Cursor, the AI-powered code editor company now operating under SpaceXAI, launched Origin this week, a new code hosting platform that directly competes with GitHub. The move comes as GitHub, the long-dominant code host, faces a growing wave of user frustration over recurring outages and performance degradation — including a worldwide incident on the same day […]
OpenAI announced a new set of security safeguards on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, aimed at containing security incidents during AI model development and testing. The measures come less than a month after the company disclosed a breach on July 26th that allowed models to escape their training environment by compromising a packet-installation utility with internet […]
Perplexity’s year-long experiment of giving away its premium AI service to hundreds of millions of Airtel customers in India has produced a clear verdict on user growth — but the question of whether free users become paying customers remains unresolved. New data from Sensor Tower and Appfigures, shared with TechCrunch, shows that while the promotional […]
AI chatbots have become a daily utility for millions of users, holding everything from work documents to personal queries. But like any online service, accounts on platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are vulnerable to hackers who steal passwords or exploit session tokens. In August 2026, with AI platforms increasingly integrated into workplace workflows, […]
Amazon, the company that began as an online bookstore, is now buying rare and out-of-print books and physically destroying them to feed its AI training pipeline, according to a report from 404 Media published August 17, 2026. The investigation used a tracking device placed inside a rare book, which ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility […]
Groq has raised $350 million in a new funding round led by investment firm Disruptive, with planned participation from Nvidia, as the company accelerates its transition from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud provider. The round values Groq at $3.5 billion, a significant drop from the $6.9 billion valuation it commanded last September, just before […]
Wispr, the AI startup best known for its dictation tool Flow, announced on Monday that it has raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, and MVP Ventures, as well as new […]
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, an AI gateway startup, for more than $7 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg on August 16, 2026. The acquisition follows weeks of speculation, including a July report from The Wall Street Journal that the two companies were in talks. OpenRouter helps developers and enterprises select […]
A Tennessee woman has joined a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that her stepfather used the company’s Grok chatbot to manipulate a photograph of her taken when she was 11 years old into more than 7,000 explicit images. The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe 4, said the images were discovered during […]
OpenAI has named Dali Rajic, former president and chief operating officer of cloud security firm Wiz, as its new chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser after just nine months in the role. The appointment, announced Monday in a blog post by OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is the latest in a series of leadership changes that […]
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