Inherent, a London lab founded by DeepMind alumni, says its agent Faraday replicated published research more effectively than Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 while running on a 27B-parameter Qwen 3.6 model. The company highlights reward-based training and a focus on “research taste.
Ramp data from more than 70,000 U.S. businesses shows Anthropic held about 44% market share in July versus OpenAI’s nearly 40%. Ramp economist Ara Kharazian says OpenAI is growing faster in Q3 to date, though the sample excludes large enterprises.
On Aug 19, 2026 Google announced new learning features in Search, including interactive visuals, practice quizzes, Lens-guided problem help, notebooks and custom file creation. Availability varies by feature; many tools are rolling out in English globally.
Bloomberg reported SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition; CEO Scott Wu disputed the claim on X, saying the company “is not for sale” and that there were no talks. The report follows SpaceX’s recent Cursor deal and describes possible cooperation over computing capacity.
Bloomberg reported that TerraPower plans to announce a data center project this year and expects to break ground in 2027, while its first plant is under construction in Wyoming. TerraPower’s 345-megawatt molten salt‑cooled reactor stores extra heat in molten sodium to supply variable loads, the comp
Cursor, now part of SpaceX, launched Origin, a code-hosting platform that interoperates with GitHub and aims to replicate common repository workflows. The release coincided with a lengthy GitHub outage and follows reports of hundreds of recent GitHub disruptions.
OpenAI and CodeAI announced a partnership on August 18, 2026 to expand AI literacy for teens and educators. The collaboration will back ChatGPT for Teens and practical programs such as Hour of AI, a Builders Challenge, and a joint advisory council over the next year.
404 Media reported that Amazon is buying rare, out-of-print books, removing their spines and scanning them at a Las Vegas facility identified as VGT3. Amazon said it buys books through commercial channels; the report linked the practice to LLM training needs.
Wispr secured $280 million in a Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2 billion valuation and has now raised $361 million to date. The company announced a new speech model, Canto, and a meetings note-taker as it faces growing competition in dictation tools.
OpenAI has agreed to secure about 8 gigawatts‑IT at the PORTS‑Pike Technology Campus with SB Energy, NVIDIA, and the U.S. Department of Energy. OpenAI says the project will create 35,000 construction jobs through 2032, 2,500 long‑term jobs, and provide $84M in Codex credits to Ohio students.