👀In Case You Missed It
Sam Altman admits GPT-5 rollout was botched, pivots quickly to GPT-6 with promises of stronger safety and personalization.
Google doubles down on AI everywhere — rolling out Gemini for Home 🏠, expanding Agentic AI Mode for real bookings, and upgrading Translate + Photos with new Gemini features.
Meta freezes AI hiring despite billions spent, while Apple reportedly seeks Google’s Gemini to fix Siri after repeated setbacks.
Nvidia faces turbulence — halts H20 chip work in China, but pushes forward with Blackwell B30A; meanwhile SoftBank invests $2B in Intel.
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🧠 Cloud & Infrastructure Watch
Perplexity launches a $42.5M publisher revenue-sharing program via Comet Plus, giving outlets 80% of proceeds.
Read MoreMicrosoft releases VibeVoice, an open-source text-to-speech model that generates 90 minutes of multi-speaker audio on consumer devices.
Read MoreGoogle expands NotebookLM with multilingual Video & Audio Overviews in 80 languages.
Read MoreBrave uncovers a prompt-injection security flaw in Perplexity’s Comet browser.
Read MoreGoogle Translate adds AI-powered lessons and live real-time translations across 70+ languages.
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💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
Microsoft integrates Qwen2.5 into VibeVoice to enable natural turn-taking in long-form speech synthesis.
Read MoreNvidia Jetson Thor robotics computer becomes generally available, enabling intelligent real-world robotics.
Read MoreIBM and AMD partner on “quantum-centric” supercomputing that couples quantum with AMD CPUs/GPUs.
Read MoreAsus to build 250-petaflop Nvidia-powered supercomputer in Taiwan.
Read MoreAT&T to acquire $23bn in spectrum licenses from EchoStar.
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🧠 Insight of the Day
AI isn’t just fast—it’s fragile
Today’s news highlights how AI hype collides with reality: lawsuits, biased studies, and rushed deployments all expose structural weaknesses. True AI leadership will come from those who slow down enough to stress-test ethics, governance, and resilience before scaling. ⚖️💡
🏢 Sovereign and Data Centre News
Amazon and X-energy join South Korean consortium to advance SMR nuclear development in the US.
Read MoreOasis Digital Properties secures approval for a 1.2GW data centre in King George County, Virginia.
Read MoreMaharashtra government partners with Prestige to build data centre in Navi Mumbai, India.
Read MoreDigital Realty launches a 2MW data centre in Nigeria.
Read MoreCompass Mining and Onmine energise a new 10MW site in Texas.
Read MoreFermi & Westinghouse finalise nuclear licensing application for Amarillo’s planned 11GW AI campus.
Read MoreSingapore government introduces new data centre efficiency standard.
Read MoreDigital Realty breaks ground on Rome data centre campus.
Read MoreNepal Stock Exchange to construct national data centre.
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🗓️ This Day in AI - August 27
2015 🏥 – IBM’s Watson launched in healthcare, pitching AI for cancer diagnosis.
2018 📸 – Adobe Sensei introduced AI-powered automatic photo tagging.
2020 🕹️ – NVIDIA Ampere GPUs began shipping, transforming AI training speeds.
2022 🌐 – Hugging Face opened its Transformers Hub, democratising model access.
2023 📱 – TikTok tested AI avatars for creators, fuelling identity debates.
2024 🚗 – Waymo expanded robotaxi service in LA, marking mass-market rollout.
🏦 Global AI Investments
Parents sue OpenAI after teen used ChatGPT to research suicide methods.
Read MoreAnthropic launches a Claude AI agent for Chrome with in-browser task execution.
Read MoreSilicon Valley heavyweights (Greg Brockman, A16z, etc.) launch a super-PAC “Leading the Future” to push a pro-AI agenda for US midterms.
Read MoreLiberland, a crypto micronation led by Justin Sun, builds White House ties for diplomatic recognition.
Read MoreEyebot raises $20M Series A for 90-second AI prescription kiosks.
Read MoreAirTrunk secures AU$16bn in sustainability-linked refinancing backed by 60+ banks.
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🛠️ AI Tools To Keep An Eye On
💬 Hyperstack now offering RTX 6000 Pro rentals at $1.26/hr, undercutting AWS on GPU costs.
🗣️ Microsoft VibeVoice: open-source TTS model generates 90-min, 4-speaker podcasts on consumer devices.
🌎 Google Translate upgrade: Gemini-powered live lessons + real-time speech translations in 70+ languages.
🎨 Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: advanced editor improves natural photo edits, composites, and detail preservation.
🖥️ Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome: an embedded AI agent that browses and takes actions directly in-browser.
🔮What To Watch Next
xAI vs Apple/OpenAI lawsuit could set the first precedent around AI antitrust rules.
MIT’s “95% AI failure” study backlash may reshape how ROI in AI is measured.
Google’s agentic AI rollout could disrupt booking, shopping, and productivity markets if adoption is strong.
Meta’s AI spending vs hiring freeze raises questions about strategy consistency.
Quantum–classical hybrids (IBM + AMD) hint at the next leap in enterprise compute.
🏁 Outro: Until Tomorrow…
From Google’s agentic assistants to Elon Musk’s lawsuits, today’s headlines show AI is everywhere—at our dinner tables, in our lawsuits, and even inside our healthcare. Some projects will crash under hype (👀 MIT), while others quietly shift how we live. Stay sharp: the gap between promise and practice has never been wider.
