AI news on 5 August 2026

• 00:02

  AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test

  BBC Technology▴21+6

  • OpenAI and Anthropic models went on a hacking spree when tested by the UK's AI research instituteEngadget
  • Anthropic's Mythos created fake identities to fool humans in new cyber incidentCNBC Technology
  • An AI agent went rogue during UK safety tests, creating fake identities and launching social engineering attacks unpromptedThe Decoder
  • Anthropic AI used fake identities to target real people in UK testTechXplore
  • Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub projectArs Technica
  • Anthropic, OpenAI Agents Faked Identities in Security TestAI Business
• 19:06

  Meta debuts first AI coding agent to take on Anthropic and OpenAI

  CNBC Technology+5

  • Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Spark 1.2 and Muse Code with persistent async background agentsVentureBeat
  • Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code basesTechCrunch
  • Meta introduces Muse Code, its take on a coding agentEngadget
  • Meta chases OpenAI, Anthropic with new AI coding appTechXplore
  • Meta Ships Muse Code Coding Agent With Co-Trained Muse Spark 1.2 ModelUnite.AI
• 18:41

  Meta apps displayed ads that contained AI-generated CSAM

  Engadget▴325+4

  • Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse ImageryWIRED
  • Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firmBBC Technology
  • OpenAI's agents reportedly shared exploits with each other through a messaging boardEngadget
  • Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogueTechXplore
• 16:14

  Google chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving in AI reshuffle after 27 years at company

  CNBC Technology+4

  • Unicorn, pelican, Middle-earth: OpenAI co-founder Karpathy is looking for the next AI vibe testThe Decoder
  • Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery LoopWIRED
  • Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startupTechCrunch
  • Google is expanding its AI empire — and losing the people who built itCNBC Technology
• 01:43

  SpaceX's AI spending unnerves Wall Street despite promises of quick payoff

  CNBC Technology+4

  • SpaceX's first public earnings statement shows the financials of an AI company in 2026Engadget
  • SpaceX stock falls 8% as first earnings beat is overshadowed by $18B capexSiliconANGLE
  • SpaceX dives 9% after AI spending surge rattles investorsCNBC Technology
  • SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plansBBC Technology
• 14:13

  Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

  TechCrunch+2

  • Anthropic Puts Inline Data Loss Prevention Inside Claude EnterpriseUnite.AI
  • Anthropic will design its own hardware to power ClaudeArs Technica
• 07:00

  AI is exposing the limits of traditional network architecture

  VentureBeat+2

  • Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.TechCrunch
  • Why the Next Phase of AI Infrastructure Will Require More Than Hyperscale DatacentersUnite.AI
• 22:00

  AI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videos

  BBC Technology+1

  • AI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videosBBC Technology
• 21:32

  SpaceX ramps up Tesla Megapack purchases in Q2 to power its AI data centers

  CNBC Technology+1

  • SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this yearTechCrunch
• 15:56

  Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

  TechCrunch+1

  • AI shopping searches surged 200% in one year - and it's a top priority for commerce leaders nowZDNet
• 15:42

  AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff

  VentureBeat+1

  • Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasksTechCrunch
• 13:30

  YouTube explains its AI slop policy and why some creators won't get paid

  Engadget+1

  • Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catchArs Technica
• 12:28

  MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store

  TechCrunch+1

  • No cloud, no GPUs, no problem: Liquid AI's new model LFM2.5-2.6B brings powerful AI agents to devices as small as a Raspberry PiVentureBeat
• 10:31

  US appeals court allows Perplexity's AI shopping agent back on Amazon

  The Decoder+1

  • Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping botEngadget
• 01:31

  White House, AI firms keep safety framework talks private

  SiliconANGLE+1

  • The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework SecretWIRED
• 23:30

  OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

  WIREDlimited
• 20:20

  AI models nearly erase female characters when they write kids stories about animals

  TechXplore
• 20:05

  Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

  TechCrunch
• 18:40

  Microsoft AI exec tells developers to default to OpenAI's top model as part of efficiency push

  CNBC Technology
• 18:26

  Wordsmith Extends Series B With $14 Million to Scale AI for In-House Legal Teams

  Unite.AI
• 18:00

  IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids

  IEEE Spectrum
• 18:00

  Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know

  VentureBeat
• 17:59

  Google will shut down Google Assistant starting September 2026 as Gemini takes over on Android and Wear OS

  The Decoder
• 17:26

  Google Deepmind loses both its CEO and chief scientist as Demis Hassabis and Jeff Dean step down simultaneously

  The Decoder
• 17:19

  Why AI wants you to buy more, and mindfulness could help you buy less

  TechXplore
• 17:00

  Daybreak models are now available on AWS

  OpenAI
• 16:35

  Mistral's open model Shieldstral matches much larger safety models at a fraction of the size

  The Decoder
• 16:06

  Peer-Reviewed Studies Tie Ambient AI to More Surgeries at Houston Methodist

  Unite.AI
• 16:00

  Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping

  Engadget
• 15:50

  SpaceX gives Nvidia a much-needed boost. Plus, Cramer on an 'undervalued' stock

  CNBC Technology
• 15:42

  UK's job market is splitting in two as AI demand surges while knowledge work postings crater

  The Decoder
• 15:26

  PRISM2 model uses clinical dialogue to interpret pathology slides

  AI News
• 15:12

  Can AI Scale Learning Without Making Us More Nonchalant?

  Unite.AI
• 15:05

  Infrastructure Startup to Build $10B AI Factory in Norway

  AI Business
• 15:05

  TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals

  TechCrunch
• 15:00

  Amazon's Zoox to launch paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas on Aug. 10

  CNBC Technology
• 14:26

  AI's Impact: How Businesses Are Equipping the Future Workforce

  AI Business
• 14:15

  SpaceX’s ambitious compute goals could require over two million Nvidia Rubin GPUs

  The Decoder
• 14:00

  AI learns to focus like humans to speed up video analysis

  TechXplore
• 13:41

  AMD sinks 5% despite earnings beat, strong data center revenue

  CNBC Technology