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Week brief · August 10 to 16, 2026

AI news, week of August 10, 2026

In the week of August 10 to 16, 2026 the AI desk recorded 57 news events on 7 days. AI models led with 17.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Aug 14 wkzo.com: “Exclusive-US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China” 4
  2. Aug 13 Korean stocks rise 22% in 10 days as chip rally regains steam 3
  3. Aug 14 bangladeshsun.com (Big News Network): “Apple develops own AI model for China with Alibaba help” 3
  4. Aug 15 Modi announces free online coaching and AI training for youth 3
  5. Aug 10 Landis+Gyr adds Future Grid and OTS to edge app ecosystem 2
  6. Aug 10 economictimes.indiatimes.com: “AI re - skilling: Nearly 32% entities expect AI to drive re - skilling over job cuts: Survey” 2
  7. Aug 10 South Australia announces royal commission into AI 2

Monday, August 10, 2026

8 events. The full rundown for August 10, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:45 UTC Landis+Gyr adds Future Grid and OTS to edge app ecosystem 2
  2. 05:00 UTC economictimes.indiatimes.com: “AI re - skilling: Nearly 32% entities expect AI to drive re - skilling over job cuts: Survey” 2
  3. 07:00 UTC South Australia announces royal commission into AI 2

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

7 events. The full rundown for August 11, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:56 UTC Aureka Lands $100M to Train Next-Gen Biological AI Models 2
  2. 21:50 UTC Apple said to test CXMT memory chips amid AI-driven supply shortage 2
  3. 23:00 UTC Report: global investors favor Taiwan over Korea stocks after AI selloff 2

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for August 12, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 00:56 UTC Align says Chinese court ruled for it in Angelalign patent case 2
  2. 12:30 UTC PUDU ET1: AI robot cleans up to 800 sqm with 800 RPM, 20 kPa suction 2
  3. 16:04 UTC DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 GA: 1 endpoint for OpenAI Responses API drop-in 2

Thursday, August 13, 2026

10 events. The full rundown for August 13, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 00:07 UTC Korean stocks rise 22% in 10 days as chip rally regains steam 3
  2. 04:15 UTC semissourian.com: “Asian shares mostly rise after AI leads rally on Wall Street” 2
  3. 08:15 UTC aninews.in: “OK AI QUANT Releases 2026 Mid - Year Report and 2027 Strategic Plan” 2

Friday, August 14, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for August 14, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 21:09 UTC wkzo.com: “Exclusive-US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China” 4
  2. 07:00 UTC bangladeshsun.com (Big News Network): “Apple develops own AI model for China with Alibaba help” 3
  3. 03:15 UTC manilatimes.net: “Pony. ai and Uber Expand Partnership to Deploy Over 2, 000 Robotaxis in Europe” 2

Saturday, August 15, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for August 15, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 07:15 UTC Modi announces free online coaching and AI training for youth 3
  2. 07:45 UTC Report: AI era to reshape banking operations 2
  3. 12:18 UTC Alibaba says Qwen models pass 3 billion downloads 2

Sunday, August 16, 2026

  1. 01

    Coverage recordphilippinetimes.com (Big News Network): “Israel wants ChatGPT to push its Gaza narrative Politico”

    1 outlet · first: Philippine Times (Big News Network) Regulation

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Philippine Times (Big News Network) and arabherald.com (Big News Network).

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

Sunday, August 16, 2026

  1. · 2 outletsnasdaq.com, finance.yahoo.comNamed in the reports: Meta
  2. · 2 outletsinquirer.com, sfexaminer.comNamed in the reports: China

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. AI models 17
  2. Regulation 8
  3. AI research 6
  4. Funding 6
  5. Product launch 5
  6. Partnership 4
  7. Earnings 4
  8. Leadership 3

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).