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AI news on August 20, 2026 · Thursday

100 stories — deduplicated across sources, ranked by significance, every source cited.
★ Top story · Industry1d ago

Nvidia to Pay AI Startup Poolside a $6 Billion License, Newcomer Says

Nvidia has reached an agreement to acquire Poolside's proprietary software for AI model generation, known as the Model Factory, for $6 billion. The deal includes the transition of 109 employees from the startup to Nvidia. This acquisition provides Nvidia with specialized infrastructure designed to automate and accelerate the development of new AI models. By integrating these tools and the associated engineering team, the company aims to enhance its capabilities in automated software production and large-scale model creation.

Meta Has Quietly Become One of Microsoft’s Largest AI Customers

Industry·Bloomberg Technology +3·1d ago
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Introducing AI Futures

Models·OpenAI Blog +1·1d ago
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Economic Research

Research·Anthropic·1d ago
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Up to 3.2x Faster Inference with LFM2.5-DSpark

Hardware·Hugging Face Blog +1·1d ago
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Alibaba’s Profit Dives 75% After Amping Up AI Spending

Products·Bloomberg Technology +2·1d ago
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Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting

Other·Kiowa County Press +1·1d ago
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Welcome to the AI crisis in math

Open Source·The Verge·1d ago
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OpenAI, Meta Seek Help to Combat Data Center PR Problem

Hardware·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Anthropic Expects to Match SpaceX’s Record IPO Size or Top It

Industry·Bloomberg Technology +3·1d ago
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Nick Bostrom on What Happens If AI Solves All Problems

Products·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Scaling Laws for Mixture Pretraining Under Data Constraints

Research·Apple Machine Learning Blog·2d ago
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Open Machine CEO on Anthropic, OpenAI IPO Potential

Industry·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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America’s Battle Over Data Centers: Live Q&A

Hardware·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Mayfield Bets on AI’s Earliest Founders

Industry·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Apple’s AirPods Should Avoid Meta’s Mistakes

Products·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Hays Shifts to Hard-to-Replace Roles as AI Reshapes Hiring

Hardware·Bloomberg Technology·1d ago
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Could AIs Become Conscious?

Other·Hacker News +1·1d ago
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Agentic AI Brings Context to Oncology Decision-Making

Other·Targeted Oncology +1·1d ago
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Tulare County hits pause on AI data centers

Hardware·SJV Water·1d ago
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Ensuring AI benefits everyone is key to development in the global South

Other·UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)·1d ago
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Sakana AI Deepens Japanese Translation

Other·StartupHub.ai·1d ago
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China's propaganda is already shaping what AI tells the world

Products·www.christiandaily.com·1d ago
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Protecting Scientific Intent in AI-Enabled Labs by Not Letting AI Set the Mission

Other·Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News·1d ago
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How to integrate AI into cardiac imaging workflows

Opinion·Cardiovascular Business·1d ago
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An AI Playground for the Courts

Policy·Lawfare·1d ago
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AWS vector solutions: Build agentic AI where your data lives

Products·Amazon Web Services (AWS) +2·1d ago
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Delta debuts AI dual-arm cobot solution

Other·Taipei Times·1d ago
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Amazon Seeks En Banc Rehearing in AI ‘Trespass’ Case

Policy·Metropolitan News-Enterprise·1d ago
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It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now

Models·The Verge·1d ago
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Debates over AI consciousness are a trap

Policy·MIT Technology Review·1d ago
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