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AI News
Aug 18, 2026 25

Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month

Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.

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Aug 18, 2026 24

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear

Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos a...

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Aug 18, 2026 46

OpenAI president urges enterprises to hasten AI security defences

OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman warns that enterprise security teams face a compressed timeline to adopt AI defences. Brock...

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Aug 18, 2026 26

Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development

On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possi...

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Aug 18, 2026 25

OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it

ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful c...

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Aug 18, 2026 23

Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India

Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.

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Aug 18, 2026 55

Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser

Starting today, AI chats in Firefox's Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat response...

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Aug 18, 2026 21

Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are

One of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of ...

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Aug 18, 2026 29

Alvys launches AI agents for freight TMS workflows

Freight software provider Alvys has launched an agentic AI platform that allows carriers and brokers to automate operational tasks direct...

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Aug 18, 2026 21

ChatGPT is getting a dedicated mode for teens

OpenAI is introducing a dedicated ChatGPT mode for teenagers, combining existing youth safeguards and new safety features under one roof....

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Aug 18, 2026 50

Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit

On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted ...

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Aug 18, 2026 18

We still don’t know how people are really using AI

AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using products like Claude and ChatGPT, but they only ...