Tuesday, 11 August 2026
n8n adds agent test runs and Discord chat
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n8n 2.35.0 ships Agent Builder test runs, human-in-the-loop review, Discord as an agent chat channel, and OAuth2 JWT auth for its Salesforce node.
Lambda borrows $917M to buy Nvidia GPUs
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Lambda is selling a $917M GPU-backed leveraged loan led by Morgan Stanley to buy 18,000 Nvidia GPU servers, which Nvidia will then lease back for four years.
Mistral pushes sovereign AI infrastructure
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Mistral made Regional Endpoints GA across Europe and the US, added Z.ai's GLM-5.2 to its platform, and outlined plans for up to 1GW of capacity by 2030.
Nvidia ships Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
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Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30B MoE model for high-volume agent subtasks, plus NeMo Switchyard, an open-source router for mixed-model systems.
OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT
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OpenAI began testing sponsored ads at the bottom of ChatGPT responses for logged-in US adults on the Free and Go tiers, with paid plans staying ad-free.
OpenAI adds GPT-5.6 Cyber to Daybreak Red
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OpenAI expanded Daybreak with a Red tier built on GPT-5.6 Sol, giving trusted partners like Accenture, IBM, and CrowdStrike a purpose-trained cyber model.
OpenAI completes $7B employee tender offer
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OpenAI completed a $7B tender offer letting employees sell shares at its March $852B valuation, per Bloomberg, even as its IPO filing sits untouched.
River AI raises $1.1B for personal agents
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River AI, founded by ex-xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin two months ago, raised $1.1B led by General Catalyst to let users fine-tune and own their agents.
Claude now watermarks its AI-generated text
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Anthropic began embedding a persistent watermark in Claude's text and C2PA metadata in files, complying with the EU AI Act's transparency rules.
Unreleased Claude model advances math proof
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An unreleased Anthropic model pushed the lower bound on Riemann hypothesis counterexamples, verified by in-house mathematicians and formalized in Lean.
OpenAI touts new ChatGPT Work case studies
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OpenAI published case studies on Zapier's lead-funnel QA automation and Virgin Atlantic's competitor benchmarking, both built on ChatGPT Work.
Firebird opens Armenia's biggest AI factory
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Firebird launched what Nvidia calls the CIS region's largest AI factory in Armenia, on Blackwell and Rubin GPUs, targeting 70,000+ GPUs by end of 2027.
Nvidia pushes 800 VDC AI power design
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Nvidia outlined an 800-volt DC power architecture for AI data centers, arguing the real bottleneck for scaling AI compute is now power delivery, not wattage.
Anthropic forms Theseus data center venture
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Anthropic, Macquarie Asset Management, and GIC launched Theseus Infrastructure, a platform to build and lease data centers to Anthropic, US-first.