OpenAI has launched Computer History, an opt-in feature in the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that records what a user does across apps and websites and converts that activity into memories and a searchable timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can draw on. The feature appeared in OpenAI’s product changelog on August 13, 2026, and is…
Israel has published its National AI Strategic Plan, a five-year program committing the government to a national computing base of at least 100,000 advanced AI accelerators, a domestically built quantum computer, and an advanced chip fabrication facility at 5-nanometer technology or below. The National Artificial Intelligence Directorate, the body inside the Prime Minister’s Office charged…
Suno released Studio 2.0 on August 13, 2026, a major upgrade to its browser-based generative audio workstation that adds MIDI recording and editing, a wavetable synth, a session-aware chat collaborator, custom user-built effects plugins, track automation, and higher-fidelity stem separation. The update, detailed in a post by Studio product manager Henry Phipps, is available now…
Cerebras is now running OpenAI’s flagship model at a speed no GPU cloud has publicly matched. On August 13, 2026, the wafer-scale chipmaker announced it powers GPT-5.6 Sol on a new OpenAI service tier called Ultrafast, delivering up to 750 output tokens per second and, by OpenAI’s account, running the model up to 14× faster…
Jito Chadha, Founder and CEO of Nventr, is an experienced technology executive and investor whose career spans artificial intelligence, data science, venture capital, and business development. Since founding Nventr in 2019, he has led the company’s development of enterprise AI technologies, while also serving as CEO of predictive analytics company Rule14. Chadha has been part…
Corey Spencer is Group Vice President and General Manager of Product Management for AI & Platform at UKG. He leads product strategy and innovation across UKG’s AI, platform, and workforce intelligence initiatives, helping organizations turn workforce data into actionable insights that shape positive business outcomes. With more than 20 years of experience, Spencer is a…
AWS has brought its Amazon Quick assistant directly into Microsoft 365, announcing on August 13, 2026 that extensions for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are now generally available to Quick customers. The launch, detailed in an AWS Machine Learning Blog post, puts the company’s agentic AI inside the productivity apps where enterprise users already spend…
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In a field where patience is required, a new system pushes us a little nearer to live-streamed human simulation without frustrating rendering rounds. The state-of-the-art in full-length human simulation has come a long way since the possibility of full-body deepfakes first appeared in 2022. By now we have become habituated to the formidable and often-controversial…