At the midpoint of this year, nonprofit executives were hit with the realization that, whereas donations across the U.S. continue to rise, with affluent…
Category: AI
OpenClaw 2.0 brings simplified setup, a rebuilt browser app, and multiplayer sessions
The OpenClaw Foundation has released version 2.0 of its open-source AI platform, its largest release to date with over 16,000 pull requests. New features…
UK Launches £100M Sovereign AI Procurement Competitions for Public Services
The UK government launched the first procurement competitions under its £100 million Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme on August 31, 2026, opening four…
FSB Chair Warns G20 That Frontier AI Could Amplify Cyber Risk
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, writing as chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), warned G20 finance ministers and central bank governors…
OpenAI and rival AI labs are buying tens of thousands of Mac minis to train computer-use agents
According to The Information, OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer agents. Anthropic also relies on Apple…
DiDi Starts Driverless Trials With R2 Robotaxi in Beijing and Guangzhou
DiDi Autonomous Driving began fully driverless passenger service trials with its next-generation Robotaxi, the R2, on August 31, 2026, making the vehicle…
OpenClaw Releases OpenClaw 2.0: Guided Model Setup, 575 ms Control UI Startup, and One Trust Boundary Per Gateway
The OpenClaw Foundation has released v2026.8.1, which the project calls OpenClaw 2.0: 933 contributors, 569 first-timers, and more than 16,000 pull…
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.
Lowest-Latency Inference APIs for Voice and Realtime Agents: A Time to First Token TTFT-First Benchmark
Voice agents fail on latency long before they fail on intelligence. Time to first token is the metric most teams use to choose an inference API, and it is…
Build agentic creative workflows with Amazon Quick and fal
Creative teams produce more assets than ever, but fragmented tools and manual context transfer slow production. This post shows how to build a reusable…