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Most US Teens Use AI for Schoolwork and Fun, Not Just for Cheating

Kids who use AI can clearly name what they will and won't hand over, and many see it as a tool, not a threat.

Twitch defaults creators into Amazon AI training with opt-out setting

The streaming platform will feed thousands of hours of video and voice into Amazon's generative models.

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Most US Teens Use AI for Schoolwork and Fun, Not Just for Cheating

Kids who use AI can clearly name what they will and won't hand over, and many see it as a tool, not a threat.

Twitch defaults creators into Amazon AI training with opt-out setting

The streaming platform will feed thousands of hours of video and voice into Amazon's generative models.

Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to enterprise services

OpenAI holds an ownership stake in Thrive, which raised the funds at a $12 billion valuation to scale AI adoption.

Lovable confirms $13.3B valuation with new $400M Series C

The new $400M Series C led by Menlo Ventures and Scaleup Europe Fund follows Lovable's $500M run rate in June.

Solv Labs builds verifiable agent payments on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

ORACLE and ICME PreFlight govern each agent transaction, with full on-chain settlement in under four seconds.

Blacksmith raises $45M at $550M valuation for AI code testing

The Series B led by Peak XV Partners brings the startup's valuation to $550 million, up from $60 million less than a year ago.

MIT Technology Review names 35 top young scientists and engineers

The 2026 class emerged from 550 nominations and 110 semifinalists selected by 44 expert judges for research across four categories.

OpenAI and AWS bring Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue to Amazon Bedrock

The cyber defense models give eligible customers governed access to GPT-5.6 Cyber and GPT-5.6 Sol on Amazon Bedrock.

Google Gemini app surpasses one billion monthly active users

Sundar Pichai says Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product and the company's 14th to reach one billion users.

ONESTRUCTION builds Ishigaki-IDS, a BIM foundation model, with AWS GenAIIC support

The construction tech startup used synthetic data and a three-stage pipeline to specialize a model for IDS standards.

Anthropic will watermark AI-generated text and files to satisfy EU AI Act

The EU AI Act transparency rules took effect on August 2, requiring all new models to embed machine-readable identifiers.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber in expanded Daybreak cyber service

The new tiered service gives defenders access to Blue and Red tiers, with Red featuring the new model for trusted partners.