Artificial Inteligence feed for Friday, August 7, 2026

• OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
• After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
• Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore
• Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
• OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful
• TutorMoments: Do AI tutors know when to help and when to hold back?
• What’s behind the Google AI shake-up
• Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
• Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities
• Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function
• Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers
• New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case
• How HSP GRUPPE builds AI capabilities for tax advisory