AIAug 31, 2026The Verge
ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU
The EU’s “Very Large” designation turns ChatGPT from a model product into a platform subject to systemic accountability rules.
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AIAug 31, 2026OpenAI
OpenAI supports California’s bill to advance youth AI safety
OpenAI is backing California rules that would make age checks, safety audits, parental controls, and crisis support baseline requirements for teen-facing AI.
AIAug 31, 2026OpenAI
Polimill builds Japan's next-generation public AI infrastructure
Polimill’s QommonsAI suggests shared administrative data, not model novelty alone, will determine whether public-sector AI scales across Japan.
AIAug 30, 2026OpenAI
A milestone in expanding access to AI
ChatGPT Ads has reached a $1 billion annualized run rate in under 200 days, making conversational decision-making a contested advertising surface.
AIAug 28, 2026NVIDIA Developer
Deploy an Open Model from Checkpoint to Inference in Two Commands with NVIDIA TensorRT Model Connect
Nvidia’s TensorRT Model Connect packages the messy path from open-model checkpoint to native inference, but only for supported architectures.
AIAug 27, 2026OpenAI
Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
OpenAI’s planned model cutoff at Cursor shows how a change of control can turn API access into a strategic and safety contract.
AIAug 27, 2026WIRED
A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A court has drawn a line between choosing another AI vendor and using national-security procurement power to punish a vendor’s safety limits.
AIAug 27, 2026OpenAI
Supporting Thailand’s next generation of AI startups
Thailand’s new accelerator is an attempt to turn AI enthusiasm into tested products in healthcare and education, rather than another demo-day pipeline.
AIAug 27, 2026Google DeepMind
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash lets you build with more control
Google’s video update is less about prettier generation than about giving developers edit-like controls over continuity, iteration and output quality.
AIAug 27, 2026Google AI Blog
3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search
Google is moving travel AI from recommendation toward transaction, adding price alerts, loyalty redemption and hotel checkout inside Search.
AIAug 27, 2026NVIDIA Blog
GeForce NOW Gives Gamers More Ways to Play at Gamescom 2026
GeForce NOW’s Gamescom package expands cloud gaming’s reach across browsers, televisions and Steam hardware while using graphics controls to sell the experience.
AIAug 27, 2026NVIDIA Blog
Delivering Vera: NVIDIA’s First CPU Built for Agents Is Shipping Now
Vera is Nvidia’s bet that agentic workloads will make CPU orchestration and memory movement as strategic as GPU computation.