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Last updated August 25, 2026
Google tests hand-gesture verification for reCAPTCHA, asking users to wave at their camera to prove they’re human as AI bots outpace image challenges
Amazon’s earliest-ever Prime Day could drive $26.3B in US e-commerce sales as Walmart, Target, and others stage rival summer deals events
Google stock slides toward worst day in a year after Noam Shazeer leaves for OpenAI and Nobel winner John Jumper joins Anthropic
Amazon begins testing its Alexa+ conversational AI assistant in India with a Hindi-language beta, targeting 600M-plus Hindi speakers
ppsFlyer raises $1B from Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity to build AI-powered ad measurement and cross-platform attribution infrastructure
Amazon buys its first ChatGPT ads to pull users back to its marketplace while still blocking OpenAI from scraping its product and pricing data
OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT and Codex into an AI “super app” ahead of its IPO, betting it can prove it’s more than a chatbot company
Instagram for TV expands to Samsung Smart TVs across the US and tests interest-based channels, Reels casting, and episodic series for living rooms
Samsung deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all Korea staff and global Device eXperience employees in one of OpenAI’s largest rollouts
TikTok unveils Symphony AI ad agent at Cannes, integrates with Dentsu’s Zoyumi platform and launches custom creator networks with Starbucks
UK plans rules forcing YouTube and TikTok to give BBC, ITV, and other established media more algorithm visibility over misinformation fears
Google invests $75M in indie studio A24 for AI filmmaking partnership with DeepMind, targeting storyboards over generative video
Bending Spoons, the Italian software acquirer behind Vimeo and WeTransfer, files for a Nasdaq IPO seeking up to $1.62B at a $17.8B valuation
Meta taps Cred founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp after $900M investment in his Indian fintech, replacing Will Cathcart
OpenAI terms of service hint at upcoming AI-generated ad creative tools
Meta expands livestream shopping with ads, virtual cards, and affiliate deals
Meta gets serious about search (again) with AI Mode, a new search tab powered by Muse Spark
New BNPL rules are coming to the U.S. one way or another
Anthropic is being sued for delivering fewer tokens than it advertised
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