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Hong Kong-listed Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 5x YoY to ~$142M, with “open platform and API revenue” up 28x to ~$122M, and net loss down 12% YoY to ~$308M (www.theinformation.com)
11 days ago Hong Kong AI

AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour “live” AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (www.upstartsmedia.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Trump posts AI videos of key Iranian oil hub ‘being blown to smithereens' (www.rt.com)
12 days ago Trump AI Iran

Trump says Kharg Island is 'being blown to smithereens' in post showing AI bombing video as US and Iran trade strikes and oil prices surge (www.dailymail.co.uk)
12 days ago Trump AI Iran

Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio (hardware.slashdot.org)
12 days ago AI Apple

Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January (www.axios.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

The Pentagon launches ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its GenAI.mil platform, giving its 3M personnel access to AI tools “tailored to warfighter needs” (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago AI Pentagon

AI, Leverage out the Wazoo, Sky-High Asset Prices, Private Credit, Interconnectedness, and Government Debt Pose Risks to Global Financial System (wolfstreet.com)
12 days ago AI Asset

Bank of England Chief Warns New AI Models Threaten Global Financial Stability (news.slashdot.org)
12 days ago AI

Reframe, which uses AI and industrial robot arms to make modular homes in a factory, raised a $40M Series A extension round led by Energy Impact Partners (www.theinformation.com)
12 days ago Energy AI Robot

The UK unveils a £100M Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme for domestic AI startups focused on public services, amid growing opposition to Palantir contracts (www.ft.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Together AI, which serves open models, announces a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass US backlash over data centers (www.nytimes.com)
12 days ago AI Arabia Saudi Arabia

Instagram says it will reduce the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas if they don't use a new “AI-generated profile” label (www.engadget.com)
12 days ago AI Instagram

Nvidia plans to invest $3.5B into MediaTek through convertible bonds; MediaTek forecasts AI chip revenue of about $2B this year (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago AI Nvidia

Filing: Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Enflame prices its Shanghai IPO at ~$21 per share, aiming to sell 43M shares and raise ~$911M (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago IPO AI Tencent Shanghai

Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 400% to ~$142M, below its $200M projection; Z.ai's market value surged 800% since its January listing, peaking at $137B (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago AI

The Hugging Face and Mythos 5 incidents show AI agents can self-organize, raising questions about how much agency they should have and when to seek human input (www.oneusefulthing.org)
12 days ago AI

Sources: Google approached Disney, Universal, and other studios to license characters and films for its AI tools, but legal and union concerns stalled deals (www.latimes.com)
12 days ago Google AI

Bank of England Governor warns that advanced AI could destabilize the highly interconnected global financial system via cyber disruption across jurisdictions (www.theguardian.com)
12 days ago AI

OpenAI To Cut Off AI Models For SpaceX-owned Cursor (slashdot.org)
12 days ago AI SpaceX

A look at Pangram, the AI detector at the center of disputed accusations against writers, including a pulled novel and a Commonwealth Prize-winning short story (www.ft.com)
12 days ago AI

Big Tech reported Q2 “other income” rose significantly to $160B+, driven by investments in AI companies, raising concerns of paper gains overstating the AI boom (www.ft.com)
12 days ago AI

Sources: OpenAI starts letting some major customers pay only when its AI completes tasks, as Salesforce and other AI providers test outcome-based pricing (www.theinformation.com)
12 days ago AI Salesforce

Amazon's HR Lead Uses AI Tool to Write 100,000 Lines of Code - 25 Years After She Last Coded (developers.slashdot.org)
12 days ago Amazon AI

The US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago Energy AI

AI's 'Creepy' Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation's IT Infrastructure Director (linux.slashdot.org)
13 days ago Linux AI

The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago AI Tim Cook

Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping (games.slashdot.org)
13 days ago AI

Analysis: AI chatbots challenged or didn't respond to 90%+ of 15 false narratives spread by Russia, China, and Iran; AI overviews did it 60%+ of the time (www.npr.org)
13 days ago Russia China AI chatbot Iran

Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (www.theinformation.com)
13 days ago AI Apple Nvidia

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