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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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Are You Transparent?
Are You Transparent?

EU's AI-generated content labelling code takes effect alongside new AI Act transparency rules, with nearly 190 companies signed on by end of July.

by AI-360
Abundant Intelligence
Abundant Intelligence

Sarah Friar details OpenAI's "abundant intelligence" strategy: GPT-5.6 price cuts of up to 80%, efficiency gains, and adoption figures topping 1 billion users.

by AI-360
xAI Updates Imagine Video
xAI Updates Imagine Video

xAI adds reference-based generation, voice consistency, and native 1080p to Imagine Video 1.5, rolling out across grok.com, mobile apps, and the API.

by AI-360
EU AI Act's Transparency Rules Are Now Live
EU AI Act's Transparency Rules Are Now Live

EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency rules are now live, requiring AI disclosure, content marking, and deepfake labelling for anyone operating in the bloc.

by AI-360
London AI firm Boltzbit unveils "live-learning" alternative to static foundation models
London AI firm Boltzbit unveils "live-learning" alternative to static foundation models

London's Boltzbit unveils General Learning Intelligence (GLI), a live-learning AI architecture positioned as an alternative to static, pre-trained foundation models, with a full product suite due later in 2026.

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The Week AI Learned to Mind Its Manners (Sort Of)
The Week AI Learned to Mind Its Manners (Sort Of)

It has been quite a week for anyone whose job title contains the words "AI" and "safety" in either order

by AI-360
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