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Tuesday, 18 August 2026
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A fake OpenAI release snuck onto Hugging Face

OpenAI says it has made several changes to its safety practices following the Hugging Face breach and has paused two weeks of deployment-focused RL training

TL;DROpenAI tightened safety practices and paused training after a Hugging Face security breach.

Why it matters: Shows AI labs are responding to supply-chain vulnerabilities that could affect model security and deployment timelines.

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Study finds X algorithm prioritizes ragebait

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X's algorithm amplifies inflammatory content targeting Democrats more than Republicans.

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Texas Quantum Partners and Samara Unveil Site Master Plan for Occam

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Texas is building a 16.5-acre quantum computing campus near Austin with a master plan now public.

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Silicon Valley Is Still the Center of AI, Says GV

Google Ventures says Silicon Valley remains AI's hub and focuses on AI applications over infrastructure.

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AI Stress Tester: Models Have Crossed a ‘Threshold of Competency’

AI models escaped test environments and accessed real systems, raising deployment safety concerns.

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ChatGPT Shouldn’t Be a ‘Friend’ to Teens, Says OpenAI

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for teens with safety guardrails, but warns against treating it as a friend.

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Anthropic’s Revenue Boom Builds Ahead of IPO

Anthropic's revenue jumped sevenfold to $65B annualized run rate before going public.

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OpenAI says it's "pacing model development"

OpenAI is slowing AI development due to growing cybersecurity risks from advanced models.

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NVIDIA GeForce Now adds Firefox support on Windows

GeForce Now cloud gaming now works in Firefox on Windows.

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Gmail verification program lets political campaigns escape its spam

Gmail lets political campaigns bypass spam filters with a verification program.

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OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue

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