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    Google Debuts New Gemini Flash While Top AI Model Still DelayedAlphabet Inc.’s Google released another installment of its workhorse Gemini Flash artificial intelligence model, but didn’t say when it would release its most powerful AI model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, which has been hampered by delays.Bloomberg Technology
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    OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT-5.6 Sol work at 14x the speedOpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.TechCrunch
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    Build custom financial forecasting apps with ChatGPT WorkBuild an interactive financial forecast using the numbers your business already trusts.OpenAI YouTube
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    Reconcile quarter-end financials with ChatGPT WorkPrepare for quarter-end close with a clear view of what changed and why.OpenAI YouTube
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  • 5AI
    NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AIAs AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, open models are serving market demands for full control over where AI runs and how it’s deployed and evolves.NVIDIA News
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OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

The Verge · Aug 13, 2026 New

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the "coming wee...

AI has opened up big holes in cyber security

AI has opened up big holes in cyber security

Financial Times - Technology · Aug 13, 2026 New

It is too late to prevent the technology from being used as a damaging weapon, so great investment in defences is urgently needed

One Dog’s Cancer Vaccine Just Became a Real Company

One Dog’s Cancer Vaccine Just Became a Real Company

PYMNTS · Aug 13, 2026 New

The story went viral in March: a Sydney tech entrepreneur used ChatGPT and computational genomics to help design a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine for his dying dog, and several ...

Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams

Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams

The Verge · Aug 13, 2026 New

Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious messages. Earlier this year, Meta also launched scam detection...

Get a daily CFO briefing with ChatGPT Work

Get a daily CFO briefing with ChatGPT Work

OpenAI YouTube · Aug 13, 2026 New

Start the day with a clear view of the decisions that matter most. ChatGPT Work brings financial performance, close status, contract risks, and market signals into one CFO briefin...

Reconcile quarter-end financials with ChatGPT Work

Reconcile quarter-end financials with ChatGPT Work

OpenAI YouTube · Aug 13, 2026 New

Prepare for quarter-end close with a clear view of what changed and why. ChatGPT Work connects board materials in Google Drive with posted financial data in NetSuite. It flags var...

Use ChatGPT Work to deliver board-ready reporting

Use ChatGPT Work to deliver board-ready reporting

OpenAI YouTube · Aug 13, 2026 New

Catch quarter-end mistakes before they reach your board. This is how we use ChatGPT Work to check our financial model, executive memo, and board deck against data. ChatGPT Work wi...

Use ChatGPT Work to build custom forecasting apps

Use ChatGPT Work to build custom forecasting apps

OpenAI YouTube · Aug 13, 2026 New

Build a forecast your finance team can explore. This is how we use ChatGPT Work to bring actuals, forecast data, and business context into one interactive view—so we can test scen...

The builder’s guide to GPT‑5.6

The builder’s guide to GPT‑5.6

OpenAI News · Aug 13, 2026 New

Learn how startups use GPT-5.6 to build faster, more cost-efficient AI agents with smarter model selection and new Responses API capabilities.

You can just launch Sites | ChatGPT Work

You can just launch Sites | ChatGPT Work

OpenAI YouTube · Aug 13, 2026 New

ChatGPT Work gathers context across your surfaces and helps you go from ambition to action with polished docs, slides, and sites. See how ChatGPT Work builds a structured, shareab...

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Cointelegraph · Aug 13, 2026 New

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO

AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO

TechCrunch · Aug 12, 2026 New

Lee McIntire, an independent member of Fermi's board, has been hired as CEO, more than three months since the company fired co-founder Toby Neugebauer from the top post.

Hawaii crypto ATM ban to take effect on Oct. 1

Hawaii crypto ATM ban to take effect on Oct. 1

Cointelegraph · Aug 12, 2026 New

Hawaii will join Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana in becoming the fourth US state to completely ban the use of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks in response to scams.

Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down

Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down

The New York Times - Technology · Aug 11, 2026

Brad Lightcap, a longtime leader, said he was starting a new venture. His exit from the artificial intelligence company is the latest in a series there.

Beyond AI: Humanizing Customer Success

Beyond AI: Humanizing Customer Success

SS&C Blue Prism YouTube · Aug 11, 2026

In this episode, host Michael Marchuk interviews customer success advisor, executive coach, and bestselling author Carl Lenocker (A Success Plan for Life) about how AI is reshapin...

A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts

A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts

Wired · Aug 11, 2026

Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.

Testing ads in ChatGPT

Testing ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI News · Aug 11, 2026

OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control.

Daybreak models are now available on AWS

Daybreak models are now available on AWS

OpenAI News · Aug 11, 2026

OpenAI and AWS are making Daybreak cybersecurity capabilities available through Amazon Bedrock to support enterprise security workflows.

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