Aurora Ransomware Crew Drove Cursor AI Agent Through Seven Corporate Breaches
A Russian-speaking ransomware affiliate used the AI coding agent inside Cursor to help breach at least seven companies across four continents between April 8 and May 21, 2026, according to findings from Gambit Security first reported by Reu…
OpenAI Builds Always-On "Persistent Mode" for Codex Agent
OpenAI is developing a "Persistent mode" for its Codex coding agent that would keep the AI running indefinitely until a user forces it to sleep, according to code changes reviewed by WIRED . The feature has begun appearing in the command-l…
Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Opens 4K Video Generation for Developers
Google launched Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash on August 27, a video-generation model that outputs clips at up to 4K resolution, marking a step from preview-grade AI video toward production-ready output . The model upgrades Google's prior Omni 1.1,…
OpenAI Extends ChatGPT Ads to India, Its 100M-User Market
OpenAI has begun showing ads on ChatGPT's Free and Go subscription tiers in India, expanding its advertising program to one of the platform's largest markets . The company said in February that it has more than 100 million weekly active Ch…
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Amazon Triples Nvidia Corp. GPU Order to 2 Million Additional Chips
Amazon and Nvidia Corp. have expanded their partnership with a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia Corp. GPU chips to Amazon Web Services data centers, tripling the original commitment made five months earlier . The announcement was made…
Anthropic Embeds Dedicated Chromium Browser in Claude Desktop Cowork
Anthropic added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude's Cowork desktop application, giving the AI assistant its own dedicated browsing environment separate from users' day-to-day browser . The company announced the feature on Wednesda…
Meta Projected Up to $10B Annual Spend on Anthropic Models
Meta internally projected that its annual spending on Anthropic's AI models could reach as much as $10 billion, according to a New York Times report aggregated on August 27, 2026 . The projection was made even as Mark Zuckerberg publicly cr…