Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabi...

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 33

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 49

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of...

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 28

OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT-5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 44

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM plans to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.

AI News
Aug 13, 2026 60

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s s...

Research
Aug 13, 2026 56

Record, train, and deploy from one place with Strands Agents, LeRobot, and Hugging Face Storage Buckets

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AI News
Aug 13, 2026 44

OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues

Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI's top salesperson.

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Research
Aug 13, 2026 67

Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash

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AI News
Aug 13, 2026 42

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a ba...