AI News Archive: August 14, 2026 — Part 9
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Grade 11 student develops Edge AI attendance system from real-world problem
A Grade 11 student interested in data analytics and technology developed an Edge AI-powered attendance system in four weeks after identifying a manual attendance-tracking process at a technology company.
- Aspire Systems Named Finalist in ISG Software Innovation Awards 2026 for its AI-Powered Insurance Transformation
Aspire Systems Named Finalist in ISG Software Innovation Awards 2026 for its AI-Powered Insurance Transformation azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
- La Liga predictions: AI makes pick between Barcelona and Real Madrid
La Liga predictions: AI makes pick between Barcelona and Real Madrid USA Today
- Members-Only Event: How To Future-Proof Your Career In The Age Of AI
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace—but not always in the ways people think. What does that mean for your career? Join Forbes expert journalists and leading workplace experts Thursday, August 27th at 12pm ET for a live conversation with audience Q&A about how AI is changing hiring, the careers and industries poised for growth, and the skills that matter most in the years ahead. Whether you're new to the job market, looking for your next opportunity or thinking about a career pivot, we'll share actionable insights to help you stay competitive in an increasingly AI-driven economy.
- Human Connection Is Your Advantage in the Age of AI
As AI automates more of the work, authentic relationships are a competitive advantage technology can’t replicate.
Score: 10🌐 MovesAug 14, 2026https://www.inc.com/stephanie-cartin/human-connection-is-your-advantage-in-the-age-of-ai/91390197 - AI Reviews From Our Experts
AI Reviews From Our Experts pcmag.com
- Bronze Stevie Award Recognizes Satyadhar Joshi for AI Research and Public Policy Engagement
Bronze Stevie Award Recognizes Satyadhar Joshi for AI Research and Public Policy Engagement USA Today
- LG humanoid set for 2027 debut with Nvidia AI brain
LG is accelerating its push into robotics, teaming up with Nvidia to unveil its first bipedal humanoid robot early next year. LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo traveled to the US to sign an agreement with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, formalizing their strategic partnership in humanoid robots, AI factories and autonomous driving, the conglomerate said Friday. The agreement was signed Thursday at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, about two months after Koo and Huang met in Seo
- Russian missile uses Nvidia AI chip to help target Ukraine
Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons
- Facing Backlash, Anthropic Explains Why Users Shouldn't Fear AI Watermarking
Facing Backlash, Anthropic Explains Why Users Shouldn't Fear AI Watermarking PCMag Australia
- Microsoft Sidelines Clippy Replacement, Mico, Yanks It From Copilot Voice Mode
Microsoft Sidelines Clippy Replacement, Mico, Yanks It From Copilot Voice Mode pcmag.com
- Less than a year on, Microsoft tells Mico to pipe down
Copilot's gurning blob is leaving Voice for a new career in education
- What Happens When Ai Trains On Ai
What Happens When Ai Trains On Ai Computing UK
- Healthcare’s AI ambitions face a data reckoning
Healthcare’s AI ambitions face a data reckoning Healthcare IT News
- How to spot AI-powered scams targeting California consumers
How to spot AI-powered scams targeting California consumers USA Today
- Plaintiff busted trying to use AI prompt injection to win court case, hides text instruction in filing — demands AI model reviewing the text should side with him, rumbled because of strange white spaces in text
A self-represented plaintiff in a Connecticut court added a hidden AI prompt injection attack in their filing in a failed attempt to influence a decision. The court bars them from submitting documents electronically and instead must print them and hand to the clerk of court.
- ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Gave an AI Startup a Hand
*Jerk off motion*
- An AI company paid humans to climax with a bot. It now claims big stress and focus wins.
Joi AI claim that after AI-guided masturbation sessions, stress levels reduced by 25% and restlessness trickled down by 19% on average.
- Bengaluru-based startup leans on cancer-sniffing dogs and AI for early detection
Billy, Jessie and Banu are part of a team of beagles, labradors, Dutch shepherds and other dog breeds being trained by startup Dognosis to sniff out traces of cancer in human breath.
- WhatsApp tests Scam Alert feature to flag fraud without reading your chats
WhatsApp said its optional Scam Alert uses an on-device AI model to flag potential scam messages while keeping chat content on the device and giving users control over reporting
- AI agents struggle to perform original scientific research
Among the many predictions about the future of artificial intelligence is that models will one day be able to conduct scientific research on their own, leaving humans out of the equation. Already, they can write code, run experiments and search scientific literature, but carrying out open-ended research would require a significant leap in ability.
- PSA: Claude Code now enables auto mode as default, Anthropic says
Claude Code auto mode has become the default permission setting for users starting today. Sessions for Pro, Max, and Team users now use it unless a user or administrator has pinned another setting.
- Lower Intro Price for Gemini 3.7 Flash to Attract Developers
The move shows Google is paying attention to the price war, while also focusing on the coding application that other frontier model providers have found success with.
- Waymo receives permission to offer rides in Sacramento and San Diego
The company will also be able to expand its fleet across more of the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.
- Waymo just expanded its Bay Area service map. Bodega Bay could be the next stop
Waymo just expanded its Bay Area service map. Bodega Bay could be the next stop San Francisco Chronicle
- Claude AI watermarking is not definitive evidence, say SA experts
Local AI experts raise questions about whether AI-generated content can be correctly identified, and whether a provenance signal can be trusted.
- Goldman in talks with investors on Nvidia financing deal after landing prized role
Nvidia announced on August 10 it has partnered with six major financial institutions including Goldman to launch compute platforms aimed at raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure. The move highlights how surging demand for AI computing capacity is drawing institutional investors, as governments, companies and startups race to build out data centers to support AI workloads.
- Databricks lands $5bn funding, valuation climbs to $190bn
Databricks lands $5bn funding, valuation climbs to $190bn verdict.co.uk
- Anthropic Reportedly Eyes $6 Billion Decart Acquisition to Boost AI Efficiency
Anthropic is reportedly considering a $6 billion acquisition of Decart, potentially expanding its AI portfolio while targeting greater compute efficiency. The post Anthropic Reportedly Eyes $6 Billion Decart Acquisition to Boost AI Efficiency appeared first on TechRepublic .
- Zhipu launches flagship model GLM-5.3 as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence
Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu, also known as Z.ai, has unveiled its flagship GLM-5.3 model, saying it beat Anthropic’s frontier Mythos 5 model in a key cybersecurity test, as China races to counter Western advances in AI defence. Beijing-based Zhipu said GLM-5.3 achieved a success rate of 84.5 per cent on CyberGym, a benchmark that measures whether models can identify and validate security flaws from source code. That was above Anthropic’s Mythos at 83.8 per cent and OpenAI’s...
- China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests
China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests Reuters
- China’s Z.ai Touts New GLM-5.3 Model as Cyber Defense Tool
China’s Z.ai Touts New GLM-5.3 Model as Cyber Defense Tool The Information
- China's Z.ai to rival Anthropic, OpenAI in coding with new AI model
The next iteration from the Beijing-based company, GLM-5.3, will bring improved coding capabilities that will help it close the gap on AI leaderboard toppers like Anthropic's Fable 5, the company said
- Z.AI Pushes AI Model With Coding Edge to Rival Anthropic, Open AI
Z.AI Pushes AI Model With Coding Edge to Rival Anthropic, Open AI Caixin Global
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- GLM-5.3 Arrives Hours After Tang Jie's 'sooooooon' — Zhipu's Coding and Security Model Doubles SWE-Marathon, Tops CyberGym
Three days after a user teased Zhipu AI chief scientist Tang Jie on X about GLM-5.3, he replied 'sooooooon', and hours later the model was live. Focused solely on coding and security, GLM-5.3 more than doubled SWE-Marathon to 42.5, quintupled Terminal Bench 3.0 to 28.3, and scored 84.5 on CyberGym, first among all models.
- Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.3, claims it's the strongest open-weights coding model
Zhipu AI has released GLM-5.3, a model that, according to its own benchmarks, is the most powerful open-weights coding model, with a 50 percent improvement over its predecessor through post-training alone. Trained for cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 helped security teams find 2,436 vulnerabilities across 269 projects. The model weights are set to go open source in two weeks. The article Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.3, claims it's the strongest open-weights coding model appeared first on The Decoder .
- Z.ai Ships GLM-5.3 Without Retraining the Base Model: Better at Complex Coding and Long-Horizon Tasks
Z.ai Ships GLM-5.3 Without Retraining the Base Model: Better at Complex Coding and Long-Horizon Tasks MarkTechPost
- For Z.ai's GLM-5.3, post-training is all you need
The new open-weight model is much better at coding and cybersecurity tasks than its predecessor, and while it still trails the frontier models the gap is shrinking.
🤖 ModelsAug 14, 2026https://www.thestack.technology/for-z-ais-glm-5-3-post-training-is-all-you-need/ - China’s Z.ai unveils GLM-5.3, claims chart-leading scores
GLM-5.3 scores 84.5pc on CyberGym, ahead of Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol. Read more: China’s Z.ai unveils GLM-5.3, claims chart-leading scores
- GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier
Hint: It’s really not a distillation story.
- China's Z.ai launches model it says rivals Anthropic's Mythos
China's Z.ai launches model it says rivals Anthropic's Mythos asia.nikkei.com
- Chinese AI startup Zhipu releases GLM-5.3
Zhipu said GLM-5.3 improved programming capabilities by 50% vs. GLM-5.2 in an internally built subjective evaluation.
- Z.ai debuts GLM-5.3 with long-horizon coding, cybersecurity upgrades
Chinese artificial intelligence developer Z.ai Co. today debuted GLM-5.3, an open-source large language model that set records across several popular benchmarks. The LLM is based on an algorithm called GLM-5.2 that the company released in mid-July. The latter model features a mixture of experts architecture with 753 billion parameters and a context window of 1 […] The post Z.ai debuts GLM-5.3 with long-horizon coding, cybersecurity upgrades appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support
The AI model was developed in partnership with Alibaba Group and trained with the Chinese tech giant's support
- Tech Brief (Aug. 14): DeepSeek Launches V4-Pro and Raises API Prices by as Much as 1,100%
Tech Brief (Aug. 14): DeepSeek Launches V4-Pro and Raises API Prices by as Much as 1,100% Caixin Global
- Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash: What’s new in its latest AI model?
Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash: What’s new in its latest AI model?
- Gemini 3.7 Flash is Google’s new AI workhorse
Gemini 3.7 Flash is Google’s new AI workhorse YourStory.com
- Google releases new version of its ‘workhorse’ model Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google pushes out new mid-tier model for agentic work three weeks after the last version.
- Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash AI model for coding, agent workflows
The company is pitching the model as a lower-cost option for businesses building autonomous AI systems that can plan tasks, use software tools and complete multi-step workflows with less human intervention.