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US Warns AI Partners They May Have to Choose Between US and China-Led AI Alliances

The global AI race just got a lot more political. The United States is preparing to warn dozens of countries that they may have to choose between Washington and Beijing when it comes to certain international AI partnerships. According to a report, the U.S. is preparing a message for countries involved in its AI cooperation efforts, warning that joining competing China-led initiatives could put their participation in a U.S.-led coalition at risk.

AI Automation Startup Relay Is Shutting Down; Its Founder Is Going Back to Google to Lead Chrome

Imagine spending years building an AI startup designed to help people automate their work, only to eventually shut it down and take what you learned straight back to Google. That is exactly what is happening with Relay.app. The AI-powered workflow automation startup is shutting down, while its founder and CEO, Jacob Bank, is returning to Google as Vice President of Product for Chrome. Several members of the Relay team are also reportedly joining Google’s Chrome organization.

Meta and FG Launch AI Academy in Nigeria and Two Startups Could Win $5,000 Each

Nigeria's AI story is getting a little more serious. What started as a conversation about whether Nigerians can use artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a bigger question: Can Nigeria build companies with it? Now, Meta and the Federal Government are putting money, training, and global exposure behind that idea. On August 17, 2026, Meta announced a partnership with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy

NVIDIA Just Open-Sourced an AI That Can Generate 350,000+ Motion Skills in Real Time

What if a game character did not need thousands of pre-made animations to know how to walk, run, jump, crouch, or pick something up? What if an AI could simply generate the movement on the spot? That is the idea behind MotionBricks, a new research system from NVIDIA that is making serious waves in AI-powered animation and robotics. And the numbers are wild.

ChatGPT Can Now Remember What You Do on Your Mac, And That Raises a Big Privacy Question

What if ChatGPT did not just remember what you told it, but could also remember what you were doing on your computer? That is the idea behind OpenAI's new Computer History feature for the ChatGPT macOS app. And yes, it sounds a little like Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall. But there is an important difference: OpenAI says its system does not take screenshots, record video, or capture audio. Instead, it records computer activity as "events"

Higgsfield Comes to ChatGPT: Generate AI Images and Videos Without Leaving the Chat

Imagine telling ChatGPT, “Create a cinematic advert for my brand,” and instead of giving you a prompt or sending you somewhere else, it actually hands the job to a dedicated creative tool. That is increasingly becoming possible with Higgsfield, the AI media-generation platform that has been integrated into ChatGPT through its connector/MCP ecosystem. And for creators, marketers, and anyone making content with AI, this is a bigger deal than it might initially sound.

Google Is Now Letting Users Remove Its Visible AI Watermark, But There Is a Catch

For months, Google’s AI-generated images, videos, and music have come with something users could not easily escape: a visible watermark. Now, Google is changing that. The company has announced that users will soon be able to turn off the visible watermark on AI-generated content, giving creators a cleaner final product without completely removing the technology Google uses to identify AI-made media.

Elon Musk’s New AI Keeps Working Even After You Close Your Laptop

Imagine giving an AI a task at 10 p.m shutting your laptop, and going to sleep, only to wake up and find the work already completed. That is the idea behind Grok Bot, a new AI agent from Elon Musk’s xAI that is designed to keep working even when you step away. Grok Bot is not simply another chatbot waiting for your next prompt. xAI describes it as a team of “always-on” AI agents that have their own computers in the cloud and can work inside the same apps and websites people use.

Claude Will Now Add Invisible Watermarks to All AI-Generated Text and Files

Imagine asking Claude to write an article, copying the entire response, pasting it into a document, and changing a few sentences. To you, it looks like ordinary text. But underneath it, Anthropic says there could be a machine-readable signature quietly embedded in the words. That is the big change Anthropic is introducing as it rolls out content-marking technology across Claude. The move comes at a particularly important moment for AI.

OpenAI Just Launched a New AI Cybersecurity Model as AI-Powered Attacks Surge

The cybersecurity world is entering an uncomfortable new phase. AI is no longer just helping security teams write reports, analyze malware, or spot suspicious activity. Increasingly capable AI agents are being tested on complex cybersecurity tasks, and some recent evaluations have shown just how far these systems can go. Now, OpenAI is responding with a new weapon for the other side of the fight. The company has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program and introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber

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