AI news of 18 August 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

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2026-08-18

AI code generation

Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Asana used OpenAI Codex to automate five years of engineering work in two weeks.

OpenAI 6d ago

How NVIDIA scales expertise with ChatGPT Work Opens at the publisher in a new tab

NVIDIA uses ChatGPT Work to automate manual tasks and scale workflows globally.

OpenAI 1w ago

As AI beats doctors, regulators shouldn't force a human into the loop, JAMA piece says

JAMA opinion piece argues regulators should not mandate human oversight in autonomous medical AI systems.

The Decoder 6d ago

Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic's annualized revenue reaches $65 billion after adding $18 billion in two months.

TechCrunch 1w ago

Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Claude AI model writes macOS driver for Windows-only printer.

Hacker News 6d ago

Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Etched AI startup's valuation doubles to $21B after Jane Street deploys its cluster system.

TechCrunch 6d ago

Qwen3.8-27B runs frontier-class coding agents and reasoning locally, no cloud API required

Alibaba's 27B Qwen model enables frontier-class coding agents and reasoning without cloud APIs.

VentureBeat 1w ago

A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Interactive 3D fruit fly simulation on macOS uses real neural connectome data from FlyWire.

Hacker News 6d ago

Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser

Firefox Smart Window AI browser now pulls live web data and suggests tab groups.

The Verge 6d ago

Claude Code gets a /design command that lets developers create UI mockups right in the terminal

Anthropic adds design command to Claude Code for generating UI mockups in terminal.

The Decoder 6d ago

2026-08-18

Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How NVIDIA scales expertise with ChatGPT Work Opens at the publisher in a new tab

As AI beats doctors, regulators shouldn't force a human into the loop, JAMA piece says

Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Qwen3.8-27B runs frontier-class coding agents and reasoning locally, no cloud API required

A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser

Claude Code gets a /design command that lets developers create UI mockups right in the terminal

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