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Greg Brockman quietly takes the reins at OpenAI

Greg Brockman has taken de facto operational control of OpenAI, overseeing ChatGPT, Codex, and infrastructure teams

AI AgentsAugust 28, 2026

Anthropic Wants Claude to Operate Lab Robots and Microscopes

Anthropic detailed the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a spec letting AI agents control lab equipment like microscopes, robot arms, and liquid-handling systems.

AI PolicyAugust 27, 2026

Riyadh Launches Digital Innovation District to Court Tech Talent

Riyadh's Royal Commission unveiled a new Digital Innovation District spanning six tech domains: AI/big data, cybersecurity, cloud computing, IoT, blockchain, and robotics/UAVs.

EthicsAugust 27, 2026

Bill Gates says AI has already crossed five danger thresholds

Bill Gates says AI has crossed five danger thresholds: bio-capabilities, cyber-capabilities, psychosocial harm, job destruction, and loss of control

Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what?

AI AgentsAugust 27, 2026

Google plugs Gemini into legal platforms like Harvey and Legora

Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal on August 25, 2026, in preview for law firms

AI InvestmentAugust 27, 2026

Nine tech giants carry $3 trillion in off-books AI commitments

WSJ analysis finds nine major tech firms hold about $3 trillion in AI-related commitments kept off their balance sheets

The Fed doesn't know who's financing the $3 trillion AI boom | Fortune

LLMsAugust 26, 2026

Tareq Amin Expands HUMAIN-Microsoft AI Partnership for LEAP26

HUMAIN's Tareq Amin announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft focused on ALLAM and Full Duplex Engagement (FDE) technology.

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LLMsAugust 25, 2026

Claude's memory now follows users between chat and Cowork

Anthropic merged Claude's chat and Cowork memory systems on August 25, 2026, so context carries over between the two interfaces.

Bringing memory to teams | Claude by Anthropic

HardwareAugust 25, 2026

OpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Beats Nvidia on Power Efficiency

OpenAI revealed benchmark data for its Jalapeño inference chip, built with Broadcom, at the Hot Chips conference.

AI AgentsAugust 25, 2026

Egypt Deploys AI Platform to Track Investor Complaints

GAFI launched its Investor Care Platform on August 16, 2026, letting investors submit complaints, proposals, and inquiries to government entities through one channel.

GAFI to launch Investor Complaints Platform in coming days - Dailynewsegypt

LLMsAugust 25, 2026

Egypt Launches Karnak, an Arabic LLM Built for Data Sovereignty

Egypt's Ministry of Communications and IT launched Karnak Chat, built on a new Arabic large language model called Karnak

Egypt Unveils Sovereign AI Model “Karnak” as Cairo Hosts Global AI Summit

LLMsAugust 25, 2026

LLM Framework Boosts 3D-Printing Material Picks to 90% Accuracy

A new framework grounds LLMs in geometry data and structured material/printer knowledge to guide 3D-printing decisions

HardwareAugust 25, 2026

Samsung's 2026 UAE TV Lineup Bets on Micro RGB and On-Screen AI

Samsung Gulf Electronics revealed its 2026 TV lineup for the UAE, headlined by a new Micro RGB display category alongside OLED, Neo QLED, Mini LED, and The Frame lines.

سامسونج تطرح تشكيلة تلفزيونات 2026 في الإمارات

LLMsAugust 25, 2026

OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing, Brings Terra and Luna to AWS GovCloud

GPT-5.6 Sol's Bedrock pricing drops to $4/M input and $20/M output tokens, cuts of 20% and 33.3%.

AI AgentsAugust 24, 2026

OpenAI Repurposes Codex to Bring Agents to Office Workers

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work last month at $20/month, its lowest-priced tier, built on a modified version of Codex adapted for non-engineers

LLMsAugust 24, 2026

Thomson Reuters builds its own LLM, two years after buying Safe Sign

Thomson Reuters launched Thomson 1.0, an open-weights LLM trained on its own legal and business data, including Westlaw and Practical Law content

Thomson Reuters (TRI) CEO Steve Hasker On New CoCounsel, Its Own LLM, And The Widening Gap Between AI Adoption And Real Value

LLMsAugust 24, 2026

Claude Academy: A Free, No-Login Way to Learn Anthropic's AI

Anthropic's Claude Academy is a free, sign-in-free platform for learning how to use Claude

HardwareAugust 24, 2026

Nvidia AI Server Prices Set to Jump More Than 15% in 2027

Server makers have told Microsoft, Google, and Oracle to expect AI server price hikes above 15% for systems shipping in early 2027

Nvidia Customers Face AI Server Price Hikes Above 15%

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