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11 Aug 2026

OpenAI's Only Dedicated Ethicist Chloé Bakalar Leaves After Less Than a Year With No Replacement

Chloé Bakalar, OpenAI's head of ethics and sole dedicated ethicist, quietly departed in July after less than a year. Her exit follows departures by Johannes Heidecke, head of safety systems, and Joshua Achiam, chief futurist, raising questions about independent safety oversight as OpenAI builds increasingly powerful AI systems.

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Brad Pitt Backs AI in Film to Help Mid-Budget Productions Get Made

Brad Pitt has waded into Hollywood's AI debate, telling Esquire that artificial intelligence could be a valuable tool for mid-budget films ranging from $40 to $90 million. While acknowledging pushback against AI replacing actors, the Oscar winner sees the technology as essential for making expensive visual effects more affordable and getting productions off the ground.

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Riot Platforms Strikes $9.1 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal with Anthropic as Bitcoin Miners Pivot

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms has signed a $9.1 billion, 20-year compute deal with Anthropic, leasing 191 megawatts at its Rockdale, Texas campus. The agreement marks a major shift as bitcoin miners transition to AI infrastructure landlords, with the deal potentially reaching $16.1 billion if extended.

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Riot Platforms Lands $9.1 Billion AI Data Center Deal, Stock Surges 24% on Anthropic Lease

Riot Platforms secured a 20-year AI data center lease worth $9.1 billion with a frontier AI lab reported to be Anthropic, covering 191 megawatts at its Rockdale facility. The deal marks a decisive shift from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure, driving the stock up 24% in after-hours trading as analysts raised price targets to as high as $40.

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Micron Technology's AI Demand Boom Could Generate $640 Billion in Free Cash Flow by 2030

Micron Technology's executives revealed customers are scrambling for memory chips even at elevated prices as AI infrastructure growth creates unprecedented demand. Bank of America projects the company could generate over $640 billion in cumulative free cash flow through 2030, while supply constraints are expected to tighten further through 2027.

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Game Science Rejects Generative AI for Black Myth Sequel, Inspired by Christopher Nolan

Game Science announced it will not use generative AI to develop Black Myth: Zhong Kui, the sequel to Black Myth: Wukong. Co-founder Yan Qi cited Christopher Nolan's use of traditional filmmaking techniques as inspiration, emphasizing the studio's commitment to human creativity and artistic integrity over rushing to adopt trending technology.

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French Media Files Complaint Against Google AI Summaries Over Traffic Loss and Unpaid Content Use

Nearly 300 French newspapers filed a complaint with France's competition authority over Google's AI Overviews, which generate search result summaries without compensation. The publishers cite traffic losses of 33-38% and claim Google violated its 2022 neighbouring rights agreement by deploying AI-generated article summaries without authorization or payment.

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AI-Optimized IaaS Spending Set to Reach $42 Billion in 2026 as Inference Workloads Dominate

Gartner forecasts global spending on AI-optimized Infrastructure as a Service will surge 96% to $42 billion in 2026, driven by enterprise AI adoption and large language model training. A pivotal shift is underway: inference workload spending will surpass training spending for the first time, signaling production-scale AI deployments are becoming the primary driver of cloud investment.

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Anthropic Introduces Invisible AI Watermarks for Claude Amid EU Compliance and User Backlash

Anthropic has begun watermarking all Claude AI outputs globally to meet EU AI Act requirements. Text carries invisible watermarks while images include cryptographic metadata. But researchers question effectiveness as watermarks can be stripped easily, and users worry about false positives flagging legitimate editing as AI-generated content.

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Mark Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Sparks Skepticism as Meta Struggles to Compete in AI Race

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 6,500-word essay titled 'The Future is for Everyone,' outlining his vision for AI-powered personal agents and open-source models. Critics point to Meta's troubled history with social media and question the timing as the company lags behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in AI development.

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Upwork Slashes 2026 Forecast as AI Automation Reshapes Freelance Marketplace

Upwork cut its full-year revenue forecast to $730 million-$750 million from $760 million-$790 million, citing faster-than-expected AI automation, labor market weakness and Google SEO deterioration. Active clients fell 4% to 763,000 while gross services volume declined 3.6% to $966.4 million, even as AI-related work grew 22% year-over-year.

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MoneyLion Veterans Launch Astraeus to Solve Wealth Management's Fragmented AI Infrastructure

Former MoneyLion executives Phill Rosen and Jon Stevenson have launched Astraeus, a wealth management infrastructure platform that addresses the industry's fragmented systems. Backed by Fintech Collective, F-Prime, and other investors, the platform uses semantic layers to give AI firm-specific context while maintaining regulatory compliance.

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ASUS Laptops Now Bundle Free Google AI Pro and Plus Subscriptions for Three Months

ASUS partnered with Google to offer three months of complimentary Google AI Pro or AI Plus services to customers purchasing eligible ASUS and ROG laptops. The promotion runs through August 2027 and includes access to advanced Gemini models and cloud storage ranging from 400GB to 5TB depending on the laptop model.

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Apple Reference Image in iOS 27 Beta Tackles Deepfakes With Photo Authentication System

Apple is developing Reference Image, a photo authentication feature discovered in iOS 27 beta 5 that embeds provenance metadata into iPhone captures. The opt-in system uses sensor signatures and Private Cloud Compute to verify authenticity, offering journalists and legal professionals a tool to combat AI-generated images and misinformation.

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ChatGPT now lets you book restaurant tables and join waitlists through Yelp integration

OpenAI deepens its partnership with Yelp to bring restaurant reservations and waitlist capabilities directly into ChatGPT. Users in the U.S. and Canada can now book a table mid-chat without switching apps, while OpenAI also partners with Resy and OpenTable for expanded booking options.

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