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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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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 says AI demand creates unprecedented memory chip shortage into 2027

Micron Technology executives revealed at a tech forum that AI-driven demand for memory chips is creating severe supply constraints, with data centers unable to secure more than half their needed capacity. The company reported an 81% operating margin while customers continue ordering despite very high prices, signaling a tight memory market 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 Rolls Out Invisible AI Watermarking for Claude to Meet EU AI Act Compliance

Anthropic announced that all Claude AI models launched after August 2 will embed invisible watermarks in text and digital signatures in images to comply with the EU AI Act. The watermarking applies globally but faces skepticism over effectiveness, potential for false positives, and ease of removal by bad actors.

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Mark Zuckerberg's AI Vision Draws Skepticism Over Meta's Privacy Track Record

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word AI manifesto titled 'The Future is for Everyone,' advocating for personal superintelligence accessible to billions. While championing open-source AI models and distributed power, critics point to Meta's history of privacy violations and question whether the company can deliver on promises of private, democratized AI.

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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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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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Cloudflare CFO: Humans Will Be 'Rounding Error' as AI Traffic Surges 1,000x in Five Years

Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert predicts machine-generated internet traffic could outnumber human activity by 1,000 times within five years. Machines already dominate internet traffic since May 2026, forcing infrastructure providers to prioritize efficiency and raising questions about how the web will adapt to serve AI-driven bots over people.

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China Ships 97% of Global Humanoid Robots as US Struggles to Compete in Physical AI Race

China now controls 97% of global humanoid robot shipments, leaving the US and other nations far behind. Built on cheap hardware, a homegrown supply chain and massive state funding, Chinese firms like Unitree and Zhiyuan are shipping tens of thousands of units while American companies remain stuck at prototype stage.

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