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SAP's hiring and travel freeze to fund AI stays in force a month on
SAP's July freeze on most internal travel and non-AI hiring remains active more than a month later, a current employee said.
Aug 6, 2026
SpaceX and Tesla commit $16.8 billion to 'Terafab' chip plant in Texas
SpaceX and Tesla will invest $16.8 billion to build a chip plant called Terafab in Grimes County, Texas, the state announced on August 6, 2026.
Aug 6, 2026
DeepMind open-sources WeatherNext, an AI model that beats top systems at cyclone forecasts
Google DeepMind open-sourced WeatherNext, an AI model it says forecasts tropical cyclone track and intensity more accurately than leading physics-based systems.
Aug 6, 2026
OpenAI makes GPT-5.6 Luna the free ChatGPT default with unlimited text chats
OpenAI made GPT-5.6 Luna the default for free ChatGPT users with unlimited text chats, while updating GPT-5.6 Sol for paid tiers.
Aug 6, 2026
Unitree prices Shanghai IPO at about $9 billion, a first for a humanoid-robot maker
Unitree Robotics priced its Shanghai STAR Market IPO at 150.80 yuan a share, valuing the humanoid-robot maker at about $9 billion.
Aug 6, 2026
AI genome model designs 16 viable bacteriophages that kill drug-resistant E. coli
A Stanford and Arc Institute study in Science reports the Evo 2 genome model designed 16 working bacteriophages that kill drug-resistant E. coli.
Aug 6, 2026
AMD acquires Taalas, betting on AI chips with model weights etched into silicon
AMD agreed to acquire Taalas, a Toronto startup that etches AI model weights directly into silicon to cut inference costs, on August 6, 2026.
Aug 6, 2026
DeepSeek resumes funding round, reportedly seeking $8 billion at a $74 billion valuation
DeepSeek has resumed its paused second funding round, reportedly seeking close to $8 billion at a pre-money valuation near $74 billion.
Aug 6, 2026
OpenAI's first hardware device is reportedly a displayless, Jony Ive-designed smart speaker
OpenAI is reportedly developing a displayless, Jony Ive-designed smart speaker as its first consumer device, targeting a 2027 launch at $300 to $400.
Aug 6, 2026
Google reportedly nears $1.5 billion hire-and-license deal for Mechanize
Google is reportedly in talks worth more than $1.5 billion to hire staff from AI coding-evals startup Mechanize and license its technology.
Aug 5, 2026
Cloudflare open-sources Cloudflare OS, the agent workspace it built to run its own workforce
Cloudflare open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an agent-workspace platform it built internally, on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license.
Aug 5, 2026
Jeff Dean leaves Google after 27 years to co-found AI science startup Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean, Google's chief scientist for nearly 27 years, is leaving to co-found Discovery Loop, a science-automation startup backed by Google, Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
Aug 5, 2026