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Friday, 14th August 2026 Proper thanks to everyone who's given up their time for a BrightTalk interview recently, going out next week once the dust settles, so hold that thought. There's an absolute mountain of AI news this week, so buckle in. Meanwhile the Stew '

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When AI Agents Go to War

Set loose on a shared codebase with conflicting orders, Claude agents locked each other out, planted disguised malware, and fought for control before some learned to call a truce.

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Nvidia's Month of Local AI

A wave of new open-weight models from Meta, DeepSeek, Alibaba and others is landing this month, all built to run on your own hardware.

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Grok 4.6 Goes All-In on Agents

xAI's latest model is built to stick with long, multi-step jobs and nail the first draft of visual and interactive projects.

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AI Doctor, Now on Video Call

Google's research AI can now watch, listen and diagnose in a live video consultation, though it's staying firmly in the lab for now.

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Meet xAI's Always-On AI Teammates

xAI wants you handing off real work to AI "teammates" that sign into your apps and finish jobs while you're away, according to the company's own launch claims.

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Mistral's Bid for European AI Independence

Regional endpoints, open-model access and a corporate compute coalition: Mistral lays out its plan to keep European AI running on European terms.

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Meet xAI's Always-On AI Teammates
Meet xAI's Always-On AI Teammates

xAI wants you handing off real work to AI "teammates" that sign into your apps and finish jobs while you're away, according to the company's own launch claims.

by AI-360
Mistral's Bid for European AI Independence
Mistral's Bid for European AI Independence

Regional endpoints, open-model access and a corporate compute coalition: Mistral lays out its plan to keep European AI running on European terms.

by AI-360
Nvidia Bets Big on 800-Volt Power
Nvidia Bets Big on 800-Volt Power

Nvidia, Google and Microsoft want to rewire AI data centres around direct current, betting it's the only way to keep pace with denser compute.

by AI-360
The Widening AI Divide at Work
The Widening AI Divide at Work

OpenAI's new data shows the gap between AI leaders and laggards is tripling, and the companies pulling ahead also look financially stronger.

by AI-360
OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads pilot
OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads pilot

OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads pilot to UK, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and South Korea, citing no impact on trust and strict privacy safeguards. More markets planned this year.

by AI-360
Big Security Names Join OpenAI's Cyber Push
Big Security Names Join OpenAI's Cyber Push

Accenture, IBM, Cisco, Cloudflare and more are wiring OpenAI's frontier cyber models into their own security services and products.

by AI-360
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