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Bank of England chief warns that inflated AI valuations and rising leverage could trigger the next financial crisis

31 August 2026 at 18:01

Andrew Bailey warns G20 finance ministers about inflated AI valuations, growing leverage across markets, and cyber risks from frontier AI models. Cross-investments between AI companies and hyperscalers could trigger a chain reaction if one major player stumbles. Many countries still lack rules for advanced AI.

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Instagram admits users often can't tell AI profiles from real people

31 August 2026 at 17:27

Instagram is replacing its "AI creator" tag with a new "AI-generated profile" label because users can't tell AI profiles from real people. Singularity, defined by Instagram user competence. Profiles without the label get their reach and recommendations throttled. As recently as late 2024, Meta was still planning a coexistence of AI characters and humans on the platform.

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China's CXMT makes its first HBM3E chips, closing the AI memory gap

31 August 2026 at 15:17

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China's top memory maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is producing HBM3E for the first time in small quantities, a fast memory found in many current AI processors.

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ChatGPT now faces stricter EU oversight as a very large search engine

31 August 2026 at 14:31

The EU Commission is classifying ChatGPT as a very large search engine under the Digital Services Act for the first time, with at least 45 million monthly EU users. By the end of 2026, OpenAI has to deliver risk assessments, transparency reports, and an ad archive, among other things. Whether the Commission can also demand access to training data is disputed among legal experts.

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OpenAI starts charging some customers only when its AI actually works

31 August 2026 at 14:28

OpenAI is offering some large customers outcome-based pricing, where they pay only once the AI actually finishes a task. Salesforce, Adobe, and several startups are also moving away from fixed subscription fees. The central dispute stays the same. Who gets credit for the success, the software or the customer?

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OpenClaw 2.0 brings simplified setup, a rebuilt browser app, and multiplayer sessions

31 August 2026 at 10:46

The OpenClaw Foundation has released version 2.0 of its open-source AI platform, its largest release to date with over 16,000 pull requests. New features include cloud sessions on rented machines, real-time collaboration, and a browser app rebuilt from scratch. The software now automatically detects existing resources like API keys and AI subscriptions during setup.

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OpenAI and rival AI labs are buying tens of thousands of Mac minis to train computer-use agents

31 August 2026 at 08:55

According to The Information, OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer agents. Anthropic also relies on Apple hardware. Demand is so high that the most powerful models have been sold out for months. Apple’s Mac revenue rose by nearly 29 percent to $10.4 billion in the June quarter.

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