AI news on 31 August 2026

• 18:10

  “Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit

  Ars Technica+4

  • Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Claude Lyric TrainingUnite.AI
  • Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theftTechCrunch
  • 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
• 13:00

  OpenAI's ad business shows blistering growth, hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate

  CNBC Technology+3

  • OpenAI says its ChatGPT ad business hits a $1 billion annual run rateThe Decoder
  • OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads hit a $1 billion annualized run rate and is going globalr/OpenAI
  • OpenAI says its ad business has already hit $1B in annualized revenueSiliconANGLE
• 16:08

  OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads Self-Service Access to India and Europe

  Unite.AI+2

  • 100M Indians just became ChatGPT's ad inventory. Is this the Google-ification of OpenAI?r/OpenAI
  • OpenAI expanding access to ads in ChatGPT from today.r/singularity
• 14:31

  ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine

  The Decoder+2

  • EU designates ChatGPT a Very Large Search Engine under DSAr/OpenAI
  • Europe designates ChatGPT as "Very Large Search Engine" according Digital Services Act, 4 months to comply with DSA obligationsr/singularity
• 13:41

  ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules

  Ars Technica+2

  • ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox to face the EU's strictest platform rulesEngadget
  • The EU just classified Reddit and ChatGPT as “very large” services under the Digital Services Actr/OpenAI
• 13:00

  Instagram will demote AI-generated influencers if they don't clearly label their account

  Engadget+2

  • Instagram Renames AI Creator Label and Restricts Unlabeled AI-Generated ProfilesUnite.AI
  • Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profilesTechCrunch
• 22:34

  Apple adds more allegations to its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

  Engadget+1

  • Apple Tells Court OpenAI Employee Used Confidential Circuit SchematicUnite.AI
• 10:46

  OpenClaw 2.0 brings simplified setup, a rebuilt browser app, and multiplayer sessions

  The Decoder+1

  • OpenClaw just gave everyone version 2.0 and it comes with major updatesSiliconANGLE
• 10:18

  Bank of England chief warns new AI models threaten global financial stability

  CNBC Technology+1

  • Bank of England chief warns new AI models threaten global financial stabilityr/singularity
• 08:55

  OpenAI and rival AI labs are buying tens of thousands of Mac minis to train computer-use agents

  The Decoder▴268+1

  • Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac StudioHacker News front page
• 22:39

  Improving our alignment and security efforts

  Anthropic
• 21:37

  Rogue agents are forcing a governance reckoning as enterprises hand over the keys

  SiliconANGLE
• 21:18

  House Intelligence Committee warns of 'Black Swan' AI risks

  CNBC Technology
• 21:16

  As AI agents take on enterprise tasks, companies face a new battle over access and control

  SiliconANGLE
• 20:59

  Agentic AI blows up the attack surface as security moves into the infrastructure layer

  SiliconANGLE
• 20:40

  Nvidia and Semiconductor Vendor Expand Partnership

  AI Business
• 20:13

  The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

  TechCrunch
• 19:36

  AWS Agent Registry Reaches General Availability

  Unite.AI
• 19:31

  Microsoft Outlook and OpenAI's ChatGPT Work are experiencing user outages

  CNBC Technology
• 19:13

  OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire

  The Register
• 18:52

  Software engineers' new job isn't writing code — it's designing the boundaries AI agents can't break

  VentureBeat
• 18:35

  Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a “Harvey for police officers”

  TechCrunch
• 18:20

  New research: 41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI

  TechXplore
• 18:01

  Bank of England chief warns that inflated AI valuations and rising leverage could trigger the next financial crisis

  The Decoder
• 18:00

  Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAI

  MIT Tech Reviewlimited
• 17:58

  Gemini Notebook can analyze your Google Play books now: 3 ways I use this feature

  ZDNet
• 17:57

  CCTV-Affiliated Account Attacks Anthropic, Sets Terms for US-China AI Talks

  Unite.AI
• 17:48

  'Sophisticated' AI swarm attacks are months away, OpenAI warns: What experts say businesses must do

  ZDNet
• 17:32

  Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'

  CNBC Technology
• 17:27

  Instagram admits users often can't tell AI profiles from real people

  The Decoder
• 17:19

  TimesFM-3: A zero-shot foundation model for multivariate forecasting

  Google Research
• 17:11

  Workday rethinks the enterprise workflow for AI agents

  SiliconANGLE
• 16:59

  I used Perplexity's AI agent in Windows to tackle 5 complex tasks - here's what impressed me most

  ZDNet
• 16:49

  AI could could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20

  BBC Technology
• 16:00

  Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M

  TechCrunch
• 15:58

  AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs, EPYC CPUs Power €387.8M LUMI-AI Supercomputer

  Unite.AI
• 15:52

  What Back-to-School Shopping Reveals About the Next Phase of Retail AI

  Unite.AI
• 15:40

  HUMAIN and KORA Partner to Build AI-Native Linux OS at LEAP 2026

  Unite.AI
• 15:34

  On theCUBE Pod: Nvidia steamrolls expectations as Mythos shakes up cybersecurity

  SiliconANGLE
• 15:29

  Fireworks AI Makes Training API Generally Available

  Unite.AI