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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over… · After Rippling blew millions on AI in months

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    OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

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    After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool

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    Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

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    Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough

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    OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

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    Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents

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Everything else that day

The rest of the wire for August 8, 2026 — 26 more stories from 8 outlets, untouched.

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  1. TutorMoments: Do AI tutors know when to help and when to hold back? Hugging Face
  2. OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive” Ars Technica
  3. What’s behind the Google AI shake-up The Verge
  4. Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function TechCrunch
  5. The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI MIT Tech Review · technologyreview.com
  6. Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses Wired
  7. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy MIT Tech Review · technologyreview.com
  8. AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed? Ars Technica
  9. ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic Ars Technica
  10. The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions Wired
  11. One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment Wired
  12. Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music Ars Technica
  13. Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents Wired
  14. AI Safety Regulations in the U.S. Could Give Hackers an Edge IEEE Spectrum · spectrum.ieee.org
  15. The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model MIT Tech Review · technologyreview.com
  16. Baseten on Hugging Face Inference Providers 🔥 Hugging Face
  17. IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids IEEE Spectrum · spectrum.ieee.org
  18. Puzzle Corner MIT Tech Review · technologyreview.com
  19. Should Researchers Write Papers for AI Instead of People? IEEE Spectrum · spectrum.ieee.org
  20. Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption IEEE Spectrum · content.knowledgehub.wiley.com
  21. Deploy local agents everywhere with LFM2.5-2.6B Hugging Face
  22. GPU Management: Why Idle GPUs Are the New Grounded Aircraft Hugging Face
  23. Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think. VentureBeat
  24. Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure VentureBeat
  25. Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free. VentureBeat
  26. Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews VentureBeat
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