AI news on 29 August 2026

• 08:15

  OpenAI cuts off Cursor after SpaceX acquisition, citing Musk's history of breaking contracts

  The Decoder+4

  • Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceXOpenAI
  • 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
• 18:41

  Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

  TechCrunch+3

  • Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Claude Lyric TrainingUnite.AI
  • Sony and Warner sue Anthropic for 'blatant violation' of copyright lawEngadget
  • Sony and Warner sue Anthropic over "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history"The Decoder
• 17:36

  “We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z

  TechCrunch
• 17:30

  What's the difference between TPU vs. GPU?

  Engadget
• 13:25

  AI-generated videos are already displacing actors and livestreamers across China's entertainment industry

  The Decoder
• 13:25

  The big lesson from this week's earnings: The AI buildout is not a zero-sum game

  CNBC Technology
• 13:00

  A week with the Google Pixel 11 changed my mind about Gemini (for the better)

  ZDNet
• 13:00

  Op-ed: Salesforce just revealed the next battleground in AI — and it's not the models

  CNBC Technology
• 13:00

  Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU

  TechCrunch▴6
• 12:51

  Google's WikiSkill gives AI agents a persistent memory of past mistakes to sharpen future performance

  The Decoder
• 12:00

  Tech backlash reaches fever pitch as AI angst collides with social media fears

  CNBC Technology
• 10:30

  This pocket AI voice recorder took me back to the good old days of dictation (and shorthand)

  ZDNet
• 10:30

  The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn

  WIREDlimited
• 09:36

  LAION drops massive open video dataset with 10 million hours of footage for AI research

  The Decoder
• 09:14

  Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software

  The Decoder