AI News
Google Launches AI-Powered ‘Flight Deals’ to Help Travelers Find Cheap Flights
The tool is rolling out this week in the U.S., Canada, and India with no sign-up required.
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Big Tech
Meta Under Fire for Allowing Flirtatious AI Chatbot Interactions with Minors
The guidelines had reportedly been approved by Meta’s legal, public policy, and engineering teams.
Gadgets
HTC Unveils Vive Eagle: AI-Powered Smart Glasses with Camera, Voice Assistant & Real-Time Translation
Priced at approximately $520, the Vive Eagle is available for pre-order in Taiwan from August 14 to 31.
Datacentre
CtrlS Launches Eastern India’s First Rated-4 Datacentre in Kolkata
The centre starts with a 16 MW IT load capacity, with plans to scale to over 60 MW across four phases.
Developer's Corner
Claude Sonnet 4 Gets 1 mn Token Context Support, Enabling Entire Codebase and Multi-Doc Processing
This breakthrough allows developers to feed in full codebases (over 75,000 lines of code).
Research
Only 8% of Firms Achieve True AI Transformation, Finds Protiviti’s Global Survey
Key barriers to progress include legacy system integration (cited by 30%) and poor data governance.
Startups
SquadStack Unveils World's First Humanoid AI Sales Agent Stack
Trained on more than 600 mn minutes of real sales interactions, the Humanoid AI Agent delivers hyper-personalised and natural conversations.
AI News
Researchers Expose GPT-5 Jailbreak Vulnerability Using Narrative Trickery
The jailbreak method exploits GPT-5’s contextual memory by poisoning conversations gradually.
Databases
MongoDB Unveils Voyage AI and Expands AI Partnership Ecosystem
Voyage AI introduces cutting-edge embedding models designed to deliver context-aware and highly relevant data retrieval.
Leadership Moves
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke Steps Down to Pursue AI Startup Aspirations
Dohmke’s departure marks the end of nearly four eventful years as GitHub’s chief executive.
AI Models
OpenAI Restores GPT-4o After GPT-5 Failed to Impress
On social media, complaints poured in about GPT-5 being too “robotic” and “detached,” particularly in casual or emotionally sensitive conversations.
Acquisition
Salesforce to Acquire Waii to Turn Plain English into Powerful SQL
The acquisition is slated to close in Salesforce’s Q3 FY2026, pending customary approvals.