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OpenAI’s Bubeck denies trying to cut Anthropic mathematician from credit26m ago 10 of the scariest AI villains in movie history27m ago Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal28m ago Agent Security Is Not AI Governance: Why Conflating The Two Is A Risk Enterprises Can't Afford31m ago Positron Valued at $5 Billion in New Funding as Demand for AI Chips Surges38m ago 7 Steps to Become a Forward Deployed Engineer in 202646m ago Ramp eyes $60bn valuation three months after $44bn, Bloomberg reports58m ago Amazon partners with OpenAI to let users of Amazon's DSP run ads in ChatGPT in a pilot program limited to the US; ChatGPT Ads hit $1B in ARR last month1h ago D-Matrix Connects Raptor XPUs to NVIDIA AI Factories via NVLink Fusion1h ago Source: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)1h ago Mother Horrified When Instagram’s AI Scours Social Media for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters1h ago Mach Industries, which makes unmanned military vehicles and weapons, raised $600M in an extension to its $300M Series C, doubling its valuation to $3.7B1h ago Salesforce Unveils Six-Capability Trusted AI Harness for Enterprises1h ago US closes $1.9bn loan to restart the Iowa nuclear plant powering Google1h ago

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Monthly Roundup #45: August 2026

Don't Worry About the VasePublished 29 days ago

The article reflects on the author's shift to predominantly AI-focused posts due to recent events like hacking incidents at OpenAI, while expressing intent to diversify topics again. It also highlights issues of plagiarism and fraud in academia, citing the case of Jason Arday, and mentions the rise of a jury duty payment scam.

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