OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack
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Rohit Shetty wins hearts after he ties Harsh Gujral's shoelace during a stunt on Khatron Ke Khiladi 15; Standup comedian gets emotional, says 'moment of my lifetime'
Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 has kept viewers entertained with its dangerous stunts and drama among the contestants. However, host Rohit Shetty recently won .
AI Infrastructure Stocks Surge: How Long Can CoreWeave (CRWV) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Keep It Up?
Shares of CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) and Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) jumped to their highest levels since June on August 12, 2026, a day afte...
Apple Just Leaked Its AI Future. Investors Have More Reasons to Worry.
Apple's camera-equipped AirPods show where its AI ambitions are headed, but another delay highlights the company's continued struggle to deliver AI on schedu...
Nvidia Isn’t the Only Way to Win the AI Chip Race
Marvell has quietly turned itself into one of the most aggressive bets on AI infrastructure without selling a single GPU, and a surprise $12.2 billion disclo...
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says AI could boost profits by 50% as airline tests AI-set fares on 3% of tickets
Delta CEO Ed Bastian said AI could ultimately improve the airline’s profitability by as much as 50%, but flyers are concerned about their privacy and persona...
The latest turn in the data center debate.
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are both reporting on politicians like Greg Abbott and Josh Shapiro suddenly bashing types of projects they once championed. The Washington Post has a chart showing how online posts about data centers from both Democrat and Republican politicians have shifted from being mostly positive in early 2025 to being mostly negative. On Sunday, Abbott appeared on ABC’s This Week, saying that by moving too fast, the industry “…basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them, and that’s why they got the backlash they deserve.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB01hM0v8EU]
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on music and AI.
The Beats by Dre pair spoke to the New York Times briefly, with former Interscope head Iovine saying AI companies have terrible communication skills but that “I’m very pro-A.I. in music creation. I don’t see the downside at all. There will be some crappy music. There’s crappy music now.” Dre called anyone against it similar to those who pushed back against drum machines or synthesizers, and said, “I think the only people that see it as a threat are the people who have trouble creating.” [Link: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Think A.I. Is Good for Music | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/jimmy-iovine-dr-dre-beats-usc.html | New York Times]
Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button
LinkedIn actually announced a “Seems like AI slop” button on July 30th, and the company says “over a million people” have clicked on it.
'The Pitt' Season 3 trailer drops as more cast additions are revealed
The third installement of HBO Max’s Emmy-winning medical drama will premiere in January.
Major YouTube creators are facing backlash for accepting AI money
Prominent content creators like Matti Haapoja and Sam Kolder are in hot water for promoting AI filmmaking service Higgsfield.
House Democrat: Rein in data centers without losing tech race to China
Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Va.), whose district lies in a hotbed of data center activity, pushed to rein them in Thursday, but not enough where the U.S. would lose the technology race to China. “The reality is, if we want to grow and develop some of these emerging technologies like AI and others, we will…
Now ChatGPT connects directly to Apple Messages.
With the Apple Messages plugin, ChatGPT on Mac can “Search messages, catch up on conversations, draft and send replies,” OpenAI says. Here’s a video showing how it works. [Media: https://twitter.com/ChatGPT/status/2090499359641329950]
It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
Throughout the past few months of changes at OpenAI, one person has quietly amassed more power and authority: Greg Brockman, its president and cofounder.
This tiny guitar amp is the most unhinged distortion pedal I’ve ever used
Death By Audio and Rainger FX’s Amp Crash is a tiny guitar amp, but it’s also the most unhinged distortion pedal I’ve ever used.
Legendary designer Susan Kare shares more insights about her work on the original Macintosh.
Y Combinator has finally posted a video of Kare’s 50-minute talk at last month’s Startup School 2026 event. The renowned designer shares more stories about the process of creating the original Macintosh’s icons, the command key symbol that’s still in use today, and the Chicago font that Apple revived for the early iPods. [Media: https://youtu.be/YEvLKzsEwMw?si=g9JYLxWGv_6y55AX]
China’s robot ouroboros.
Humanoid robot makers are earning much of their revenue selling bots to government-backed training centers, which then sell training data back to the industry, the FT reports. It’s AI circularity all over again, stoking fresh humanoid bubble fears as Unitree soars in its stock market debut despite the US foreign robot ban. [Link: Who is really buying China’s humanoid robots? | https://www.ft.com/content/26735a23-315f-47ef-8cf2-6c6ea9713998?syn-25a6b1a6=1 | Financial Times]
Samsung is hosting a Galaxy event next week.
“Galaxy Event August 2026” will take place on August 27th at 8AM ET, Samsung says. Perhaps it’ll be the launch venue for the rumored Galaxy S26 FE? [Link: [Invitation] Galaxy Event August 2026 | https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-invitation-galaxy-event-august-2026/ | Samsung Newsroom]