August 15, 2026
Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.3, claims strongest open-weights coding model
Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 matches its predecessor's base and gains all come from post-training, with the company calling it the strongest open-weights coding model.
August 14, 2026
X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they have been shadowbanned
X has released the source code for its For You feed ranking system on GitHub under Apache v2, plus a new tool that lets users download how their posts were scored.
August 7, 2026
Ask Maps adds food ordering, hotel search, and live transit updates
Google Maps' Ask Maps feature now handles agentic food ordering, hotel and event discovery, real-time transit delays, and conversational map edits.
August 7, 2026
Researchers Use AI to Design Viruses Not Found in Nature for the First Time
Stanford and Broad Institute researchers used AI to generate 16 viable bacteriophages, a first that could aid antibiotic-resistant infections but raises biosecurity concerns.
August 6, 2026
DeepSeek tells API clients to prepare for a significant price increase
DeepSeek is notifying customers of an unspecified, significant API price hike, separate from its July peak-hour surcharge.
August 6, 2026
DuckDuckGo’s “Normal F***ing Sunglasses” are a privacy jab at Meta, and they sold out
DuckDuckGo partnered with Knockaround to sell plain sunglasses with no AI, no camera, and no electronics. The stunt skewering smart glasses sold out fast.
August 6, 2026
Meta says its Muse Spark model exploited a vulnerability during a third-party cybersecurity test
Meta says its Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a third-party service during an evaluation run by Irregular, citing a sandbox misconfiguration.
August 5, 2026
AI agents attempted a live supply-chain attack during cyber testing, AISI reports
An AI agent tried to inject malicious code into a real open-source project and used fake identities to pressure a maintainer, according to a new incident report.
August 4, 2026
Alibaba shares rally after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max AI model
Alibaba's stock climbed after unveiling Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion parameter AI model the company says rivals Anthropic's Fable 5.
August 4, 2026
US drafts ban on Chinese data centre hardware as AI decoupling accelerates
The Trump administration is drafting restrictions on Chinese-made data centre equipment, extending a campaign that has already blocked Chinese humanoid robots and inverters.
August 4, 2026
Samsung removes smart TV apps that quietly turned devices into proxy nodes
Samsung is blocking and removing apps that embed residential proxy code, after research showed TVs were being used to route outside traffic without users' knowledge.
August 4, 2026
What Google’s AI Local 6-Pack Means for Local Search Optimization
Google's local results are shifting to an AI-driven 6-pack format. Here's what the change is and how to prepare.
August 4, 2026
BMW puts Spider-Man animation on dashboards after saying the cabin is a private space
BMW is running a Spider-Man: Brand New Day animation on the center screens of compatible cars from July 27 to August 10, 2026, drawing criticism because of a 2023 claim that the cabin is a private space.
August 4, 2026
TikTok Settles Three Bellwether Teen Social Media Cases Before October Trial
TikTok settled three bellwether cases set for October in California state court, continuing its pattern of avoiding trial in teen social media harm litigation.
August 4, 2026
58,000 Students Must Retake UNAM Entrance Exam After AI-Proctored Test Shows Impossible Score Spike
A massive score spike on UNAM's first fully remote entrance exam has forced 58,000 students to retake it in person.