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AI · OpenAI News

Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities

OpenAI is strengthening monitoring, alignment, and security for frontier AI models. See how new safeguards are guiding the pace of model development.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Zyntax

Code Editor, Terminal, Git, AI Agent Discussion | Link

World · Al Jazeera

Tupac Shakur murder trial begins thirty years after his death

Former gang boss Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis stands trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, the first prosecution in the case.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw

Tracked as CVE-2026-15748, the arbitrary file upload bug allows unauthenticated attackers to upload executable files. The post 300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Al Jazeera

Deaths mount, trauma sets in as Russia ramps up missile attacks on Ukraine

Families mourn their loved ones as Ukrainian experts lament Washington's elusive promises of military support.

AI · The Decoder

Anthropic's per-token cost runs 4.4 times the average on Vercel, and developers keep paying

Anthropic dominated Vercel's AI Gateway spending in July, pulling in 65.1 percent of total revenue while accounting for only 30 percent of tokens processed. Its tokens cost 4.4 times as much as those from competing providers on average. The article Anthropic's per-token cost runs 4.4 times the average on Vercel, and developers keep paying appeared first on The Decoder .

Developers & Open Source · JetBrains Blog

Qodana Expands Security Analysis with OpenGrep Rules, and More

Modern software development teams face a difficult balancing act. Applications are growing more complex, release cycles are accelerating, and security expectations continue to rise. This is especially true in a time where much more code is generated daily, which needs to be checked. Teams need tools that can identify vulnerabilities early without creating additional friction […]

Society · NPR Top Stories

The grueling fight over who profits from AI music

AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.

World · Al Jazeera

India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement makes schools next battleground against Modi

Cockroach leaders asked supporters to audit their nearest government-run schools. But it has started with a killing.

World · Al Jazeera

Asian Champions League draw: Holders Al-Ahli to face former winners Al Ain

Al-Ahli and Al Ain, who will also face Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr, are the pick of the match-ups in AFC's Elite draw.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auction-because-ai/5288962 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343559 Points: 460 # Comments: 327

World · Deutsche Welle

Hyrox: a global fitness sensation made in Germany

Founded in Germany but successful worldwide, Hyrox combines running and functional training into a unique competition format. How a German idea became an international sports phenomenon.

World · Al Jazeera

Eight air strikes hit airbase in Syria’s Idlib

Syrian state TV quotes military source as saying Israeli forces carried out attack, causing damage and no casualties.

World · Al Jazeera

Brazil’s president says Amazon oil is ‘passport to the future’

Brazil's president says Amazon oil is ‘passport to the future’

AI · MIT Technology Review AI

We still don’t know how people are really using AI

AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using products like Claude and ChatGPT, but they only release the data they want us to see, AI researchers say. “There is no independent source to corroborate it,” says Anka Reuel, a computer science PhD candidate at the Stanford Trustworthy AI Research…

AI · The Decoder

Claude Code gets a /design command that lets developers create UI mockups right in the terminal

With the /design command, Anthropic brings a visual design workflow directly into Claude Code. Developers can generate UI mockups as artboards right in the terminal before writing any code. Claude reads the existing codebase and matches the current UI style. The article Claude Code gets a /design command that lets developers create UI mockups right in the terminal appeared first on The Decoder .

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans

The company has shifted from making van-life builds to custom outfitting vehicles for small businesses, all while the EV landscape in the US changed dramatically.

Notable Blogs · Stratechery

Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data

Nvidia makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; Anthropic's revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.

World · Al Jazeera

Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?

Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.

Business · BBC Business

Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubs

The pub chain says the decision follows complaints about "other people's videos and amplified phone conversations".

World · Al Jazeera

Infantino’s FIFA World Cup fallout: Lamour exits after criticism of plan

Kevin Lamour had publicly criticised Infantino's proposal last month, saying FIFA staff had been 'deceived' over plan.

World · Deutsche Welle

Zambia's election marred by irregularities and 'militia' arrests

Zambia is gripped by allegations of armed plots, intimidation and electoral interference. As President Hakainde Hichilema leads the count, concerns are growing over the state of the country's democracy.

World · Deutsche Welle

Ukraine, Russia trade strikes; Wildberries site hit again

Ukriane reported 10 dead in a missile strike in the northeastern Kharkiv oblast near the border. Russia, meanwhile, reported more than 600 drones approaching the Moscow area and warned the UK on suppyling drones to Kyiv.

Society · NPR Top Stories

In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry

Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).