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• OpenAI, Anthropic and Google blocked a cross-model reasoning attack

  The attack used weaker sibling models as decoders and exposed credentials in public agent logs before providers blocked it.

• Unsloth Desktop connects locally run models to Claude Code and Codex

  The open-source Mac, Windows and Linux app combines local inference, training and connections for Claude Code and Codex.

• Nvidia ships Nemotron 3.5 Lightning for single-GPU AI agents

  The 30-billion-parameter open-weight model activates 3 billion parameters and permits commercial use under Nvidia's OpenMDW license.

• Cursor and SpaceXAI launch Grok Bot for work beyond coding

  The beta gives paid users cloud agents that sign into websites, learn routines and keep running after a laptop closes.

• Manus asks affected users to back up data before Meta separation

  Manus is telling affected users to back up recent data before an August 23rd-24th deletion window as it separates from Meta and its founders reportedly seek financing for a buyback.

• Keet's iOS app generates structured courses with videos, quizzes and games

  Keet's iOS learning app is in private beta, while YC and Keet still publish materials for its earlier web-agent API.

• Igor Babuschkin's River AI raises $1.1 billion for customer-owned models

  General Catalyst and AMP PBC led the combined seed and Series A, with Nvidia and AMD backing an open-weight training stack.

• Tencent unveils WorldClaw for editable 3D worlds from text

  The agent pipeline plans terrain, builds regional assets and refines scenes in Blender, using four Nvidia H20 GPUs in Tencent's tests.

• Cursor releases Origin Git host for fleets of AI coding agents

  The Git platform extends Cursor from code generation into repository hosting, review and team-wide agent orchestration after a waitlist period.

• Grok 4.6 launch appears imminent after Cursor briefly exposes the model

  An outside tester received preview access hours after Cursor users found the unreleased model in its production picker.

• DHH adopts agent-first building, previewing journalism's shift from drafting to directing

  Hansson's reversal shows how knowledge workers move from skepticism to agent-supervised output once AI can handle assignments, a transition journalism is likely to follow.

• Five practical ways to use Decimen across disconnected devices

  The strongest use cases are restricted workstations, disconnected field operations, incompatible devices, fixed-display distribution and small transfers over unreliable visual links.

• Aureka raises $100M to build a biological world model for drug discovery

  Granite Asia backed the first tranche as Aureka expands OpenDDE and its wet-lab feedback system for antibody discovery.

• Palette raises EUR 3M to make company context portable across AI models

  The Copenhagen founders behind Linkfire and Airtame are selling a model-neutral layer for files, workflows and organizational memory.

• Researchers hired suspected North Korean IT workers to expose their post-hire playbook

  Three hires used forged identities, Gemini-altered documents, remote access tools and AI coding assistants inside a sandboxed workplace.

• Z.ai reports 1 million ZCode users and resets GLM plan limits

  The Beijing AI company reset GLM Coding Plan limits, but its self-reported ZCode milestone does not distinguish registered, active or paying users.

• Human Behavior launches agents that turn session replays into product fixes

  The YC-backed analytics startup is using a $5 million seed raised in 2025 to move from explaining user behavior to acting on it.

• Claude Code watermark policy draws backlash over developer control

  Nick Dobos's objection exposes a policy gap: EU guidance excludes source code, while Anthropic says its marks cover all generated text.

• Arcade acquires Smithery to control agent tool discovery and execution

  The deal gives Arcade a popular MCP registry six weeks after its $60 million Series A, extending its reach from authorization into distribution.

• CHICKEN 6.0.0 moves R7RS and Unicode into its core

  Felix Winkelmann's 26-year-old Scheme implementation gains a modern string model, revised C interfaces and a substantial migration bill.

• MiniMax posts guessing-game teaser without a verifiable product link

  The Shanghai AI company asked viewers to identify a subject in inaccessible media, leaving no verifiable connection to H3 or another product.

• Pangram raised $9 million to expand AI detection into images

  Pangram pairs a $9 million round announced July 29th with Pangram 4 and a public research preview of its image detector.

• Pangram tests a Gmail filter that can trash AI-written email

  The tool would scan messages on Pangram's servers, apply AI, Mixed or Human labels, and automate where flagged mail goes.

• Zuckerberg says Meta is 'very close' to substantially stronger AI models

  In an interview, Meta's founder offered no release date or independent evaluations as the company pushes 2026 capital spending toward $145 billion.