AI news on 28 August 2026

• 02:14

  Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk

  CNBC Technology▴281+10

  • Judge Rules Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was IllegalHacker News front page
  • Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rulesBBC Technology
  • A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist AnthropicWIRED
  • Judge rules that the Pentagon's Anthropic ban was 'illegal and baseless'Engadget
  • US court rules Pentagon ban on Anthropic unlawfulTechXplore
  • Trump Administration's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rulesr/ClaudeAI
  • Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’r/singularity
  • U.S. court rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawfulThe Decoder
  • Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk labelTechCrunch
  • Court rules Pentagon can’t ban Anthropic’s AI modelsSiliconANGLE
• 18:59

  OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Lead Call to Prioritize Cybersecurity

  AI Business+7

  • Google, Microsoft and OpenAI among 100 firms calling for better cyber defencesBBC Technology
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AITechCrunch
  • 'We have a limited window': 116 companies, entities sign on to major AI cyber defense pushCNBC Technology
  • OpenAI rallies 100+ companies to sign open letter warning AI-powered cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are imminentThe Decoder
  • Top tech companies urge global response against AI cyber threatsTechXplore
  • OpenAI, Google and dozens of other companies publish open letter calling for collective action on cyber defenseEngadget
  • OpenAI, Google join dozens of tech companies to call for urgent action against AI-powered threats | The companies stress in a letter that there is a “limited window” to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks before critical infrastructure is impacted.r/singularity
• 06:00

  Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX

  OpenAI+4

  • OpenAI cuts off Cursor after SpaceX acquisition, citing Musk's history of breaking contractsThe Decoder
  • OpenAI will pull its models from Cursor due to SpaceXAI acquisitionEngadget
  • OpenAI to cut off AI models for SpaceX-owned Cursor, escalating feud with Muskr/OpenAI
  • OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceXCNBC Technology
• 00:19

  Anthropic previews MHS standard for AI agents that operate machines

  SiliconANGLE+3

  • Anthropic pushes into physical world with new standard to help AI agents operate machinesCNBC Technology
  • Anthropic: Previewing the Model Hardware Standardr/singularity
  • Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical worldArs Technica
• 17:29

  Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for AI Infrastructure

  Unite.AI+1

  • Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.1B AI infrastructure fundSiliconANGLE
• 03:29

  OpenAI rolls out ads on select ChatGPT plans in India to boost monetization, support wider access

  CNBC Technology+1

  • OpenAI to start showing ads on ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers in IndiaTechCrunch
• 20:24

  Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

  TechCrunch
• 20:02

  Anthropic Reports Claude Agents Mitigated Ten Alignment Failures

  Unite.AI
• 19:40

  Shared-memory AI system lets microscope components coordinate in real time

  TechXplore
• 19:30

  An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

  TechCrunch
• 19:20

  Early leak of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 has an uncanny valley problem

  Engadget
• 18:46

  Google Deepmind's AI Co-Scientist now plans experiments, runs lab equipment, and writes scientific papers

  The Decoder
• 18:43

  Blue Owl Funds Lead $2.4B AI Factory Equipment Financing for IREN

  Unite.AI
• 18:19

  Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

  TechCrunch
• 18:07

  Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge

  Ars Technica
• 18:00

  Magnetic memory could make edge AI faster while reducing energy use

  TechXplore
• 17:52

  The three layers of agentic AI security: A defense-in-depth architecture for autonomous agents

  VentureBeat
• 16:52

  3 surveys deliver the same uncomfortable truth about adopting agentic AI

  ZDNet
• 16:33

  Meta researchers taught an 8B AI model to match Claude Opus 4.5 — without the frontier price tag

  VentureBeat
• 16:03

  Microsoft-backed AI data center has been accused of violating federal law

  Engadget
• 15:50

  Big Tech's massive AI spending is putting one of its longtime strengths to the test

  CNBC Technology
• 15:42

  Meta tweaks AI glasses to block some creepy recordings, but privacy risks remain

  Ars Technica
• 15:30

  Cohere Parse 5 loses the benchmark on points. It wins on cost per page.

  VentureBeat
• 15:20

  Those who understand AI better are more afraid of losing their jobs

  TechXplore
• 15:11

  Anthropic Brings Claude for Teachers to Schools and Districts

  Unite.AI
• 15:00

  AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?

  WIREDlimited
• 14:24

  Prompt: The AI Infrastructure Boom Is Getting Bigger Than GPUs

  AI Business
• 14:00

  It’s Nvidia’s world. We just live in it

  SiliconANGLE
• 13:32

  91% of professionals say their firm still falls short on AI - how to fix that

  ZDNet
• 13:15

  AI benchmarks have a trust problem and Google wants to fix it

  The Decoder
• 13:00

  I've tested dozens of robot vacuums - this new $599 Roborock has all the features I need

  ZDNet
• 12:21

  Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India

  TechCrunch
• 11:58

  Agents Are Always Day-One Hires. It’s Time We Designed for It.

  Unite.AI
• 11:51

  Even an AI cost-management vendor can lose control of its agent spending

  ZDNet
• 11:38

  AI Shopping Doesn’t Move As Quickly As Brands Believe

  Unite.AI
• 11:37

  How to free Google AI Pro for an entire year - and save $240: 3 ways

  ZDNet
• 11:24

  Washington Can Suspend Anthropic’s Models, but It Can’t Fix Your Architecture

  Unite.AI
• 11:20

  Beatport blocks fully AI-generated music from its DJ marketplace

  The Decoder
• 11:16

  USD.AI Secures $100M Stablecoin Debt Facility From Bullish to Finance GPU-Backed Loans

  Unite.AI
• 11:07

  What the Shadow AI Numbers Are Hiding

  Unite.AI