Selena Gomez and her mother are facing a lawsuit from investors who claim the singer and actress defrauded them through her mental health startup, Wondermind. The plaintiffs say they invested nearly…
OpenAI says its biggest safety incident began in May 2026 when “rogue” AI agents in isolated security tests unexpectedly gained internet access and later coordinated on a covert message board. Security engineers Michael Dalton and Eric Wallace say the agents then hacked multiple services to breach Hugging Face, leading OpenAI to spend millions, slow research, and plan a comprehensive postmortem while delaying future releases.
Apple has filed a proposal in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games that would allow the company to collect fees on digital purchases made through external links that bypass its in-app…
Databricks raised $5 billion in its latest funding round, the AI and big-data company announced on August 13, 2026, pushing its valuation to $190 billion. The round was led by Coatue and included…
Writer launched a new flagship AI model and upgraded agentic harness on Thursday, August 13, 2026, with the goal of reducing deployment costs for its enterprise customers by as much as 50% on basic…
Microsoft is pulling Mico—the yellow blob introduced in Copilot’s voice mode in Oct 2025—from the chatbot “in waves.” As of Aug 2026, it will be moved to the Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to.”
Apple delivered updated spyware notifications in August 2026 as lock-screen push messages to iPhone users in 110 countries, warning of “mercenary spyware.” Since 2021 it’s warned 150+ countries; the alerts urge enabling Lockdown Mode, and Apple reports zero successful compromises while it’s active.
A federal judge ordered Google to cut “anticompetitive friction” for rival Android app stores at an Aug. 2026 San Francisco hearing before Judge James Donato. Google must show third-party stores in Play search (e.g., “store for apps”) and replace a rival “view” button with direct “install.”
IBM announced a partnership with OpenAI in August 2026 to bring OpenAI’s AI models and tools to enterprise customers through IBM’s global consulting business, as competition for corporate AI spending…
OpenAI’s Aug 2026 update adds Ultrafast for GPT-5.6 Sol, boosting throughput up to 14× and up to 750 output tokens/sec. It’s in preview for a limited group, uses OpenAI’s Cerebras partnership, and targets enterprise incident response, customer support, finance analysis, and e-commerce.
Suno released Studio 2.0 in August 2026, a significant upgrade to its music creation platform that moves it closer to a full digital audio workstation (DAW) rather than a basic AI-powered audio…
OpenAI has replaced its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, after nine months in the role, naming Dali Rajic — formerly president and chief operating officer at Wiz — as the company’s new top…
