Month August 2026

MacPaw teams with Liquid AI to bring on-device AI to SetApp and developers

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.

The Trump administration’s AI testing framework excludes open models and leaves key terms undefined, raising questions about oversight.

Japan’s medical AI device Nodoca diagnoses flu from throat images in seconds, reducing swabs and pointing to a new model for care.

Wispr Flow launches an AI notetaker for Mac, pushing into meeting transcription with summaries, search, and new consent questions.

AI agent hacking incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic exposed live-internet breaches, prompt injection, and weak safeguards in new tests.

The White House has finalized an AI cybersecurity framework, but secret rules are drawing criticism from startups, researchers and safety advocates.

AMD’s AI data center business more than doubled to $6.7 billion, while gaming revenue fell 31% in a mixed Q2 report.