August 20, 2026 August 20, 2026Grok is sending users walls of nonsense text, and xAI is blaming a ‘temporary glitch’The chatbot's gibberish problem is minor in scale but embarrassing in timing for a company already dealing with serious talent losses
August 20, 2026 August 20, 2026Alation confirms cyberattack after days of silenceThe enterprise data intelligence company serves half the Fortune 1000. That makes this breach worth paying attention to.
August 20, 2026 August 20, 2026Meta’s new Mac app brings system-wide dictation and screen awareness to Meta AIThe update also opens Meta AI to business integrations with Instagram, Facebook Ads, and Google Workspace
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026OpenAI offers zero data retention for frontier models, with a new privacy-safe safety layer coming in SeptemberPrivate Safety Processing lets OpenAI detect misuse patterns across sessions without its staff ever reading your data
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Google Search is getting a Gemini-powered notebook, 3D visuals, and a lot moreFive significant updates are coming to Search, AI Mode, and Lens — and this time, the changes are hard to ignore
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Google is giving college students a free year of AI ProIt's a Gemini growth play, but 5TB of storage and health perks make it hard to dismiss
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Google’s Operation Blue Skies wants to cut aviation’s hidden climate problem at scaleA new UK government-backed trial will use AI to reroute flights around contrail-forming zones across the North Atlantic, targeting one of aviation's biggest and least-discussed emissions issues
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Meta AI gets a Mac desktop app, and it can see your screenMeta is making a serious push for business users, with new integrations for Google Workspace, Facebook analytics, and Instagram ad tools
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Amazon makes Alexa+ free on Fire TV devices, no Prime subscription requiredA quiet but significant pricing move that puts Amazon's AI assistant in front of millions more users overnight
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Firefox and Exa are betting that AI search doesn’t have to be a closed loopMozilla's new partnership puts source transparency and user choice at the center of its AI browser strategy
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026DeepL partners with Harvey to push deeper into legal AIThe $2bn translation company is betting that regulated industries need more than generic AI tools
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026Google is paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines’ internal data to train its AI modelsA bankrupt airline's employee emails and Teams messages are now a corporate asset worth bidding on
August 19, 2026 August 19, 2026China lets ByteDance and Tencent import Nvidia H200 chips, but with strings attachedBeijing is easing AI chip restrictions, though its domestic chip ambitions are quietly shaping the terms
August 18, 2026 August 18, 2026Cursor launches Origin, a GitHub rival built for the AI coding eraWith GitHub suffering record outages, Cursor is making its move into code hosting
August 18, 2026 August 18, 2026Google brings Gemini to Chrome on Android, including an agentic ‘auto browse’ modeThe rollout signals Google's push to make its AI assistant a default part of mobile browsing, not just a standalone app