OpenAI has announced a pause on internal activities involving its upcoming artificial intelligence model, Astra. The decision follows internal safety evaluations that revealed significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity capabilities. Preliminary assessments indicated that the model demonstrated performance strong enough that developers could not eliminate the possibility of it...
Starting August 14, 2026, artificial intelligence startup Anthropic will make "auto mode" the default operational setting for Claude Code across Pro, Max, and Team accounts. The transition removes standard iterative user verification prompts, empowering the AI coding agent to autonomously execute multi-file code modifications, run test cycles, and deploy pull...
The Future of Life Institute released its comprehensive AI Safety Index evaluating nine leading artificial intelligence laboratories worldwide across thirty-seven indicators and six domains. Independent reviewers assigned no evaluated laboratory a grade higher than a C plus, signaling widespread governance and risk management deficiencies across the technology sector. Anthropic secured...
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the fintech brand Truth.Fi, is hosting its inaugural earnings conference call. The publicly traded company, listed under the ticker DJT, scheduled the live audio webcast to discuss its financial results for...
Apple Inc. has initiated testing of memory chips manufactured by Chinese company ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for potential integration in its iPhone and MacBook product lines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The company is engaged in preliminary discussions with CXMT regarding a potential supply partnership. The Pentagon has designated...
Amazon confirmed financial backing for a private natural gas power plant located in Pecos County, Texas, to supply electricity to an artificial intelligence data center campus. Market intelligence firm Cleanview identified the project through satellite imagery and newly filed construction permits. Developed by Pacifico Energy, the facility features thirty five...
By Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the...
Anthropic announced that auto mode will become the default permission setting for new Claude Code sessions across Pro, Max, and Team plans starting August 14, 2026. The structural update replaces manual individual approval prompts with an automated transcript classifier running on Sonnet 4.6. This classifier evaluates proposed developer tool calls...
Ransom-seeking hackers have targeted dozens of prominent US financial institutions and other major businesses over the past month, according to Google and internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters. The hackers devised malicious websites aimed at stealing passwords from employees of private equity firms and financial companies, including Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates, Apollo...
Nvidia has begun evaluating alternative memory configurations for its upcoming Rubin Ultra graphics processing unit due to persistent high-bandwidth memory supply constraints across the semiconductor sector. According to industry reports released in August 2026, the artificial intelligence chip leader is testing leaner designs, including variants with lower capacity high-bandwidth memory,...
