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Wednesday, 19 August 2026
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Podcast: Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

TL;DRAmazon allegedly destroying rare books to feed AI training datasets.

Why it matters: Raises questions about AI training ethics, data sourcing, and whether irreplaceable cultural artifacts should fuel commercial AI models.

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OpenAI Takes Initial Steps To Address Its Alignment Problems

OpenAI acknowledges internal alignment failures and infrastructure supervision problems.

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Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models

OpenAI lets some API users run models without storing their data.

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KnowledgeForge: mining gold from the ITSM ticket graveyard

Tool automatically converts old IT support tickets into searchable knowledge articles.

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Pokémon and Polaroid are collaborating on three new adorable cameras

Pokémon-themed Polaroid cameras launching in two models.

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Thoma Bravo Keeps Up Intense Pace of Dealmaking, Rohde Says

Thoma Bravo closed three deals in six weeks, including taking Accelerant private.

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Kollmorgen to give a joint-by-joint guide to humanoid motion

Kollmorgen explains how to engineer joints for humanoid robots at scale.

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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging

AI startup Rillet hit $1B valuation after doubling revenue in three months.

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SpaceX Attempted to Buy AI Coding Startup Cognition

SpaceX tried to acquire AI coding startup Cognition to boost its AI capabilities.

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Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients

Healthcare software company CareCloud's breach exposed data on 3.7 million patients.

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Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly set to throw dinner in honor of Sam Altman

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