AI News Archive: August 21, 2026 — Part 10
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
- Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end
Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end The Straits Times
- Nvidia denies China-specific AI chip on roadmap
Chief executive Jensen Huang said in May that Nvidia had “largely conceded” China’s AI chip market to Huawei Technologies.
- Alibaba’s AI spending lifts capex 75% as quarterly profit falls 76%
Alibaba reported RMB268.95 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 30, up 9% year on year, while net income attributable to ordinary shareholders fell 76% to RMB10.54 billion. Capital expenditure rose 75% to RMB67.68 billion, mainly as the company increased investment in AI infrastructure. Alibaba’s June-quarter results also showed operating cash flow of RMB22.95 […]
- Alibaba’s Profit Plunges as E-Commerce Business Falters, AI Investment Jumps
Alibaba’s Profit Plunges as E-Commerce Business Falters, AI Investment Jumps Caixin Global
- Meta spends hundreds of millions on Microsoft's AI services
Meta has become one of Microsoft's biggest AI customers, according to Bloomberg. The article Meta spends hundreds of millions on Microsoft's AI services appeared first on The Decoder .
- Nvidia in talks with chip startup Rebellions for potential deal
Nvidia in talks with chip startup Rebellions for potential deal The Mercury News
- Progress Software adds AI capabilities to Telerik and Kendo UI release
Progress Software adds AI capabilities to Telerik and Kendo UI release verdict.co.uk
- Cloverleaf deal is latest example of Nvidia using its war chest to patch cracks in the AI bubble
Nv's new chips need new datacenters, but you can't have bit barns without power
- Alberta minister faces fury at second AI town hall
Alberta's technology minister faced yet another firing line at the government's second town hall hearing from residents over its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at a northern Alberta town hall event.
- Alberta minister faces more fury at second town hall on AI data centres
Alberta minister faces more fury at second town hall on AI data centres Toronto Star
- ChatGPT has new guardrails for teens. But it’s not enough.
ChatGPT has new guardrails for teens. But it’s not enough. The Boston Globe
- OpenAI to offer safety features for teens using ChatGPT
OpenAI to offer safety features for teens using ChatGPT marketplace.org
- Tesla, Waymo, Uber Granted Las Vegas Robotaxi Permits
Nevada regulators voted Thursday to approve Las Vegas robotaxi permits for Tesla, Uber and Google's Waymo. They'll join Amazon's Zoox. The post Tesla, Waymo, Uber Granted Las Vegas Robotaxi Permits appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
- Tesla’s stock jumps as the company gets cleared for a Las Vegas robotaxi launch
The automaker plans to soon launch its Cybercab in Austin, Texas, and got the nod to deploy thousands of vehicles in Nevada.
- Tesla’s stock jumps after company gets cleared for a Las Vegas robotaxi launch
Tesla’s stock jumps after company gets cleared for a Las Vegas robotaxi launch
- Google Will Soon Let You Customize Discover Feed Using AI Prompts
Google Will Soon Let You Customize Discover Feed Using AI Prompts PCMag Australia
- Google Will Soon Let You Customize Discover Feed Using AI Prompts
Google Will Soon Let You Customize Discover Feed Using AI Prompts PCMag UK
- Meta’s New Vibe Coding App Helps You Make Tiny, AI-Generated Minigames
Meta’s New Vibe Coding App Helps You Make Tiny, AI-Generated Minigames PCMag Australia
- Meta’s New Vibe Coding App Helps You Make Tiny, AI-Generated Minigames
Meta’s New Vibe Coding App Helps You Make Tiny, AI-Generated Minigames PCMag UK
- I Asked AI for Passwords. The Flaw I Found Is a Hacker's Dream
I Asked AI for Passwords. The Flaw I Found Is a Hacker's Dream PCMag Australia
- I Asked AI for Passwords. The Flaw I Found Is a Hacker's Dream
I Asked AI for Passwords. The Flaw I Found Is a Hacker's Dream PCMag UK
- Apple Music to Flag AI-Generated Songs, Labels Coming Later This Year
Apple Music to Flag AI-Generated Songs, Labels Coming Later This Year PCMag UK
- Apple Music to Flag AI-Generated Songs, Labels Coming Later This Year
Apple Music to Flag AI-Generated Songs, Labels Coming Later This Year PCMag Australia
- ‘Better move would be to ban it’: Apple Music steps up plan for AI-generated song labels, but some users think it doesn’t go far enough
Apple Music will require artists to label their AI-generated music so users know what they’re getting.
- Americans Hate AI Data Centers Even More Fiercely Than They Did Just a Few Months Ago, New Poll Shows
Americans Hate AI Data Centers Even More Fiercely Than They Did Just a Few Months Ago, New Poll Shows PCMag Australia
- Waymo ends Houston waitlist, registers Ojai minivan robotaxi in Texas
Six months after launching in Houston, Waymo now says anyone can ride without being on the waitlist. Also, get ready to see a whole new Waymo vehicle on the roads more often.
- AI-powered terrain recognition helps cyborg cockroaches navigate faster
AI-powered terrain recognition helps cyborg cockroaches navigate faster EurekAlert!
- Alex Aliper, PhD, Co-founder and President of Insilico Medicine, has been invited to attend the Global Unicorn Summit in Hong Kong on August 24.
Alex Aliper, PhD, Co-founder and President of Insilico Medicine, has been invited to attend the Global Unicorn Summit in Hong Kong on August 24. EurekAlert!
- Google Home finally fixes its clunky voice commands, but most users can’t get them yet
Google Home can now set your lights to an exact kelvin rating with your voice, though that feature and two others are in an early access program.
- NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks forge global alliance to secure enterprise AI adoption
Multi-year partnership targets $1 billion in joint business by 2029, combining cybersecurity platforms with consulting, engineering and managed services The post NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks forge global alliance to secure enterprise AI adoption appeared first on Express Computer .
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot starts sending confusing nonsense to users
‘App scale designs with that and to your horse,’ system tells users
- Anthropic lines up an IPO to rival SpaceX's
Anthropic plans an IPO to compete with SpaceX, aiming to boost its AI offerings and market presence.
- Reports: Anthropic aims above SpaceX in soon-to-come IPO
Investors hope Anthropic could be valued at $2trn or more – doubling its initial target and dwarfing SpaceX's IPO. Read more: Reports: Anthropic aims above SpaceX in soon-to-come IPO
- Anthropic expects to match or top SpaceX’s record IPO size
Anthropic expects to match or top SpaceX’s record IPO size The Japan Times
- Anthropic aims to match or beat SpaceX’s IPO record
Anthropic aims to match or beat SpaceX’s IPO record The Straits Times
- Starcloud raises $250M to build AI data centers in orbit
Artificial intelligence hardware startup Starcloud Inc. today announced that it has raised $250 million in funding at a $2.3 billion valuation. Investment firm Manhattan West led the deal. It was joined by more than a dozen other backers, including Nvidia Corp. and Cisco Investments. The cash infusion extends a Series A round that Starcloud announced in […] The post Starcloud raises $250M to build AI data centers in orbit appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- DeepSeek Enters the Multimodal AI Race with Experimental Vision Model
DeepSeek Enters the Multimodal AI Race with Experimental Vision Model Caixin Global
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Experimental now available on AI Gateway
DeepSeek V4 Flash with vision is now available on AI Gateway. This model is an experimental version that accepts images alongside text. You can ask it to describe a picture, read text out of a screenshot, or work through a chart in the same request as your prompt. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Experimental now available on AI Gateway. Tool use, reasoning, and caching all work the same as before. Use deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp to get started: Images can be JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP. The format is read from the file's own bytes rather than its name or the mediaType you declare, so a mislabeled file still goes through. The -exp in the model ID marks this as an experimental release. Expect behavior to change, and keep a fallback model configured if it's on a production path. To use it in a coding agent , run vercel ai-gateway coding-agents setup to connect agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, and Pi, then select deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp inside the agent. Try Deepseek V4 Flash Vision Experimental in the model playground . AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including BYOK requests. View all language models on AI Gateway to see more. Read more
- DeepSeek debuts multimodal language model competitive with Opus 4.8
DeepSeek today debuted a new addition to its flagship V4 series of large language models. On launch, V4 Flash Vision Exp is only available via the Chinese startup’s paid developer platform. The company may release a free version later on given that it has open-sourced many of its earlier models. Those models include V4 Flash, […] The post DeepSeek debuts multimodal language model competitive with Opus 4.8 appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
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