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AI news on 25 August 2026

07:00
Jalapeño’s first results show industry-leading speed and efficiency in AI inference
OpenAI▴584+4
04:54
Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts
BBC Technology▴73+4
- Australia's music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official chartsTechXplore
- Australia's recording association bans AI-made music from chartsEngadget
- Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music ChartsHacker News front page
- Australia’s music industry bans AI songs from chartsr/singularity
13:00
Apple announces new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with AI upgrades
CNBC Technology+2
- With new Mac Studio and Mac mini, Apple leans hard into local AI inferenceArs Technica
- Apple refreshes Mac mini, Mac Studio lineups with new chipsSiliconANGLE
13:00
Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costs
VentureBeat+2
- Portable Computer is Perplexity's new local AI agent - why it's a game changerZDNet
- Perplexity AI launches Portable Computer on-device AI agentSiliconANGLE
08:40
US state probes OpenAI over rogue AI hack
TechXplore+2
- Alabama AG probes OpenAI after its AI agent went rogue and hacked into external systemsThe Decoder
- Alabama AG probes OpenAI after its AI agent went rogue and hacked into external systemsr/OpenAI
21:26
OpenAI data center chief Chris Malone is out, the latest in a string of executive exits
CNBC Technology+1
- OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continuesTechCrunch
19:03
Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding
TechCrunch+1
- Major record labels, AMD back $76M round for Stability AISiliconANGLE
17:00
Claude's memory now works across both chats and Cowork sessions
Engadget+1
- Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chatTechCrunch
14:36
XPeng’s Robotics Unit Valued at $6.3B After Investment
AI Business+1
- XPENG Robotics Raises $900M+ First Round at $6.3B+ ValuationUnite.AI
14:13
Nvidia and Cisco push the enterprise AI factory into the rack-scale era
SiliconANGLE+1
- AI factories enter the execution era as Cisco and NVIDIA push rack-scale systems into productionSiliconANGLE
13:37
Apple Debuts M6 and M5 Ultra Chips for a Big Leap in AI Compute
Unite.AI▴561+1
- Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI computeHacker News front page
11:39
Quantization-Aware Healing: a compressed, 4-bit model that outperforms its full-precision original
Hugging Face+1
- Quantization-Aware Healing: a compressed, 4-bit model that outperforms its full-precision originalr/LocalLLaMA
11:21
OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts used in covert misinformation campaign
CNBC Technology+1
- Russia used ChatGPT to run a covert influence campaign pushing pro-Kremlin narratives across the WestThe Decoder
00:00
Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia
OpenAI+1
- Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russiar/OpenAI
23:51
Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M
SiliconANGLE
23:11
AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin
BBC Technology
22:26
AI Method Reveals What Genomic Models Learn From DNA and Exposes Hidden Experimental Bias
Unite.AI
21:17
Free accounts can now access ChatGPT's upgraded task scheduling tool
Engadget
20:59
World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames
Ars Technica
20:30
SpaceX to use NVIDIA GPUs for its Starmind project — Here's what they'll face in space
Engadget
19:40
Is there an AI bubble? No, but some tech companies show signs
TechXplore
19:38
In Catch-up Mode, Google Intros AI Agents for Financial, Legal Services
AI Business
19:21
AI inference gets a new tier as context windows grow
SiliconANGLE
19:10
AgentHands: Generating interactive hand gestures for spatially grounded agent conversations in XR
Google Research
17:44
McKinsey says enterprise AI is finally 'on the road to ROI'
The Register
17:39
Mikhail Yatsuha, CEO and Co-Founder of CaseCraft.AI
Unite.AI
17:27
Banco BS2 takes a foundation-first approach to scaling enterprise AI
SiliconANGLE
17:24
Prompt injection ranks No. 1 with OWASP and No. 12 in the incident record. The attack itself is invisible to a scan.
VentureBeat
17:00
Anthropic updates Claude’s memory to enhance customization and protect sensitive topics
SiliconANGLE
17:00
Anthropic's Claude and Cowork will share memories about you now - unless you opt out
ZDNet
16:21
Google launches Gemini for legal work to automate contracts and research
The Decoder
16:13
A research agenda for the Economic Futures Research Fund
Anthropic
16:13
Ask Claude about the Anthropic Economic Index
Anthropic
16:01
Funding better evaluations of AI’s impact on wellbeing
Anthropic
16:00
5 ways to upgrade your home decor with Google Search
Google AI
15:46
MIT AI forecasts extreme weather without historical data
AI News
15:29
Apple's M5 Ultra is its most powerful chip ever - with 4x faster AI performance than M3 Ultra
ZDNet
15:20
Major security weaknesses found in leading open-weight LLMs
TechXplore
15:14
Granite 4.2 LLMs: How They're Built
Hugging Face
15:10
AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs
Ars Technica