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- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
OpenAI will begin selling ads on ChatGPT on August 24 in 31 European markets, six months after the US launch. Advertisers will initially buy through major agency groups, with direct access planned later. The company states it has adapted its privacy policies to GDPR and says conversations are not shared with advertisers; it also claims that around 20% of ChatGPT requests have direct commercial intent. MarketingProfs, AI Weekly.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Analysis
Microsoft fixes a Copilot flaw: a single link was enough to extract data
The vulnerability CVE-2026-24301, named CoSnitch by the researchers who reported it, was fixed on August 18. A story distinct from the one published this morning on the suspension of OpenAI's training runs: here the problem does not concern model training, but the way an assistant already in production interacts with the services it is connected to.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On August 18, Microsoft released a fix for vulnerability CVE-2026-24301, identified by researchers at Varonis Threat Labs: the attack chain combined an undocumented address parameter, Copilot's automatic page retrieval and persistent memory poisoning, allowing a single malicious link to execute instructions and extract data from connected services. During the same period, Cisa added the Ray framework vulnerability CVE-2025-62593 to its catalog of known exploited flaws, with a remediation deadline of August 20. The report currently comes from a single source (AI Weekly); no independent confirmation available.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
OpenAI announced on August 18 a version of ChatGPT intended for teenagers, which blocks conversations about suicide and self-harm as well as romantic or sexual content. The system uses an age prediction to automatically route younger users toward the dedicated mode. The report currently comes from a single source (AI Weekly, reporting the company's announcement); no independent confirmation available.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Analysis
OpenAI halts frontier model training for two weeks and switches on advertising in Europe
On August 18 the company announced a selective pause in reinforcement learning for models destined for release. From August 24 ads are appearing in ChatGPT in 31 European countries, including Italy.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On the same day as the Stripe deal, Google expanded its agreement with Marvell for custom chips, and Samsung raised prices for its most advanced manufacturing processes. These are two moves on the same point in the chain: those who design and those who manufacture the components destined for artificial intelligence computing centers. Single source (Smartphonology); no independent confirmation available.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Amazon is preparing an expansion of its Prime Air drone delivery service in the United States: the stated goal is to reach nearly 500 cities and locations by the end of 2026. The news emerged on August 20 as part of announcements on the intersection of artificial intelligence, infrastructure and new distribution models. It comes from a single source (corporate plans reported by Smartphonology); no independent confirmation available.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Analysis
OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in 31 European markets, Italy included
The August 19 announcement extends advertisements to users on the free and Go plans. Access will initially go through the company's sales team and partners; the self-service tool is expected by the end of summer.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
According to Bloomberg, SpaceX contacted Cognition, developer of the Devin coding agent, about a possible acquisition, just days after the closing of the $60 billion deal for Cursor. Acquisition talks are no longer underway; the two companies are now discussing the possibility that Cognition could use SpaceX's computing capacity. Cognition was valued at $26 billion in May and is in preliminary talks for new funding above $40 billion. The news comes from a single source, the Bloomberg report reported by AI Weekly.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Analysis
OpenAI suspends part of Astra's training and rewrites its safety procedures
On August 18 the company reported it had halted a significant share of the work on the frontier model Astra and introduced checks on model reasoning. The following day it announced advertising was coming to ChatGPT in European markets.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Analysis
An AI agent exploits a flaw in Melbourne on its own, while Google unveils a model to find them
An assistant tasked with booking a gym class reportedly identified and used a vulnerability in the booking system: according to the account, it is the first known case in Australia. In the same weeks, the market for security-specialised models is expanding.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The World Development Report 2026, titled "The Promise of Artificial Intelligence" and published on August 4 in Washington, argues that developing countries could achieve in one decade results otherwise attainable in a century, provided they rapidly close gaps in energy, connectivity, skills and institutional quality. The news currently comes from a single source (World Bank); no independent confirmation available.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Analysis
OpenAI, SoftBank and Nvidia build in Ohio with a $105 billion guarantee
Twenty-year agreement between OpenAI and SB Energy for the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Portsmouth. Nvidia comes in as investor and guarantor: filings with the SEC show a guarantee of up to $105 billion on conditional lease and power-supply obligations.
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Starting August 24, 2026, a view will be counted from the moment a video starts, with no minimum time threshold, for traditional videos, Shorts and live streams. The previous measurement will remain in Analytics under the name Engaged Views. The change will not affect earnings or YouTube Partner Program requirements and brings the count closer to that of TikTok and Instagram. The news currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation is available. (Smartphonology)
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · Lead Story
Why we are not reporting on the civil proceedings against Meta opened in California
On August 18, opening discussions began in Oakland in a civil case involving Meta and the design of Facebook and Instagram. Redazione Zero has crime and court reporting suspended: the case exists, this newspaper does not cover it, and here we explain why.
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The marking and detectability requirement for generative artificial intelligence systems already on the market benefits from a transitional period until December 2, 2026. In the meantime, the AI Office has published a voluntary code of conduct on the transparency of generated content, a tool that facilitates demonstrating compliance for those who adhere to it. (Cooley; European Commission)
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · Analysis
AI Act: transparency obligations start this month, oversight moves to the AI Office
As of 2 August 2026 the European office and national authorities are responsible for implementing, overseeing and enforcing the regulation; powers over general-purpose models rest with the AI Office. A new story: in Tech, the morning edition dealt with prices and new models.
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On August 17 Google is retiring three Imagen 4 model identifiers, directing developers toward gemini-3.1-flash-image, following the release of Gemini 3.7 Flash three weeks after the previous version, with improvements on the FrontierCode 1.1 benchmark (from 34.4% to 43.6%) and DeepSWE v1.1 (from 49% to 65.3%) and an introductory price of $0.75 per million input text units and $3.75 per million output units through December 31, 2026. OpenAI has opened a limited trial version of the interface for GPT-5.6 Sol's Ultrafast mode, running on Cerebras hardware, with roughly 750 text units generated per second. The report currently comes from a single source (AI Weekly); no independent confirmation available.
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · Analysis
OpenAI expands Daybreak and announces a model reserved for authorized security activities
Two access channels for accredited defenders and a model dedicated to vulnerability research: the announcement comes from the company and, at present, has no independent confirmation of the stated safeguards.
- Monday, 17 August 2026 · Analysis
Model prices crash 80% as Gemini surpasses one billion users
GPT-5.6 Luna becomes ChatGPT's default free model after an 80% price cut, Google announces one billion monthly users, DeepSeek moves in the opposite direction and raises rates by 93%. In the background, an unreleased model claims to have solved ten open mathematical problems.
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