Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the "coming days," will use AI to automatically tweak your feed and "rememb
It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former cofounder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after
Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg now owns an actual castle. Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle and its 440-acre estate in Ireland "several weeks ago," according to The Irish Times. While the exact pr
Riot is ending development on its League of Legends fighting
Riot Games is already winding down work on 2XKO, the free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, less than a year after its initial launch. Riot says "active development" will conclude at the end of 2026 because the co
One in five enterprises can't stop a runaway AI agent's spen
Enterprise AI teams have stopped betting on a single orchestration platform. The median enterprise now runs three at once — not by accident, but because none of them fully trusts a single vendor to run the show, accordin
The Genesis GV90 blows the bloody doors off what’s possible
Genesis, Hyundai's luxury brand, just revealed its first full-size, three-row electric SUV for the US market, the GV90. And arguably it has some of the wildest designs and features in the auto market today. Right off the
Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator probl
Roblox is promising more changes to its child safety features following testing from Australia's online safety regulator, eSafety. eSafety has been looking into concerns that the company hasn't been in compliance with Au
NanoClaw comes to Slack, letting you create persistent AI ag
Adding an AI agent to Slack sounds appealing to many enterprises — but, as VentureBeat has experienced ourselves first hand — the reality is often far more complex and clunkier than it first seems. Now NanoCo ., the comp
Seattle weighs ban on ‘surveillance pricing’ at grocery st
A proposed Seattle ordinance would bar large grocers and delivery services from setting prices for individual shoppers based on their personal data. Industry groups say it will kill discounts, consumer advocates say it w
Serval’s super agent Catalyst creates roving background age
Serval is making Catalyst , its AI agent for building enterprise automations, generally available Thursday and enabling it by default for customers — allowing teams of AI agents to decide what should be automated and the
We’ve entered Seattle’s Third Act
A year after GeekWire asked where Seattle's superstar AI startups were, two local venture capitalists offer an answer: they're here, but they build rockets, geothermal plants and autonomous off-road vehicles rather than
OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data
Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies' investors pause about how "sticky" enterprise AI spending really is.
Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic
Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting their traffic as AI search sends fewer clicks to the web.
ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages p
Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration.
Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto co
A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using Google Docs as a way to deliver malware.
Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.
They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbro
Survivors reconnect with those who saved them in National Geographic's 9/11: Reunited .
Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creep
Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.
TrueFoundry's open source AI agent harness TrueForge boasts
Another day, another new AI agent harness is released. Only this time, it's one that aims to solve a growing enterprise problem as AI agents proliferate: enabling greater developer control of agents and tools, while redu
Mac 版 ChatGPT 可控制“信息”应用，古尔曼称恐触及苹果 Siri AI
OpenAI 昨日（8 月 20 日）在 X 平台发布推文，宣布升级 macOS 版 ChatGPT 应用程序，添加控制苹果“信息”（Apple Messages）能力， 可以读取、撰写、发送短信，并支持搜索消息以及生成对话摘要。 OpenAI 公司表示在征得用户授权后，ChatGPT 可以读取、撰写和发送短信，也能搜索消息，获取对话摘要及其他信息。官方明确表示该功能不会基于用户的全部消息建立索引，且需要用户明确同意。 用户需要在 Ch
韩国企业首次：消息称 SK 海力士拟在日本建设存储芯片工厂，投资规模
据韩民族日报消息，SK 海力士正在推进一项方案， 计划斥资数十万亿韩元在日本东北部的宫城县建设存储芯片工厂 。韩国半导体企业在日本大规模投资设立本地生产基地，此举尚属首例。 一位商界知情人士透露：“据了解，SK 集团会长崔泰源近期已亲自视察了该地区。”目前，宫城县正与九州、北海道一同被日本政府列为重点扶持的半导体产业三大核心基地。 获悉，业内预计该项目的投资规模将在数十万亿韩元级别。相较于韩国本土龙仁及湖南半导体产业集群数百万亿韩元的投
商务部：7 月新能源乘用车零售渗透率 65.1%，再创历史新高
8 月 20 日， 商务部消费促进司负责人谈 2026 年 7 月我国消费市场情况。1-7 月，社会消费商品和服务零售总额同比（下同）增长 2.6%；社会消费品零售总额 28.77 万亿元，增长 1.2%，其中除汽车以外的消费品零售额增长 2.7%。 其中，消费品以旧换新带动绿色、智能消费增长。7 月份， 新能源乘用车零售渗透率 65.1%，再创历史新高 。商务部商务大数据显示，7 月份重点平台具身智能机器人销售额增长 95.1%，外骨
DDR4内存价格或再迎暴涨
【快讯】摩根士丹利最新报告预计，2026年第三季度全球DDR4等成熟DRAM价格将上涨约50%，第四季度还将再涨10%以上；SLC NAND涨幅更猛，预计三、四季度均上涨50%以上。
摩根士丹利认为，主要原因是存储厂商持续将晶圆产能转向HBM、DDR5和高层数NAND，导致DDR4等成熟存储产品供应进一步收紧。与此同时，DDR5现货价格8月环比也已上涨约8%，存储市场涨价压力仍在持续。
宇树科技王兴兴预计人形机器人十年内进入“大众市场”
王兴兴预测，人形机器人将在十年内进入“大众市场”，前提是制造商解决了阻碍其当前实用性的问题。他表示，一旦人形机器人能够在陌生环境中处理 80% 通过语音指令交付的任务，市场将会迅速起飞。他说，这将需要两到十年。
英伟达联手LG进军人形机器人，物理AI成为下一战场
英伟达正在加速从AI芯片公司向“物理AI”平台企业转型，与韩国LG集团达成合作，共同开发下一代双足人形机器人。新机器人将融合英伟达Isaac GR00T基础模型和Jetson Thor机器人计算平台，目标覆盖家庭、工业制造以及智能交通等场景。业内认为，机器人可能成为继生成式AI之后，英伟达打开万亿美元级市场的新入口。([Barron's][1])