AI NewsTuesday, August 4, 2026
11 stories- 1 Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models OpenAI explains recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents and outlines new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation. 63 2 src
- 2 Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta. 56 2 src
- 3 New ways to learn and teach with ChatGPT Work and Codex Explore new education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex that help K–12 teachers, college educators, and students learn, teach, research, and build. 46 1 src
- 4 Apple is getting this wrong OpenAI addresses Apple’s baseless lawsuit, corrects claims about its employees, and shares messages documenting what happened. 46 1 src
- 5 Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose regulations and seemingly abundant power supply. But even Texas can b 45 3 src
- 6 Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool 37 3 src
- 7 New NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs will power AI-enabled scientific research across the country New NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs will power AI-enabled scientific research across the country nsf.gov 35 3 src
- 8 Obsidian Security raises funding at $1.1 billion valuation on AI security demand Obsidian Security raises funding at $1.1 billion valuation on AI security demand Reuters 30 3 src
- 9 The latest AI news we announced in July 2026 Here are Google’s latest AI updates from July 2026 24 1 src
- 10 A World Bank report says developing economies stand to benefit more from AI boosting their workers' output than they will lose in jobs being replaced by AI (Joseph Cotterill/Financial Times) Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times : A World Bank report says developing economies stand to benefit more from AI boosting their workers' output than they will lose in jobs being replaced by AI World B 20 3 src
- 11 Skunk Works® Advances Sensor-Powered AI Fighter Intercept Skunk Works® Advances Sensor-Powered AI Fighter Intercept Lockheed Martin 15 2 src