Nvidia is investing $1.5 billion in SB Energy and providing credit support for a massive new AI data center campus in Ohio that will supply computing capacity to OpenAI.
Google is continuing its push to make advanced AI models faster, more efficient and easier to use with the introduction of Gemini 3.7 Flash.
AI is becoming common at work before many organizations have built the policies, training, and leadership practices employees need to use it with confidence.
The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is creating new physical security challenges for data centers.
The new open model reflects a broader shift toward smaller, specialized models handling routine work inside AI agent systems.
Meta's "The Future Is for Everyone" manifesto, published August 10, outlines the company's view of where AI is heading.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered regulators to halt approvals for data centers seeking access to the state’s main electricity grid until each project passes a review, marking a shift toward tighter oversight in one of the country’s largest technology markets.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/09/2026
Google has expanded its Ask Maps artificial intelligence feature to help users order food and identify hotels or event tickets, moving the mapping service beyond recommendations and closer to completing commercial tasks.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/09/2026
The company says preliminary testing cannot exclude “Critical” capabilities, but it has not concluded that the unreleased model crossed that threshold.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/09/2026
Alibaba has introduced its largest artificial intelligence model alongside a workplace agent platform, extending a strategy that combines increasingly capable models with lower-cost access and distribution through the company’s existing business software.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/09/2026
DeepSeek has released an updated version of its V4 Flash model through an official API that remains in public beta, pairing a steep price discount relative to its flagship model with agent-benchmark scores that the Chinese AI lab says beat its larger Pro model.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/07/2026
Demis Hassabis is handing day-to-day control of Google DeepMind to Koray Kavukcuoglu, while longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean leaves to launch a new company. The changes put Google’s ability to turn research into widely used products under fresh scrutiny.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/06/2026
Microsoft has begun testing Project Perception, a multi-agent cybersecurity system designed to investigate threats and take corrective action inside the company’s security products.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/05/2026