AI news on 12 August 2026

• 20:10

  Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

  TechCrunch+5

  • Twitch Adds Opt-Out That Keeps Streamer Content Out of Amazon AI TrainingUnite.AI
  • Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out nowArs Technica
  • How to stop Twitch from training AI on your streamsEngadget
  • Twitch users outraged as Amazon uses their content to train AI in opt-out featureBBC Technology
  • Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt OutWIRED
• 09:30

  Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users

  TechXplore+4

  • Gemini App Tops 1 Billion Monthly Users as Google’s Fastest-Growing ProductUnite.AI
  • Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion usersTechCrunch
  • Google says Gemini has reached 1B users faster than any other Google productArs Technica
  • Google’s Gemini AI app passes 1 billion monthly active usersSiliconANGLE
• 17:26

  SpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.6, overtaking Kimi K3's performance and matching GPT-5.6 Sol for world's third best on Artificial Analysis

  VentureBeat▴305+3

  • SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.6 for Long-Running AgentsUnite.AI
  • SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 Scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexHacker News front page
  • SpaceXAI releases flagship Grok 4.6 model with advanced reasoning capabilitiesSiliconANGLE
• 17:21

  DeepSeek Ships V4 Pro as Its Flagship Model Leaves Preview

  Unite.AI▴39+2

  • DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 quietly releasedHacker News front page
  • DeepSeek: We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today!r/LocalLLaMA
• 11:00

  Skan AI raises $63 million betting that watching how employees actually work is the missing layer of enterprise AI

  VentureBeat+2

  • Skan AI’s Series C Bets Enterprise AI Needs a Map of Real WorkUnite.AI
  • Skan AI raises $63M to give AI agents a map of enterprise workSiliconANGLE
• 07:39

  Spotify to launch badge identifying AI music

  TechXplore+2

  • Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendationsTechCrunch
  • Spotify AI Persona labels will alert listeners if an artist isn't realEngadget
• 22:26

  Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them cheating at their jobs, classes

  TechCrunch▴8+1

  • Claude watermarking our work is unethical and disgustingr/ClaudeAI
• 22:19

  Claude Cowork can now run in a Chrome sidebar

  Engadget+1

  • Claude’s Chrome side panel is now a full Cowork session - 9to5Macr/ClaudeAI
• 18:33

  SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price

  The Decoder+1

  • Grok 4.6 is Out, Undercutting AI Prices of RivalsAI Business
• 15:19

  Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

  Ars Technica+1

  • Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare booksr/OpenAI
• 14:00

  LFM2.5-VL-3B for Better and Faster Vision Capabilities for the Edge

  Hugging Face+1

  • Liquid AI Ships LFM2.5-VL-3B for Faster Vision-Language AI on the EdgeUnite.AI
• 11:53

  OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

  The Decoder▴17+1

  • OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for LinuxTechCrunch
• 10:00

  Google Pixel 11 launch: Live updates as the company unveils new devices, AI features and more

  Engadget+1

  • Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, new AirTag rival, and Gemini features at Made by Google 2026TechCrunch
• 09:50

  Anthropic unveils AI watermarks to comply with EU law

  TechXplore+1

  • Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI modelsTechCrunch
• 23:57

  Nebius shares jump 34% on continued AI infrastructure demand

  SiliconANGLE
• 23:43

  Fal Launches Fal Agent to Orchestrate Image, Video and 3D Models

  Unite.AI
• 23:20

  Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity, and the reason may surprise managers

  TechXplore
• 23:00

  Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI

  BBC Technology
• 22:33

  Vibe coding startup Lovable doubles valuation to $13.3B with $400M raise

  SiliconANGLE
• 22:27

  Jim Cramer says the AI data center trade is back. These 6 stocks are leading the comeback

  CNBC Technology
• 22:02

  The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font

  Ars Technica
• 21:18

  Google launches five new Pixel devices, array of Gemini Intelligence features

  SiliconANGLE
• 21:14

  Cisco Books $4B in Quarterly AI Orders as Networking Supercycle Lifts FY2027 Outlook

  Unite.AI
• 21:13

  Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the Neo4j GraphTalk event

  SiliconANGLE
• 21:00

  The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy

  WIREDlimited
• 20:00

  Extending AI architectures to address continuous scientific problems

  TechXplore
• 19:54

  Mistral Aims to Build 1GB of Compute Capacity by 2030

  AI Business
• 18:52

  Pixel Buds Pro 2 and 2a are getting some upgrades, including deeper Gemini integration

  Engadget
• 18:45

  Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please

  WIREDlimited
• 18:44

  Four of five enterprises that secured AI agent identities still can't contain one that goes rogue

  VentureBeat
• 18:30

  ChatGPT: What's free in 2026 and what isn't?

  Engadget
• 18:19

  AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation

  TechCrunch
• 18:16

  Moove Raises $250M Series C at $2.1B Valuation to Scale Robotaxi Fleet Infrastructure

  Unite.AI
• 18:07

  Vertical AI pushes infrastructure beyond one-size-fits-all

  SiliconANGLE
• 17:51

  As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

  TechCrunch
• 17:42

  Honor launches its long-awaited Robot Phone and yes it can wiggle at you

  Engadget
• 17:41

  OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise

  TechCrunch
• 17:32

  Researchers can now reverse-engineer LLM prompts from output text with near-perfect accuracy

  The Decoder
• 16:57

  Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android

  TechCrunch
• 16:57

  OpenWALDO aims to blow the doors off proprietary AI training models

  The Register