Artificial Inteligence feed for Thursday, August 27, 2026

• Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 
• Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google
• Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
• Looking beyond natural sequences
• OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
• Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters
• Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash lets you build with more control
• Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
• Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck
• AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
• Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
• OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winner
• Hugging Face’s new robot is an adorable rollerskating duck
• Plaud is launching AI earbuds
• Adobe is adding more AI to Photoshop
• Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents
• Piloting the world's first double-blind AI evaluations
• OpenAI to start showing ads on ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers in India
• Better answers, broader thinking: What students gain from ChatGPT and critical-thinking training
• Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
• Expanding OpenAI’s presence in Brazil
• Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation