AI News Archive: August 17, 2026 — Part 11
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- Claude is changing how it generates prose to be more detectable (and maybe worse?)
It was in 1964 that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, asked to define obscenity for the purposes of law, wrote his famous heuristic: “I know it when I see it.” But when it comes to AI-generated content, we may think we know it when we see it — but our methods are far from perfect....
- Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation
Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customer Sainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop. “I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless,” Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal. Continue reading...
- AI writes 86% of Paisabazaar’s new code, but CTO says engineers aren’t going anywhere
CTO Mukesh Sharma says AI has helped Paisabazaar increase production releases while allowing the company to tackle a bigger backlog of products without cutting its engineering workforce.
- US warns partners against joining China AI framework
Pax Silica is the State Department's effort to secure AI and supply chains.
- Washington to tell allies they cannot back both US and China on AI
Washington to tell allies they cannot back both US and China on AI Computing UK
- Apple trains China-only AI model
Apple develops an AI model exclusively for the Chinese market, highlighting regional AI strategy.
- 🎙️ How I AI: How a solo founder used Codex and ChatGPT to launch a fashion brand without engineers
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- Alibaba AI models pass Google, Meta with 3bn downloads
'Qwen has become part of the default workflow for developers', Hugging Face said. Read more: Alibaba AI models pass Google, Meta with 3bn downloads
- HCLTech Report: Telecom Leaders Eye AI as Top Revenue Driver, but Only 25% Ready to Scale
HCLTech today unveiled findings from its Telecom Pulse Survey Report, highlighting an execution gap between telecom leaders’ AI ambitions and their readiness to deploy AI-native, autonomous and cloud native services at scale. Based on insights from nearly 200 senior executives across network operators, MVNOs, communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, the survey reveals that while […] The post HCLTech Report: Telecom Leaders Eye AI as Top Revenue Driver, but Only 25% Ready to Scale appeared first on CXOToday.com .
- CSM Technologies achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for Artificial Intelligence Management System
CSM Technologies Limited today announced that it has been certified to ISO/IEC 42001:2023, the world’s first international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS). The certification was issued following an […] The post CSM Technologies achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for Artificial Intelligence Management System appeared first on Express Computer .
- TCS launches agentic AI platform for clinical trials and drug safety workflows
TCS launches agentic AI platform for clinical trials and drug safety workflows techcircle.in
- Stop choosing between AI models and ask them all with this $40 lifetime tool
Stop tab-hopping and make the AI process a whole lot smoother with this lifetime subscription to AskAnyModel AI Pro Plan, now only $39.99.
- Tap into the Power of 50+ AI Models for Life & Compare Up to 6 Model Responses at the Same Time
Tap into the Power of 50+ AI Models for Life & Compare Up to 6 Model Responses at the Same Time StackSocial
- Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
- ChatGPT's Google Drive Plugin Now Lets You Edit, Save Files Directly from Chat
ChatGPT's Google Drive Plugin Now Lets You Edit, Save Files Directly from Chat PCMag Australia
- Meta Wants to Patent Tech Ready for Facial Recognition Smart Glasses
Meta Wants to Patent Tech Ready for Facial Recognition Smart Glasses PCMag
- Meta Wants to Patent Tech Ready for Facial Recognition Smart Glasses
Meta Wants to Patent Tech Ready for Facial Recognition Smart Glasses PCMag UK
- Meta’s facial recognition smart glasses idea just resurfaced in a patent
A newly public Meta patent describes how its smart glasses could identify people using AI facial recognition and use that information when creating media.
- Google pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ business data for AI training
Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC has won an auction to acquire massive volumes of internal business data from the bankrupt airline operator Spirit Airlines Inc. for a hefty $10 million price. A report by Bloomberg says that Google outbid a number of competitors to acquire the data, including the artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. […] The post Google pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines’ business data for AI training appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Google just bought a bunch of Spirit Airlines data for AI training
As the AI race continues to hunt for new data to use for AI training, Google has just purchased a huge dump of old data from the now-defunct Spirit Airlines to be “helpful” in training its AI models.
- SuperApp launches a shared space with AI models for teams to collaborate on work
SuperApp Inc., formerly Instabase Inc., today announced the launch of its flagship product of the same name and its transition from Instabase to the new name. The new platform provides teams with a Slack-like communication interface on the web, iOS, Android and Windows, with a document library similar to Google Docs and deep access to […] The post SuperApp launches a shared space with AI models for teams to collaborate on work appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Breakthrough as scientists use AI to predict how breast cancer could progress
AI has been used to uncover microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours by scientists
- More than half of Scottish businesses plan to step up investment in AI skills
Firms are planning to increase their investment to upskill their workforce as they look to remain competitive.
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- What Californians should know before using AI tools
What Californians should know before using AI tools USA Today
- Hanbat National University researchers reveal physics-informed AI for rapid optimization of thermal energy storage systems
Hanbat National University researchers reveal physics-informed AI for rapid optimization of thermal energy storage systems EurekAlert!
- UMass Amherst engineers make edge AI more efficient by redesigning both algorithm and hardware
UMass Amherst engineers make edge AI more efficient by redesigning both algorithm and hardware EurekAlert!
- From Google to ChatGPT, physics students increasingly seek answers through conversational AI
Students around the world are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to find answers to questions about physics, according to a new study led by researchers at Bar-Ilan University.
- Brain-inspired electronics: Memristor-based neuromorphic hardware for energy-efficient AI [IMAGE]
Brain-inspired electronics: Memristor-based neuromorphic hardware for energy-efficient AI [IMAGE] EurekAlert!
- Serve Robotics partners with Grubhub after Uber exit
Consumers from the Los Angeles region who order through Grubhub will soon have some of their orders delivered by four-wheeled robots.
- Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
Meta faces a federal trial over child safety claims that could bring major financial penalties and changes to Facebook and Instagram.
- AI boss fires a human worker after 17 late arrivals
AI boss fires a human worker after 17 late arrivals YourStory.com
- Google now lets users remove visible watermarks from Gemini creations
Google has made visible watermarks optional for images, videos and music created with Gemini, while keeping invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata embedded in the content
- Executive Interview: Niantic Spatial
Jonathan Thaw, SVP, Communications at Niantic Spatial, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? We help people and … The post Executive Interview: Niantic Spatial appeared first on CB Insights Research .
- Exchange CU1 delayed further as Microsoft races to verify AI-found flaws
AI-based assistants and agents are generally supposed to expedite software development lifecycles. For Microsoft’s Exchange team, it may be doing the opposite, in turn leaving enterprise IT teams waiting for an update that will require extensive compatibility testing before implementation. In response to customer questions, Microsoft said in a blog post that it was again being forced to delay the first Cumulative Update (CU1) for its Exchange Server Subscription Edition because its engineers were racing against time to validate a growing volume of security findings surfaced through AI-assisted code scanning. “Over the last few months, various Microsoft execs made statements explaining how Microsoft is leveraging a variety of AI tools to help find vulnerabilities in our products (examples of such announcements can be found here , here and here ),” the company wrote. “Many teams, Exchange Server included, are working through reported issues – which includes validation that they are real security issues, reproducing, fixing, testing for regressions / issues after fixes are deployed and releasing updates monthly,” it added. The company had initially indicated that CU1 would arrive by the end of the first half of 2026, before revising its target to the second half of 2026. The latest delay, where Microsoft is yet to offer any timeline, therefore marks the second time the hyperscaler has pushed back its expected release window. A Cumulative Update (CU) is a periodically released package for Exchange Server that consolidates recent bug fixes and security updates, while also potentially introducing new features, architectural changes or removing deprecated components. Unlike the monthly security updates that Microsoft has continued to issue for Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) consistently, CUs represent a more substantial update to the server software and are typically released once or twice a year. This gives enterprise administrators the option of adopting a consolidated package of fixes and changes rather than managing individual updates separately, although the broader scope of a CU also means enterprises need to conduct more extensive testing before deployment. Enterprises should stop waiting for a CU1 date The second revision of the CU1 release timeline combined with the unavailability of a committed shipping date or month, according to Manoj Chandra Jha , principal analyst at Nord-IQ Research, should be reason enough for enterprises to course correct. Enterprises should start tracking the monthly security update cadence as their operational patch baseline, and treat CU1 as a discrete, trigger-based project ,not a scheduled release until Microsoft provides a firmer signal,” Jha said. For enterprises that are waiting for a commitment or CU1’s release to begin their preparation, however, the delay shouldn’t mean standing still, Jha pointed out. “With no committed ship date, CIOs should separate CU1 readiness from Microsoft’s release calendar by maintaining a test environment, inventorying and pre-validating authentication, APIs and management tools, and establishing a fast-track change-approval process that can be activated once Microsoft announces the update,” Jha noted. AI is moving the software bottleneck downstream Microsoft’s Exchange isn’t the only company division confronting the unintended consequences of AI-driven increases in software output. GitHub, which helped popularize AI-assisted coding through its vibe coding tool Copilot, has also been grappling with the volume and quality of code being generated by AI tools. In February, GitHub considered allowing repository maintainers to restrict or even disable pull requests after maintainers warned that a surge of low-quality, often AI-generated submissions was overwhelming open-source projects. The problem was not simply that AI was generating more code, but that humans were struggling to review and manage the resulting flood of contributions. GitHub subsequently introduced Stacked PRs in April, saying the feature was designed to help developers manage larger and more complex code changes as AI-assisted development increases the volume of code requiring review. Its rationale was to break larger changes into smaller units, in turn making them easier to review and merge. AWS too identified a similar issue and in June added release management features to its DevOps Agent to help teams validate, test, and review AI-generated code before deployment. More recently, AI-based Code Review platform CodeRabbit also added new features to help developers sort and prioritize pull requests in wake of the growing volume and complexity of code changes generated by vibe coding agents. This mismatch between the volume of AI-generated output and the amount of human attention available to assess it extends beyond code review. Earlier, in May, GitHub also said it had seen a sharp increase in low-quality security submissions to its bug bounty program, driven in part by newer generative AI tools. The company responded by scaling back cash rewards for reports with low security impact and asking researchers to focus on vulnerabilities that represent meaningful security risks.
- Rakuten, German startup Helsing test military drones for Japan
Rakuten, German startup Helsing test military drones for Japan The Japan Times
- TinyFish
The web operating layer for AI agents
- Alpha Vision to Showcase AI-Powered Real-Time Crime Center Intelligence at NRTCCA Conference 2026
Alpha Vision to Showcase AI-Powered Real-Time Crime Center Intelligence at NRTCCA Conference 2026 USA Today
- Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B
The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
- Anthropic's Revenue Jump, Wealthy Bet on SpaceX | Bloomberg Tech 8/17/2026
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Anthropic's second-quarter revenue jump to more than $11.5 Billion, 14 times more compared to the same period a year ago. Plus, some family offices from around the world have built up billions of dollars of exposure to SpaceX and Bedrock Robotics launched the first fully autonomous excavator in the US. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Anthropic’s Revenue Surges as IPO Speculation Builds
Anthropic is telling prospective investors its second-quarter revenue jumped at least 14-fold versus the same period a year ago, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News. This comes as speculation builds around a potential IPO. Bloomberg’s Rachel Metz breaks down the latest financial figures and how they compare with OpenAI’s growth. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
- Anthropic tells investors annualized revenue run rate climbed to $65 billion in July
Anthropic's revenue run rate is up about sevenfold from a year earlier.
- AI cloud operator Groq raises $350M more in funding
Artificial intelligence startup Groq Inc. today announced that it has raised $350 million in additional funding. The Series A round was led by returning backer Disruptive. Grok stated that Nvidia Corp. plans to join the round later down the line, but didn’t specify how much the chip giant will invest. The cash infusion comes less […] The post AI cloud operator Groq raises $350M more in funding appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Nvidia Will Back First Phase of OpenAI Ohio Project With as Much as $105 Billion
Nvidia Corp. has agreed to spend as much as $105 billion to support a massive new data center campus in Ohio set to be leased by OpenAI, marking the latest tie-up between two dominant forces driving the AI boom.
- Nvidia backing $105 billion in financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio
Technology giants are shelling out billions to scale capacity to meet massive data center demand.
- Nvidia to provide up to $105 billion backstop for OpenAI data center
Nvidia reached a deal on Monday to provide up to $105 billion to backstop a new OpenAI data center in Ohio, as Big Tech ramped up its debt-fueled AI splurge.
- Nvidia pledges $100bn backing for OpenAI data centre in Ohio
Chipmaker also invests $1.5bn into energy company founded as part of SoftBank Group
- Stripe to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter in $7 Billion Deal
Stripe is making one of its biggest AI bets yet, agreeing to buy OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to sources. Bloomberg’s Natasha Mascarenhas explains how OpenRouter helps developers access and optimize hundreds of AI models, why that capability has become increasingly valuable as companies focus on lowering AI costs, and what the deal signals about Stripe’s ambitions in AI. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)