Day August 5, 2026

Reddit turns to AI moderation as it tightens control over APIs and old Reddit

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.

MacPaw partners with Liquid AI on on-device AI for Eney and SetApp, aiming to bring local inference to developers and users.

AI influencers face new EU disclosure rules and tougher platform policing as brands keep spending on synthetic creator content.

Google Assistant is being removed from Android phones and tablets starting Sept. 4, as Gemini becomes Google’s default AI assistant.

WindBorne raised $37M to commercialize its AI weather forecast platform, expanding balloon data, government sales and private-sector customers.