Aug 26, 2026ModelsOpen releaseModelsIBM Releases Granite 4.2 Open Weights, Reserving Agentic Training for 8B and 30BThe new family gives self-hosted deployments a choice between a smaller tool-capable model and larger variants trained for code, search and other tool-use tasks.2 min
Aug 26, 2026PolicyPolicyBill Gates Calls for Human-Reserved Jobs and an International AI FrameworkGates’s proposal would make the boundary around some work a policy choice, not a verdict on what machines can technically perform. The unanswered challenge is which institutions could set and enforce that boundary.2 min
Aug 26, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessMoonshot Seeks Up to 30% of K3 Cloud-Service Revenue as Terms Remain OpenThe talks test whether a downloadable model can gain enterprise distribution through managed cloud services while its developer retains a meaningful share of usage economics.2 min
Aug 26, 2026StartupsStartupsAnthropic’s Reported $30 Trillion IPO TAM Would Turn Labor Tasks Into Its MarketA colossal market figure shifts the IPO conversation from near-term sales to the boundaries of what counts as an AI market.2 min
Aug 26, 2026ModelsResearchModelsMIT’s CrysVCD Steers AI Material Design Toward Stability Before Costly ScreeningThe framework shifts chemical validation to the front of the workflow, aiming to leave smaller labs with more viable crystal candidates instead of a large downstream filtering bill.2 min
Aug 25, 2026InfrastructureInfrastructureOpenAI Loses Data Center Chief While Pursuing a Reported $600 Billion Compute TargetThe personnel change puts new leaders in charge of turning OpenAI’s large compute ambitions into data-center capacity and delivered facilities.2 min
Aug 25, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessBlackBerry Calls Robotics a Fast-Growing QNX Business; Order Value UndisclosedThe company is extending its safety-focused software pitch from vehicles to physical equipment, but has not put a number on robotics orders.2 min
Aug 25, 2026InfrastructureInfrastructureAI Data-Center Opposition Becomes a Political Risk Amid $3 Trillion in Additional CommitmentsThe AI infrastructure push is putting community concerns about environmental effects, limited jobs and automation anxiety alongside a financing bill that is increasingly difficult to see in conventional spending figures.2 min
Aug 25, 2026ModelsBenchmarkModelsLLMScholarBench Tests 22 Models and Finds an Accuracy-Representation Trade-OffThe benchmark treats AI-generated expert lists as recommender systems to audit, showing that factual correctness and balanced representation cannot yet be improved together reliably.3 min
Aug 25, 2026ProductsPricing changeProductsPega Includes Customer Engagement Studio in Infinity 26 at No Extra Cost for Existing ClientsThe release gives current Pega customers new campaign-development and oversight tools without an added charge. Its value now depends on whether enterprises put them to work across customer-engagement operations.2 min
Aug 25, 2026StartupsFundingStartupsRingg’s Reported $10M Peak XV Round Has Conflicting Accounts of Whether It ClosedThe Bengaluru company is positioning its voice software for broader enterprise workflows, but the capital meant to support that expansion has not been independently clarified.2 min
Aug 25, 2026BusinessFundingBusinessAlibaba Raises HK$80B for Full-Stack AI as Investors Question the Spending PayoffAlibaba says rising demand is shortening the expected return period on its AI investments. Investors’ immediate response showed that a faster projected payback has not settled the question of how much capital the buildout will require.3 min
Aug 25, 2026InfrastructurePartnershipInfrastructureIBM and Arm Design Future Z Processor to Run Arm-Native Linux Alongside z/OSThe planned processor is meant to bring software built for Arm into IBM’s high-reliability systems while retaining the z/OS and Linux environments customers already use.2 min
Aug 25, 2026InfrastructureInfrastructureAnthropic Hires Builder of Google’s First Seven TPUs for In-House Silicon PushThe Claude maker is adding deep chip-building experience while retaining a compute mix spanning Nvidia, Google and Amazon hardware.2 min
Aug 25, 2026StartupsFundingStartupsGeneral Intuition Seeks $6B Pre-Money Valuation for Robotics Model PushThe prospective raise centers on a foundation model built from gameplay input and a planned push toward robotic embodiments.2 min
Aug 25, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessLundbeck Scales EVERSANA AI Agency to Four U.S. Commercial FunctionsThe partnership shifts an earlier workflow deployment into four operating areas, while leaving the companies to demonstrate whether the promised gains in execution materialize.2 min
Aug 25, 2026ProductsLaunchProductsMeta Adds Voice-Controlled AI and Navigator Home Screen to Quest, With Narrow Initial AccessThe software package makes Quest easier to navigate and resume, but Meta AI begins as an opt-in feature for English speakers in the United States and Canada.2 min
Aug 25, 2026ToolsEnterprise adoptionToolsOra Adopts Vercel’s Eve After Its Benchmark Found Fewer Steps and Lower CostsThe adoption turns Ora’s testing stack into its production stack, letting it trace its own eve-powered agents in the same environment used to inspect rival harnesses on customer websites.3 min