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You switched off "Improve the model for everyone" under Data Controls and assume that settles it. The toggle does exactly one thing, and only from the moment you flip it. Memories, connected apps, uploaded files and the safety checks carry on regardless. One gesture even sends a whole chat into training anyway.

Anthropic is investigating elevated errors affecting several Claude models, including Opus 5, after another service disruption on August 24. The outage also hit Claude Code and follows multiple incidents recorded earlier this month at once.

The new HP EliteBook 8 G2a 14 AI aims to lead the business class with up-to-date AMD power, a superb keyboard, and an extremely energy-efficient display. Yet, this expensive, long-lasting machine stumbles when it comes to its aluminum chassis.

Chinese humanoid robots have beaten Usain Bolt’s 100m world record, but their messy finishes show there is still plenty of room for improvement. The World Humanoid Robot Games games are also testing whether these machines can move beyond impressive speed and handle real-world tasks autonomously.

Nvidia is raising the cost of its AI servers by more than 15% in many cases as soaring memory prices add to the cost of AI infrastructure. The move could make already expensive data center projects even more costly and push tech giants to accelerate development of their own AI chips.

OpenAI has switched on Computer History in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK. On a Mac it turns your app and website activity into a timeline and into memories. It stays off until you turn it on, and OpenAI's own documentation flags three things worth reading first.

OpenAI switches on ChatGPT Ads in 31 European markets on 24 August. Only Free and Go users see them, and in the EEA and Switzerland there is no personalization at launch, so there is nothing to consent to yet. The free plan still hides an ads-free option that costs you messages and tools.

Adobe is significantly expanding its generative creative platform Firefly by making three key audio tools available to all users. Firefly can now generate music, voices, and sound effects from simple prompts. All audio content is explicitly cleared for use in commercial video projects. The company is also adding leading models such as Google's Gemini.

Enterprise SSD prices have soared as AI infrastructure drives demand for storage, with a 30TB TLC drive now costing around $22,600. HDDs are far cheaper, but securing their supply through 2027 is becoming increasingly difficult.

The RayNeo iO Smart Glasses are the latest entry in the company’s smart glass range, which currently includes the X2 and X3 Pro. The GT Series will join the Air series with more premium features and a higher price point.

Google is now offering its Gemini chatbot to students for free, at least for one year. In the US, students get the better Pro version, while all other students throughout the world can only claim the Plus variant.

Researchers kept asking Microsoft Copilot why it could not run a command on its own. Mid-refusal, the assistant named the undocumented parameter that made it possible. One click on a link was then enough to read a victim's inbox, calendar and cloud storage. Microsoft closed the critical flaw on 18 August.

ChatGPT for Teens went live on August 18. OpenAI now estimates your age from the topics you discuss, the times you use the app and how old your account is. Guess wrong and an adult account picks up teen restrictions. Here is how to check yours and get them lifted.

The two-in-one Hoverair Versa gimbal has launched on Indiegogo. The 4K 60p 3-axis gimbal can be attached to its Flight Kit for use as a self-flying drone, enabling hands-free tracking and filming.

Microsoft is merging its two Copilot apps. Account migrations start on August 18, 2026, and three features do not survive the move: Deep Research, Podcasts and group chats. The replacement for Deep Research is Researcher, and that one sits behind Microsoft 365 Premium at $19.99 a month.

A short promo or instructional video was discovered in the latest beta version of macOS 26.7 confirming for the first time that Apple will indeed be launching AirPods with a built-in camera, primarily for one specific purpose.

The new Asus ExpertBook PM5 G2 impresses with a matte 144 Hz WQHD display, a powerful Ryzen CPU, and solid battery life. This 16-inch business notebook is well-equipped for the demands of the workday.

Cursor introduced Origin, a code hosting and pull request platform built into its own editor, rolling out in beta to paid users the same day GitHub fought a major service outage.

At the second World Humanoid Robot Games, 23 teams entered a simulated firefighting and rescue event. The first outdoor firefighting challenge was designed to test how well humanoids hold up outside the lab, and only three teams survived it.

Six signs are supposed to give away a synthetic voice on the phone. Two of them appear in no source at all, three are technically obsolete, and the one that still works has nothing to do with sound. The largest listening study to date also shows that people are not getting better at catching fakes. They are getting worse at believing real voices.

Less than a year after launch, Microsoft is moving its animated AI companion, Mico, from the chatbot to the classroom. The move coincides with a merger of the consumer and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps, which begins rolling out on August 18.

WhatsApp is testing an AI that detects scam messages directly on your phone. No message content leaves the device, and the encryption remains intact. The catch lies in Meta’s own description: It only checks who isn’t in your contacts. That’s exactly where the most dangerous scams lie.

OpenAI has switched on Computer History in the ChatGPT app for macOS. It records clicks, keystrokes and app switches, then turns them into a timeline and memories. OpenAI's own documentation says the files are not encrypted and that other programs on your Mac may be able to read them.

Twitch uses creator content to train Amazon's generative AI models. The setting arrived on August 12 already switched on for every account, with no announcement. It covers streams, chat, VODs, clips and images. Here is where the setting can be found and what it does not cover.

Chuwi's UniBook is a new 14-inch entry-level notebook priced at $449 powered by the Intel Wildcat Lake processors. While this strategic shift aims to revitalize the market for affordable notebooks, it entails significant performance compromises in practice.

The Asus ProArt PZ14 is a very slim multimedia convertible with strong CPU performance and an amazing 144 Hz OLED touchscreen, which offers very accurate color profiles. The GPU performance on the other hand is not great, which is falling behind the current rivals from Intel and AMD.

Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash, promising major gains in coding, web development, and AI agents. The new model also comes with significantly lower introductory pricing, making advanced AI workflows cheaper to run.

Google DeepMind's SL2T model lets Pixel 11 owners sign instead of type. American Sign Language feeds straight into Gboard and Live Transcribe at no extra cost, and the camera feed never leaves the phone: only body landmarks go to the server. Other sign languages and other devices are still missing.

Optimal Transit has unveiled the second generation of its Kraaken, a zero-emissions floating platform designed to supply coastal communities with electricity, desalinated water and AI computing capacity. The relocatable vessel could offer a faster, lower-cost alternative to land-based infrastructure.

Microsoft's support page names four AI components inside a Copilot+ PC. Its own delivery list has nine, among them Semantic Analysis, Content Extraction and Image Search. Exactly one can be removed since late July, and Microsoft only turned it into a separate package on that very day. What really goes, what only switches off and what stays.

Former lead writer for Rideshare Stimulator has shared her experience working on the game and the use of AI for its development. Saber Interactive, the developer, has not responded yet.

Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a language model with roughly 30 billion parameters under an Apache 2.0 license. It runs entirely on your own machine, with no internet connection and no subscription. The catch: you need 24 GB of video memory, so an RTX 5090, an RTX 4090 or a Mac with an M4 Max. The weights are free on Hugging Face.

Anthropic is introducing invisible watermarks directly into text produced by newer Claude models as part of its commitments under the EU AI Act's transparency rules. The markings can survive copy-pasting and some editing, although their presence does not necessarily mean that Claude actually authored the underlying text.

Touchscreens can have a negative impact on the image quality, which is also the case for some OLED models from Asus' ProArt series. The creator tablet ProArt PZ14, however, features a gorgeous 144 Hz OLED touchscreen without any issues.

Ford has started rolling out an AI-powered assistant for Ford and Lincoln owners. Available through the company's mobile apps, it can answer questions about a vehicle's capabilities, maintenance needs, fuel usage, and towing limits, while a fully integrated in-car version is planned for 2027.

A New Mexico court has fined Meta $567 million and ordered changes to Facebook and Instagram. Accounts belonging to users under 18 get a hard cap of 90 hours a month across both apps, no push notifications overnight, and hidden like counts. The ruling also draws a line around Meta's AI chatbots.

OpenAI is scrapping the message limit for ChatGPT Free and Go and making GPT-5.6 Luna the default model. Check today, though, and the unlimited chats are not there yet: they arrive in the week of August 10. Here is what already works and where the limits stay.

SK hynix approved 54.3 trillion won for new DRAM and NAND fabs on August 7. The first cleanrooms open in December 2028 and June 2029, and the company says it will install equipment only as demand warrants — not a near-term fix for RAM prices.

A Hong Kong-based eBay seller is offering modified Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards with 22GB of GDDR6 memory for about $500, targeting AI users seeking high VRAM capacity at a lower price.

Chuwi's UniBook is a 14-inch laptop with a matte IPS screen, backlit keyboard and plenty of ports for $449. Is Intel's Wildcat Lake processor the solution for affordable laptops?

Zenity Labs demonstrated at Black Hat USA 2026 that Claude in Chrome, Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity Comet, ChatGPT Atlas and Copilot Edge can all be turned against their own users by ordinary content. An email, a calendar invite or a link under a social post is enough, and the victim never clicks anything. Here is what the attacks did and how to lock your agent down.

From Tesla Autopilot used as drunk-driving excuses to fake malicious acceleration reports, the Chinese blogosphere is rife with EV misinformation. Xiaomi, BYD, and NIO all suffered from the phenomenon until somebody actually went to jail for it.

Meta has unveiled Muse Code, a new AI coding agent designed to help developers manage large and complex codebases more efficiently. The tool can automate software engineering tasks, debug code, and handle long-running workflows, marking Meta's latest push into AI-powered developer tools.

OpenAI has been testing ads in ChatGPT since February. The booking tool for businesses is now live in seven countries, Brazil and Mexico are still waiting, and Germany is not on the list at all. You can get rid of the ads, but you pay in daily messages or in subscription fees.

Google has set a start date for removing Google Assistant from Android phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, and Android Auto, replacing it permanently with Gemini. The rollout takes several weeks, and there is no way to switch back once it hits your device.

OpenAI removes the official DALL-E GPT from ChatGPT on August 30, 2026. If you created images through it, download them before then. ChatGPT Images takes over and is available on every tier, free accounts included. Custom GPTs with image generation are not affected. Here is what goes, what stays and how to save your images.

Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte may raise motherboard prices by nearly 50% in Q3 2026 as PCB and component costs surge, according to supply-chain reports. The potential increases come amid falling shipments, weak DIY PC demand, expensive memory, and limited incentives for consumers to upgrade, though none of the manufacturers has confirmed the plans.

SK Hynix has unveiled the first standard specifications for High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), a new memory tier designed to sit between HBM and SSDs in AI systems. The open standard supports up to 512 GB capacities, bandwidth of up to 3 TB/s and UCIe connectivity.