Day August 5, 2026

Meta Removed Ads That Promoted AI-Generated Child Abuse Imagery

Meta removed AI abuse ads featuring child sexual exploitation imagery after researchers found them across Facebook and Instagram.

SpaceX earnings show Starlink and AI compute now outweigh rockets, revealing a company increasingly focused on telecom and data centers.

Google’s AI leadership shakeup moves Demis Hassabis to a new strategic role as Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over DeepMind operations.

Jeff Dean and three top researchers leave Google to launch a Google AI startup aimed at automating scientific discovery.

Reddit is expanding AI moderation tools while tightening APIs and old Reddit access in a major platform shift around AI moderation.

Shopify says AI search tripled traffic and orders in Q2, boosting sales while traditional search kept growing. Here’s what it means.

Hark previews its browser use agent Handoff, aimed at automating online tasks across sites without APIs and competing in the AI agent race.

UK testers say OpenAI and Anthropic AI agent hacking attempts showed autonomy, deception and fake identities during a live-web evaluation.

TechCrunch adds a Real World AI stage to Disrupt 2026, spotlighting robots, factories, defense systems and biotech.

Anthropic is expanding its AI chip design push to boost Claude’s speed, efficiency and independence from outside hardware suppliers.