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Listen Labs scraps $125M Series C amid Salesforce talksListen Labs walked away from a signed $125M Series C term sheet—reportedly due to ongoing ~$2B acquisition talks with Salesforce—and may return to market at a $2B+ target if a deal collapses.
OpenAI launches Agents APIOpenAI released the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration that enables building and launching cloud agents with long-running sessions and tool use, simplifying development and deployment of agent-based applications.
OpenAI adds GPT‑Live‑1 voice to APIOpenAI released GPT‑Live‑1 for its API, enabling natural full‑duplex voice conversations with improved instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support to make voice experiences more lifelike.
Rebuilding AUTOMATIC1111 with GradioHugging Face rebuilt most of AUTOMATIC1111 as Workflow1111, a single Gradio workflow with 11 media pipelines and 73 nodes covering text-to-image, hi-res fix, image-to-image, ControlNet-style annotators and more; users run pipelines with their Hugging Face account or access token and use their own quota.
Chinese Tech Share Sales Raise Valuation ConcernsSeveral Chinese tech firms are increasingly selling equity to fund their AI ambitions, raising investor concerns about earnings dilution and potential oversupply in an underperforming market.
Using AI in healthcareWSAW published a report on using artificial intelligence in healthcare, covering discussions of AI applications and impacts in clinical or health services.
California signs first-in-nation AI safeguardsGovernor Newsom signed California's first-in-the-nation AI safeguards, aiming to protect residents and urging the federal government to act on AI risks and regulation.
UK Urged to Overhaul AI Medical Device RulesAn advisory panel urges the UK to change regulation of AI-enabled medical devices, introducing staged approvals plus continuous monitoring to better protect patients as devices evolve.
Sen. Fahy proposes criminalizing AI-generated child sexual abuse materialNew York State Senator Fahy introduced legislation to criminalize possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, aiming to close legal gaps and address harms from synthetic media.
Massachusetts orders clean power for data centersMassachusetts ordered data centers over 25 MW to provide clean power or pay into a ratepayer protection fund, paused a recent sales-tax exemption, and tightened clean-energy and local-transparency rules.
QTS Co-CEO Says AI Spurs Data Center BuildoutQTS Co-CEO Tag Greason says the AI boom is fundamentally an infrastructure buildout, warns of political and environmental pushback against data center expansion, and links US AI leadership to infrastructure leadership.
AI stocks compared: Applied Digital vs Super Micro ComputerThe Motley Fool compares Applied Digital and Super Micro Computer, helping investors assess each company's market positioning and investment value in AI-related fields.
Oak Hill CEO: Irrational Credit Market SellingGlenn August, Founder and CEO of Oak Hill Advisors, discusses what he sees as irrational selling in the credit market and addresses whether OHA is moving into AI infrastructure after a filing referenced real asset lending.
The Data Center Conundrum (Opinion)The New York Times opinion piece discusses infrastructure and policy challenges from data center expansion, focusing on power, cooling and planning constraints on tech growth.
OpenAI trained on user sessions, raising privacy concernsA post highlights that OpenAI trains on uploaded user data and sessions, meaning internal models may leverage others' prompts to appear more autonomous, raising privacy and attribution concerns.
AI: the next tool in the farm toolboxThe article discusses AI applications and potential in agriculture, noting that AI is becoming a new tool for improving efficiency, decision-making, and crop management.
Apple Watch AI features raise privacy concernsApple says new Watch AI features won’t save raw audio, but their ability to transcribe and summarize ambient conversations raises concerns about consent, privacy, and behavioral effects of potential continuous recording.
AI evolution in oncologyThe piece reviews AI's evolution in oncology, assessing its effects on trials, clinical workflows, and patient outcomes, and highlights how AI is changing cancer care practice.
Apple unveils foldable iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro lineupApple unveiled the foldable iPhone Duo (7.6" inner, 5.4" outer display) and the iPhone 18 Pro lineup; the Duo starts at $1,999 for 256GB, promises up to 44 hours playback on the outer display, and features upgraded 48MP cameras.
AWS: August 2026 AI builder highlightsAmazon AWS published an August roundup of updates for AI builders, outlining product and tooling rollouts to help build and deploy AI workloads; the changes affect developers and companies using the AWS ecosystem.
Anthropic publishes economic model framing worst-case job losses as extremeAnthropic published an economic model with three US scenarios through 2030; its extreme case—aligned with CEO Dario Amodei’s warnings—projects output doubling every 4.5 years and knowledge-worker unemployment reaching 17.9%.
AI IPO Wave Seen Alongside Anthropic ListingBloomberg says the end of summer and approaching year-end could fuel an IPO push, and Anthropic's listing may accompany a wave of AI-driven public offerings.
Viral AI warning sparks debate over Artificial IntelligenceA viral warning about artificial intelligence spread widely, prompting public and media debate over AI risks and the need for regulation. The episode highlights public concern about AI harms and the impact of rapid information spread.
Advice for hobbyists: don’t let FOMO drive local LLM spendingAdvice to hobbyists: don’t let FOMO drive costly local LLM setups—learn via APIs or small models that fit existing hardware; you can gain more by doing less rather than buying expensive GPUs.
University of North Texas to open College of AI and AnalyticsThe University of North Texas plans to open a College of AI and Analytics to expand training and research capacity, responding to growing demand for AI talent from industry and government.
Alfred University showcases battery AIAn Alfred University team showcased battery-focused artificial intelligence at the New York State Fair, presenting research results and application demonstrations.
AI Agent Hacked My Gadgets After Safety Guards RemovedAfter removing safety guardrails from a powerful open‑source model, the author let an AI agent test household devices. The agent found vulnerabilities and hacked a PC but also provided advice to strengthen security, illustrating both risk and remediation.
Apple Health adds Health Age and readiness scoreApple updated Health using Apple Intelligence to add an Insights tab, a readiness score, and a computed “Health Age” using metrics like VO2 max and labs; it also added a longevity tab and partnered with Quest for a 50-biomarker panel.
Apple debuts Reference Image to verify iPhone photosApple introduced Reference Image for iPhone 18 Pro: the camera captures signed sensor data converted into an unalterable reference image for comparing edits or AI alterations; Apple offers APIs and supports the SynthID standard.
OtoDock self‑hosted company OS 1.6.0 releasedOtoDock 1.6.0 was released: a self-hostable company OS supporting multi-tenant agent collaboration, running with Anthropic/OpenAI or local models, free up to 5 users under a Fair Source license.
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