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Aug 17, 2026

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·The Verge

OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team

OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team, which evaluated whether advanced models posed serious risks and developed mitigations, according to the Financial Times. The company has rep...

OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
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·TechCrunch

Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Stripe has reportedly finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, an AI gateway startup that lets customers access and choose among hundreds of AI models based on task and budget. Open...

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·VentureBeat

Cutting RAG inference costs 6x starts with deciding what never reaches the LLM

The article argues that high-stakes RAG classification should not send every case to a language model, especially in regulated environments where decisions must be explainable mont...

Cutting RAG inference costs 6x starts with deciding what never reaches the LLM
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·TechCrunch

Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

The latest Equity podcast episode discusses why many people remain unconvinced by Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions. The conversation centers on doubts about Meta’s ability to turn it...

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·The Verge

Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece

The article argues that DOOMED! is Open Mike Eagle’s most intimate album, using the familiar subject of breakups to create emotionally rich material. Kenny Segal’s production is fr...

Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece
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·The Verge

Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started

Amazon notified customers that its terms now require most disputes to be handled through arbitration and include a class-action waiver. Customers may still use small claims court i...

Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started
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·rvembedded.com

Trinidad-based embedded engineer argues RISC-V’s low-cost accessibility outweighs architectural flaws for underserved developers

The author responds to Dmitry Grinberg’s critique of RISC-V, acknowledging real ISA shortcomings while arguing the debate looks different from regions with high shipping costs and...

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