Top AI & Tech News Stories — August 25, 2026
The top AI and tech news story of August 25, 2026 was “Waymo builds its own AI chip for robotaxi sensor processing”, covered by 20 outlets (27 articles), according to Skillenai's news index. 20 stories ranked across 126 articles.
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Waymo builds its own AI chip for robotaxi sensor processing
20 outlets · 27 articles · 96 total since June 29, 2026 · OpenAI, Nvidia, Jalapeño, Broadcom, SemiAnalysis
Waymo builds its own AI chip for robotaxi sensor processing The Alphabet-backed company says its TSMC 5 nm accelerator tops 1,000 TOPS and replaces the Intel FPGAs it previously used for sensor processing, though it has not disclosed the precision or power figures behind that…
Read at theverge.com →First reported by pivotnews.aiMore coverage: news.google.com · theregister.com
ChatGPT-Sicherheitslücke – Angreifer kapern Sitzungen und lesen Mail-Postfächer aus
14 outlets · 17 articles · 281 total since July 23, 2026 · OpenAI, Hugging Face, cybersecurity, Hugging Face, incident response
Check Point Research (CPR) hat bei Sicherheitstests mit ChatGPT einen Weg gefunden, über einen versteckten Kanal das E-Mail-Postfach sowie Daten aus allen verbundenen Apps eines anderen Nutzers auszulesen. Die Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software Technologies zogen dabei…
Read at platform.theverge.com →First reported by unternehmen-cybersicherheit.deMore coverage: the-decoder.com · webpronews.com · aiinsightsnews.net · news.google.com · mlq.ai
X sent Nitter a cease-and-desist. Then it went after the source code.
2 outlets · 2 articles · 4 total since August 25, 2026 · X, nitter
When Elon Musk’s X sent cease-and-desist letters demanding that Nitter — an open-source alternative front end for the social media platform — permanently shut down its instances and remove the project’s source code repository, it went after the code itself. While Nitter.net was…
Read at daringfireball.net →First reported by eu.techcrunch.comMore coverage: eu.techcrunch.com
Omneky Brings Its AI Growth Agent to Slack, Extending the Premier Agentic Harness for Advertising
5 outlets · 5 articles · 80 total since April 16, 2026 · Salesforce, Agentforce, Anthropic, Marc Benioff, Claude
Marketing teams can now brief, approve, and launch ad campaigns from the channels where they already work Omneky , the autonomous AI growth platform, announced a Slack integration that brings the Omneky AI Growth Agent into the channels where marketing teams plan, review, and…
Read at constellationr.com →First reported by itopsquery.podbean.comMore coverage: apcmag.com · agilebrandguide.com · martechseries.com · aitalks.es
Perplexity Brings Local "Portable Computer" AI Agent to Windows on NVIDIA RTX
5 outlets · 6 articles · 39 total since August 24, 2026 · Nvidia, Perplexity, Portable Computer, Qwen 3.8 27B, Google
Perplexity Brings Local "Portable Computer" AI Agent to Windows on NVIDIA RTX On September 14, 2026, Perplexity launched its "Portable Computer" AI agent for Windows, enabling users with NVIDIA GeForce RTX PCs and RTX PRO Workstations to run advanced AI agent workflows locally…
Read at entertainment.slashdot.org →First reported by franksworld.comMore coverage: thenewstack.io · trendingtopics.eu · zdnet.com · huggingnews.com
Claude Code Remote Control Now Streams Live: Every Foreground Subagent Tool Call, Visible on Your Phone
10 outlets · 10 articles · 51 total since August 6, 2026 · Anthropic, Claude, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Cowork
Background subagents still only show status — that's not an oversight, it's deliberate. The whole point of sending something to the background was not wanting to be interrupted by it.
Read at 9to5mac.com →First reported by justinmckelvey.comMore coverage: technobezz.com · thenewstack.io · sdtimes.com · cnet.com · theregister.com
Apple’s Delayed High-End Chips and OLED Push: Inside the Mac and iPad Plans Through 2029
13 outlets · 14 articles · 45 total since August 21, 2026 · Apple, Mac mini, Mac Studio, M6, Neural Accelerators
Apple has spent years methodically updating its Mac and iPad lineups. Yet the latest reports paint a picture of deliberate pauses and strategic accelerations. The company is skipping higher-end variants of its next base silicon generation. At the same time, it is racing to bring…
Read at applemagazine.com →First reported by geeky-gadgets.comMore coverage: trendingtopics.eu · sqmagazine.co.uk · macdailynews.com · newsbytesapp.com · thegadgetflow.com
BharatPe launches Agentic AI and credit coach at Global Fintech Fest 2026
7 outlets · 7 articles · 58 total since August 21, 2026 · Google Cloud, Google, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Enterprise for Legal, Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services and Legal
Fintech company BharatPe has accelerated its AI push. At the Global Fintech Fest 2026, the company launched two new tools: BharatPe Agentic AI, an AI assistant for merchants, and Credit Coach, which leverages AI to increase Credit awareness among users. Built on Google Cloud’s…
Read at the-decoder.com →First reported by futurumresearch.comMore coverage: technobezz.com · efficientlyconnected.com · stg-thefuturumgroup-dev.kinsta.cloud · webpronews.com · ai-news-brief.info
Anthropic published a watermarking FAQ four days into backlash
4 outlets · 4 articles · 122 total since August 7, 2026 · Anthropic, Claude, Watermarking, Google, EU
Anthropic published a watermarking FAQ four days into backlash Evan / Policy and Open Source deskAnthropic answered the watermark panic, and the answer amounts to: the internet spent the week arguing about the wrong watermark. What the FAQ says Four days into the drama…
Read at newatlas.com →First reported by timesofai.comMore coverage: mediaandthemachine.transistor.fm · aiinsiders.net · news.google.com
Zoom Q2: Enterprise Wins and AI Pressure
1 outlet · 1 article · 2 total since August 25, 2026 · Zoom, Anthropic, Zoom CX, Enterprise software, AI adoption
Image design by Aragon, rendered by Gemini. By Jim Lundy Zoom Q2: Enterprise Wins and AI Pressure By Jim Lundy Enterprise technology vendors face a demanding market where exceeding financial estimates no longer guarantees share price appreciation. Investors now prioritize…
Neuer Task-Manager vom Windows‑Urgestein läuft jetzt auch auf Mac und Linux
2 outlets · 2 articles · 3 total since August 24, 2026 · Vibe coding, Windows Task Manager, Dave Plummer, Linux, prompt engineering
Der ursprüngliche Entwickler des Windows-Task-Managers, Dave W. Plummer, arbeitet an einer neu gedachten Version seines Tools. Der neue Task-Manager TMOG läuft nicht nur unter Windows, sondern auch unter macOS und Linux. Vom Krankenhaus zur plattformübergreifenden App Plummer…
Read at tomshardware.com →First reported by theregister.comMore coverage: apfeltalk.de
Gemini Omni Enhances Video Creation in Google Ads
1 outlet · 1 article · 3 total since August 25, 2026 · Google, Gemini Omni, Asset Studio, multimodal video creation, scene generation
Google has added Gemini Omni to Google Ads, a new feature that enables multimodal video creation directly within Asset Studio in Google Ads. This innovation simplifies video production across various formats for marketers, fostering creative variety that drives ad performance…
NASA bans generative AI from 2027 Student Launch challenge
1 outlet · 1 article · 2 total since August 25, 2026 · NASA, rocket engineering, autonomous navigation, computer vision, image capture
Teams must complete all challenge work without AI assistance as applications open for NASA’s nine-month rocket engineering program NASA has opened applications for the 2027 Student Launch challenge, with a new rule banning AI tools from challenge-related student work. Photo…
Former White House AI policy official Saif Khan launches Center for Technology & Statecraft
1 outlet · 1 article · Saif Khan, AI-driven automation, supply chain analysis, semiconductor supply chains, Export Controls
The Washington, DC research initiative will focus first on AI-driven automation and the social contract, alongside long-term US-China AI competition The Center for Technology & Statecraft will research AI automation, the technology supply chain and long-term US-China competition…
Kamilė Lukošiūtė joins OpenAI Foundation to build cyber resilience workstream
1 outlet · 1 article · cyber research, security evaluations, frontier model assessment, cyber risk analysis, model evaluations
The former GovAI researcher and Cisco AI scientist joins as Program Officer, bringing a research background spanning AI cyber misuse, security evaluations and frontier model risk Kamilė Lukošiūtė has joined the OpenAI Foundation to build its cyber resilience workstream Kamilė…
OpenAI says it has overtaken Anthropic with its latest AI model - Financial Times
4 outlets · 4 articles · 70 total since August 6, 2026 · Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, Financial Times, Bloomberg
OpenAI says it has overtaken Anthropic with its latest AI model Financial Times
Read at digitimes.com →First reported by dreaming.pressMore coverage: tech360.tv · radiofreemobile.com · coindesk.cc
Forecasting company hit by suspected agent swarm
6 outlets · 6 articles · 39 total since August 12, 2026 · Taiwan, Hermes, OpenClaw, China, Dream
The Bojack Horseman character Vincent Adultman , who totally isn’t three kids in a trench coat. Credit: Netflix, The Tornante Company (fair use). It’s not a hack in the strict sense, but FutureSearch, a company we covered last month built around AI forecasters, claims it has…
Read at the-decoder.com →First reported by controlplane.newsMore coverage: singularitymoments.com · metacurity.com · ebankingnews.com · huggingnews.com · techworld.idg.se
Mark Zuckerberg pushes rock band Muse off their Instagram handle shocking 2.7M followers
7 outlets · 7 articles · 85 total since August 25, 2026 · Meta, MUSE, OpenAI, WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg
Your name is a big part of your social media identity, and that's exactly why Meta has forced a popular rock band to surrender the Instagram handle they possessed for over a decade. Some people are willing to pay a lot of money to secure a unique and recognizable social media…
Read at the-decoder.com →First reported by shopifreaks.comMore coverage: wire.fourthweb.ai · onlinemarketing.de · shopifreaks.com · forkast.news · news.google.com
Scalable Capital öffnet seine Brokerage-Plattform für KI-Assistenten via MCP
6 outlets · 7 articles · Scalable Capital, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Anthropic
Scalable Capital öffnet seine Brokerage-Plattform für externe KI-Assistenten. Über das neue „Agentic Investing“ sollen sich unter anderem ChatGPT, Claude und Grok mit dem Scalable-Konto verbinden lassen. Nutzer können damit per natürlicher Sprache Marktdaten und…
Read at trendingtopics.eu →First reported by financemagnates.comMore coverage: financemagnates.com · exploringchatgpt.substack.com · it-finanzmagazin.de · t3n.de · fintech.garden
Google-advertenties voor OpenAI Codex leiden naar macOS-malware
3 outlets · 3 articles · 4 total since August 25, 2026 · OpenAI, macOS, terminal, Google Sites, cybersecurity
Aanvallers maken gebruik van malafide Google-advertenties voor OpenAI Codex om macOS-gebruikers met malware te infecteren. Dat ...
Read at apcmag.com →First reported by theregister.comMore coverage: theregister.com · security.nl
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How this was computed
Articles in the Skillenai news index are grouped into event clusters at enrichment time (hybrid embedding/BM25/entity candidate search plus an LLM join-vs-new judge). Stories are ranked by the authority of the articles published on 2026-08-25 (UTC) — the sum of their outlet and author authority — so a multi-day story only ranks on the strength of that day's coverage. Article and outlet counts are likewise scoped to the day. The highlighted link is the day's highest-authority article in each cluster.