AI news of 19 August 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

Amazon’s drones will soon deliver to nearly 500 US cities and towns

Amazon's drone delivery service will expand to nearly 500 US cities by year end, six times current coverage.

Prime Air is launching in Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Idaho, and New York soon. | Image: Joseph Ciembroniewicz/Omaha World-Herald via Getty Images Amazon says its drone delivery service will reach "nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States" by the end of this year, increasing its coverage by six times compared to the current footprint. Prime Air deliveries will soon be launched in the Chicago, Illinois; Syracuse, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; and Boise, Idaho metro areas, according to Amazon's announcement, with "more communities to come later this year." These will join 11 locations across the US where Amazon already offers drone deliveries, with each Prime Air site serving an area of approximately 175 square miles. The service aims…

The Verge 1mo ago

robotics

I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Robotic arm learns to improvise and use objects as tools in real time.

Wired 1mo ago

code generation AI

Replit expands access to software creation with GPT-5.6 Luna Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Replit launches free tier with GPT model to democratize AI-assisted software creation.

OpenAI 1mo ago

AI drug discovery

Anthropic says any lab can now let a language model agent run the whole protein design stack

Anthropic's Claude agents design proteins with 35 percent success, outperforming industry average.

The Decoder 1mo ago

GLM-5.3 language model

GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens

Chinese startup z.ai releases GLM-5.3 language model API with pricing at $1.40 and $4.40 per million tokens.

VentureBeat 1mo ago

Google Gemini

Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub

Google adds study tools to Gemini including research notebooks, flashcards and practice quizzes.

The Verge 1mo ago

OpenAI, data privacy

Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI confirms zero data retention for API customers and previews privacy-preserving safety features.

OpenAI 1mo ago also at OpenAI

open source AI models

GLM-5.3 tops the open-model rankings and undercuts rivals on price, but its release is delayed

Chinese model GLM-5.3 ties for top open-model ranking and undercuts competitors on price.

The Decoder 1mo ago

AI agents

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent. Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Tiny open source native coding agent released for development tasks.

Hacker News 1mo ago

Cerebras, AI chips

Cerebras CS-4 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Cerebras CS-4 AI hardware system.

Hacker News 1mo ago

Amazon’s drones will soon deliver to nearly 500 US cities and towns

I Saw the Future of AI in a Robot That Can Learn on the Spot Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Replit expands access to software creation with GPT-5.6 Luna Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic says any lab can now let a language model agent run the whole protein design stack

GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens

Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub

Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models Opens at the publisher in a new tab

GLM-5.3 tops the open-model rankings and undercuts rivals on price, but its release is delayed

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent. Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Cerebras CS-4 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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