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AI Made Expertise Cheap. Judgment Is The New Competitive Advantage
AI has made polished work abundant and less meaningful. Employers must look beyond outputs and hire for judgment, reasoning and accountability.
Five things to know about Anthropic ahead of Wall Street debut
Anthropic, the OpenAI rival that bet everything on computer coding, is expected to go public within weeks in a listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record Wal...
AI Will Deflate Value of IT Work by Up to 25%, Hexaware CEO Says
AI could lower the price of routine IT projects by as much as 25%, the head of India’s Hexaware Technologies Ltd. said, highlighting the impact the technolog...
Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say | TechCrunch
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continues | TechCrunch
Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group.
Bill Gates alerta para perigos da IA e quer discutir regras com Xi | G1
Bilionário pretende se encontrar com o presidente chinês ainda neste ano e defende que países monitorem capacidade da IA de criar moléculas e realizar ataques biológicos.
Nancy Pelosi makes intriguing first-ever bet on AI power stock
Pelosi reported new positions as demand for AI infrastructure drives a growing need for power.
South Korea's Wrtn raises Series C funding at over $722 million valuation
SEOUL, Aug 26 (Reuters) - South Korean AI services platform Wrtn Technologies said on Wednesday it had raised around 100 billion won ($72.2 million) in a Ser...
AI Trade at Risk From US Voter Ire Over Buildout, Barclays Says
The relentless buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure is drawing bipartisan backlash, which could introduce political risk to the market’s belove...
Now OpenAI’s former head of data centers is out.
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg report that Chris Malone, a “key executive” leading OpenAI’s massive build-out plans, left the company last week. The WSJ reports that Malone, who held similar roles at Meta and Google before joining OpenAI in early 2025, had previously reported directly to OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman, but that changed earlier this year amid other reshuffling. [Link: It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/982774/greg-brockman-openai-role-expansion | The Verge]
OpenAI Data Center Executive Chris Malone Departs the AI Startup
An OpenAI executive helping to oversee the AI developer’s data center buildout, Chris Malone, has left the company.
There’s a surge of new gas projects being built to power data centers in the US.
Proposals for new gas-fired power capacity tied to data centers nearly doubled in the first half of 2026, according to a Global Energy Monitor report. Nearly a third of that new capacity would come online in Texas, more than in any other state or country. [Link: Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ | WIRED]
Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding | TechCrunch
The company's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.
A first for Nvidia: One of its employees is now facing 5 years in prison for smuggling AI chips into China
The company is working with Taiwanese authorities to “resolve the allegations as quickly as possible.”
Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat | TechCrunch
Anthropic is giving Claude a shared memory across chat and Cowork, so users no longer have to repeatedly brief the AI on projects, preferences, and other context.
Anthropic pitches IPO investors on $30 trillion market opportunity
The AI company could aim to raise as much as $100 billion in its offering, targeting a valuation of about $2 trillion
Claude Cowork can now remember your regular chats.
Anthropic has added memory to Cowork, and it’s the same one Claude’s chatbot already uses, making it easier to pick up tasks without re-explaining important information. Memory is on by default, but won’t save sensitive topics like health or beliefs unless you manually enable that setting. [Image: You can edit or delete any of the saved memories in Claude and Cowork by checking topics under the settings menu. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Claude-Cowork-memory.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]