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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest… · OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

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    Everyday life 2 sources

    Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

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    Money 1 source

    OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

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    Research 1 source

    DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists

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    Builders 1 source

    How to Disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs

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    Builders 1 source

    OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

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    Your work 1 source

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

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Everything else that day

The rest of the wire for August 9, 2026 — 25 more stories from 8 outlets, untouched.

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