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August 13, 2026, 10:50 AM
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to acquire Decart, which makes world models and GPU optimization tech to cut training costs, for ~$6B; Decart raised $300M in May  —  Anthropic PBC is in talks to buy the artificial intelligence startup Decart AI for about $6 billion, according to people familiar …
Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic's investors expect it to float at a $2T+ valuation in an October IPO and to hit $100B to $120B in annualized revenue by the end of 2026  —  Anthropic investors expect the AI start-up to float at a valuation of $2tn or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX …
Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg:
President Trump signs a memo letting the US government partner with private companies to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans  —  The US government is partnering with private-sector firms to launch cyber attacks abroad, expanding the scope of national security operations …
The Information:
DeepSeek launches V4-Pro, its most advanced model that rivals Kimi K3 on some benchmarks but is priced much lower, at $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens  —  Chinese AI developer DeepSeek has launched its flagship model, V4-Pro, to mixed reviews from users, with some expressing disappointment.
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Flock CEO Garrett Langley acknowledges the startup “got this one wrong” and says Flock is assuming greater responsibility for how law enforcement uses its tech  —  After reports that some cops misused tracking data it collects, Flock is rolling out policy changes.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Twitch says it intends to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon's generative AI content models and adds a setting for creators to opt out  —  The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators' content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon.
Reuters:
Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies in July from an “overseas source”, but the affected agencies successfully “handled” them  —  Taiwan detected AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies last month coming from overseas …
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Coinbase, Block, BitGo, and 70+ other crypto companies say frontier AI safety guardrails hinder legitimate security work while cyberattackers use stronger tools  —  More than three dozen bitcoin and crypto companies have asked the largest AI labs to give open-source security researchers early access …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple is discussing multiyear content deals with publishers to deliver current news and information for Siri AI, using a possible nine-figure budget  —  The content deals could provide the tech company's voice assistant with current news and information
Howard Liu / South China Morning Post:
Counterpoint: China-based YMTC accounted for 14% of global NAND flash shipments in Q2, behind Samsung's 25% and SK Hynix's 22%, but ahead of Micron and Kioxia
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Sources: the White House is expected to expand its AI oversight framework in the coming months to cover open models once they reach “frontier” capabilities  —  Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple …
Bloomberg:
Rapidly advancing AI tools have created investor uncertainty and fear around the risk of the SaaS business model and the private equity and credit on top of it  —  Now the entire business model is at risk  —  ON WALL STREET, there's a disaster scenario known as the “SaaSpocalypse” that goes something like this.
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Databricks closed a $5B funding round at a $190B valuation, six months after raising $5B at a $134B valuation, and says it has crossed $7B in revenue run rate  —  Databricks on Thursday said it closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation.  —  The company said that it has …
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Reuters:
AI chip designer Cerebras reports Q2 revenue up 74% YoY to $180M, below $194.23M est., and raises its annual revenue and gross margin forecasts; CBRS drops 10%+  —  Cerebras Systems (CBRS.O) raised its annual revenue and gross margin forecasts on Wednesday, buoyed by robust demand for its chips …
Newley Purnell / Bloomberg:
Meta says it has removed 750K+ accounts in Australia believed to belong to under-16s since complying with the social media ban, including 462K on Instagram  —  Meta Platforms Inc. says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong …
Reuters:
Filings and sources: Microsoft shuttered 15+ branch offices and joint ventures in China in the past five years, amid China's push for domestic software  —  Microsoft once regarded the idea of quitting China as unthinkable.  —  The year was 2010 and Google was about to exit due to concerns over censorship and cyberattacks.

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: Paramount's board approved David Ellison's plan to possibly leave California, selling its 65-acre lot in Hollywood and the Warner Bros. Burbank campus

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump announces that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post by the end of August to spend more time with her family

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Forbes fired Chief Content Officer Randall Lane last month after finding he received ~$6M from R.J. Shook, founder of Forbes partner Shook Research

More News

Alex Townsend:
Mathematicians say a neurosurgery resident used ChatGPT, powered by GPT-5.6, to solve Crouzeix's conjecture, a major open problem in numerical linear algebra
Financial Times:
Research: 53M+ people in China worked as food delivery or ridesharing drivers as of 2025, up 10M in two years, amid accelerating automation in manufacturing

Earlier Picks

Juby Babu / Reuters:
Cisco reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $17.25B, above $16.82B est., $4B in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers, and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above est.
Mistral AI Blog:
Mistral says it will run third-party open models on the same infrastructure, regional controls, and service commitments as its own, starting with Z.ai's GLM-5.2
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept sue Trump after Trump Media & Technology rolled out a subscription service for faster access to Trump's posts
Kenrick Cai / Reuters:
Sources detail moves behind Google's AI reshuffle; Sergey Brin urged key staff to go all in on Gemini, and some teams shifted from DeepMind to corporate Google
Reuters:
Bank of America says it plans to deploy $250B by July 2027 to support US digital and infrastructure projects, including data centers and energy infrastructure
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