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Google open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings Aug 10, 2026

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WeatherNext can deliver a 15-day forecast predicting storms’ track and intensity.

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OpenAI is slowing down Astra’s development due to cybersecurity concerns, the Trump admin is spending another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects, and the FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved Aug 10, 2026

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-In a post on its website, OpenAI said internal evaluations of its upcoming model, called Astra, showed "significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity," resulting in OpenAI not being able to "rule out critical cyber capabilities."

-Wind turbine projects will be cancelled near New York, California and Louisiana. As part of the agreement, RWE has agreed to spend $900 million to acquire a 16 percent stake in a Louisiana liquified natural gas project .

-The FCC is proposing to prohibit models equipped with certain capabilities, like thermal imaging, LiDAR sensing and aerosol dispensing. Any new ban would not affect drones already in the hands of buyers.

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Meta introduces Muse Code, its take on a coding agent Aug 07, 2026

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The terminal-based coding tool is powered by a new AI model, Muse Spark 1.2

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Chinese AI model Moonshot Kimi K3 also escaped its testing environment, AI is now making new viruses, what could possibly go wrong, and Google open-sourced an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings Aug 07, 2026

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-According to US cybersecurity startup Frontier, Kimi K3 broke out of a sandbox from the UK government's AI Security Institute while its defensive cybersecurity skills were being evaluated.

-Scientists at Palo Alto's Arc Institute and Stanford University created the viruses with the genome language models Evo 1 and Evo 2.

-Tropical cyclones pose a unique challenge to predict because global atmospheric currents that determine a storm's path have traditionally been best analyzed by coarser global models.

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We just got our first real look at how small X's ad business is Aug 06, 2026

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Advertisers seem to be spending a whole lot less than they used to on the platform.

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OpenAI's agents shared exploits through a message board, the FDA approved Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine, and Meta introduced Muse Code Aug 06, 2026

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-OpenAI discovered and shut down the message board on July 4, but the agents found another way to rebuild it for communication by the 8th.

-Known as mFlusiva, the immunization is effective against the four most common strains of influenza and has been in human testing trials since 2021

-The new terminal-based coding tool is powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a new version of Meta's AI model which offers "improvements in code generation, complex debugging, codebase understanding, and end-to-end developer workflows."

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Apple is working on a seamless copy-paste experience between iPhones and Windows PCs Aug 05, 2026

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The company is hoping to finish its development by fall 2027.

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OpenAI and Anthropic models went on a hacking spree when tested by the UK's AI research institute, Apple claims more trade secret theft, and Texas’ governor ordered an audit of new data centers Aug 05, 2026

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-UK's AI Security Institute has released a report, detailing how the companies' models also acted independently and "engaged in sustained, potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organizations" during its own tests.

-Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction in its case against OpenAI, which would stop the AI company from moving forward with the development of any devices that are suspected of being based on Apple's technology.

-Texas is home to 521 data centers. On top of the existing power demands of those centers, the state is currently reviewing more than 474 gigawatts in requests to connect to the state's electric grids.

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EU announces new rules on AI transparency Aug 04, 2026

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They are 'intended to foster trust and integrity in the information ecosystem.'

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Gemini Spark now has Chrome web-browsing capabilities, OpenAI fires back at Apple after its trade secret lawsuit, and Amazon is developing a Warhammer 40,000 animated show Aug 04, 2026

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-Google's agentic AI assistant Spark can now integrate with the company's Chrome web browser.

-OpenAI calls the trade secret theft lawsuit Apple filed against it "careless, aggressive and oddly personal."

-Warhammer 40,000 is getting an animated TV show. Variety reported that Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios and Games Workshop are developing an adaptation of the sci-fi franchise.

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