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AI Security

Agentes de codificación de IA instalaron código desconocido dentro de redes corporativas a través de una falla en un estándar web poco conocido

Investigadores tendieron una trampa en archivos que los agentes de IA leen automáticamente. Docenas de empresas, algunas de ellas de Fortune 500, cayeron directamente en ella.

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AI Business

Salesforce and Anthropic team up as customers get billed by the sip

A new Claude-powered product and strong quarterly numbers lifted Salesforce's share price, but the company's credit-based pricing model is drawing fresh scrutiny from analysts who warn of hidden cost spikes.

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Policy

AI Data Centres Are Thirsty. But How Thirsty, Exactly?

Protests are spreading across the American Southwest over water use at AI data centres. The real numbers are murky, and tech companies aren't making it easier to find them.

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Robotics

Carbon Robotics swaps dozens of crop-specific AI models for one that learns a new field in minutes

A single 'large plant model' trained on 150 million labeled plant images lets farmers define crops and weeds on an iPad, then point a laser weeder at exactly what they want gone.

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Everyday AI

Plaud's New Earbuds Want to Be Your Always-On AI Assistant, Case and All

The AI note-taking company is betting that earphones with a built-in SIM card slot can replace your phone as the way you talk to AI agents throughout the day.

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Everyday AI

Young Workers Are Ditching Screens for Sawdust and Copper Wire

As AI quietly eats away at entry-level office jobs, a growing number of younger workers are trading spreadsheets for bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding.

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Everyday AI

Adobe Photoshop obtiene una barra de herramientas de IA dedicada y una forma más inteligente de editar sin escribir

Una nueva interfaz beta agrupa todas las herramientas de IA de Photoshop en un solo lugar, y un modo de edición basado en dibujos te permite esbozar lo que deseas cambiar en lugar de describirlo con palabras.

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Everyday AI

These AI Earbuds Record and Summarise Every Conversation You Have

Plaud's new One Explorer Edition looks like ordinary earbuds but quietly transcribes everything around you, then lets an AI agent book meetings and send emails on your behalf.

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Frontier Labs

Google DeepMind coloca su IA en una caja criptográfica sellada para pruebas

Una evaluación de doble ciego sin precedentes busca evitar que los modelos de IA estudien secretamente el examen antes del día de la prueba.

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AI Business

ChatGPT Will Now Show Ads to Free Users in India

OpenAI is rolling out advertisements inside ChatGPT for its free and low-cost subscribers in India, starting with 50 brands and a self-serve ad tool arriving next month.

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Policy

Why Everyone Suddenly Has Strong Opinions About Data Centres

Those giant warehouse buildings humming away on the edge of town power all the AI tools you use daily. Now they're sparking political fights from both sides. Here's what's going on.

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Everyday AI

This London Startup Wants to Kill Your Keyboard With a $150 AI Microphone

Relay's voice-to-text app is live now for Mac users. The hardware arrives in early 2027, and the founders think you'll barely touch your keyboard after that.

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Policy

Trump's AI selfies with Washington and Lincoln: what's actually going on

Facing low approval ratings and a stalled Iran conflict, the US president is posting AI-generated images of himself alongside historical figures. It's a PR move that says a lot about how politicians now use artificial intelligence.

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Science & Space

AI and drones are decoding whale calls. What they're finding could change how we think about animal culture.

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to crack the complex language of beluga whales. The findings hint that these animals pass down knowledge and traditions, much like we do.

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AI2Day OriginalRobotics

Autonomous vehicles jumped from one story to six in our coverage. Here is what that shape looks like.

AI2Day published six pieces on self-driving vehicles between 20 and 26 August 2026, up from a single story the week before. Three separate outlets carried the beat, so this is not one desk chasing a hunch.

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Policy

Ghost Data Centres Are Jamming Britain's Power Grid, and AI Is to Blame

Developers are reserving grid connections they may never use, blocking real AI projects from getting power. Britain's energy regulator wants to charge them hundreds of millions to stop the queue-jumping.

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Policy

Australia bans AI-generated songs from its music charts

The country's peak music body now requires every charting song to be 'substantially human made', after an AI-assisted Madonna cover reached number two nationally.

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Policy

Nobody Wants a Data Centre Next Door. So Who Decides Where They Go?

Communities across the UK and the world are pushing back against the vast, noisy buildings that keep AI running. Their complaints are real. So is the problem of stopping them.

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AI Security

OpenAI Bans Russian Accounts That Used ChatGPT to Build a Fake Academic Institution

A covert influence operation used OpenAI's chatbot to write social media posts, copy real research papers, and construct a phoney think-tank designed to make pro-Russia narratives look credible.

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Everyday AI

A 23-year-old's AI assistant startup just hit a $2.5 billion valuation after raising $250 million

Instinct, the life-organising AI app from Spear Street Technology, closed a $250 million Series B round this week. The app is still invite-only, and privacy worries are already swirling.

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Robotics

BlackBerry Quietly Became a Robotics Software Company. Here Is How.

The phone maker turned automotive software firm says its QNX software is now one of its fastest-growing business lines, and robots are driving that growth.

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