OpenAI Says Frontier Models Can Keep Zero Data Retention
OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing so eligible API customers can keep Zero Data Retention while advanced models are monitored ...
Month: August 2026
Unitree’s Shanghai Debut Turns China’s Robot Race Into A Market Test
Unitree shares surged in their Shanghai debut, putting fresh market pressure behind China's humanoid robotics push.
MTN Uganda Turns MoMo Loans Into A Financial Literacy Push
MTN MoMo Uganda has launched a responsible borrowing campaign to help customers understand digital loans, repayment and credit behaviour.
Stripe Buys OpenRouter As AI Model Routing Becomes Real Infrastructure
Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, moving deeper into AI infrastructure as businesses juggle hundreds of models and token costs.
Meta And Nigeria Build AI Academy To Turn Training Into Startups
Meta and Nigeria's digital ministry have launched AI Academy Nigeria with training, a startup pitchathon and a developer bootcamp.
Google Gives Students Free Gemini For A Year As AI Study Race Heats Up
Google is offering eligible college students a free year of its AI plans and new Gemini study tools as education ...
OpenAI’s Cyber Access Error Shows How Hard Trusted AI Security Will Be
OpenAI says a technical issue caused some vetted cyber researchers to lose Daybreak Blue access, underlining the challenge of trusted ...
Velaura AI Raises $110M As Data-Centre Power Becomes The Next Chip Battle
Velaura AI has raised $110 million at a valuation above $1 billion to build lower-power AI compute infrastructure.
OpenAI Slows Astra Work As AI Cyber Risk Forces A New Safety Bar
OpenAI has slowed some Astra work and expanded monitoring after cyber-capable models exposed new testing risks.
Google’s AI Ad Labels Put Marketers On Notice
Google's AI ad disclosure tools mean brands must now manage how AI-generated ad assets are labelled across major ad surfaces.