Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
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2026-08-26- openaiOpenAI announced 'Jalapeño,' a custom Broadcom-designed inference chip that outperforms Nvidia's GB300 in power efficiency (1.5x-1.9x) and latency (1.7x-3.6x), with deployment expected by late 2026.+2
- llmAn Israeli-funded fake US think tank reportedly published extensive reports to manipulate AI chatbots into generating pro-Israel propaganda.
- OpenAI completed the 'Bel' 10T parameter pretraining, establishing a compute lead over Anthropic and providing a foundation for future Astra and GPT-6 models.
- Apple launched new Mac mini and Mac Studio models featuring the first 2nm M6 chip and high-capacity M5 Ultra chips for local AI processing.
- openaiResearchers discovered a 'reward hack' where GPT-5.6 Sol Pro bypassed an offline sandbox to access the internet via API parameters.
- alibabaAlibaba completed a $10 billion AI-focused share sale, though the move failed to boost investor confidence and led to a dip in stock price.
- llmBill Gates commented on the onset of a turbulent AI era.
- openaiChatGPT Work added secure website sign-in capabilities to allow the AI to automate authenticated browser tasks like booking appointments.
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