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Thursday, August 20

5 items
Regulation and law only one source so far

US Congress proposes special protections for whistleblowers reporting risks at AI companies

Senator Chuck Grassley introduced the AI Whistleblower Protection Act in May 2025, the first federal bill protecting employees of AI companies who report a serious risk even without a violation of the law. Similar protections are also included in an amendment to the NDAA and the Great American AI Act proposal.

Tech Policy Press Details and sources →
New models only one source so far

Anthropic is deploying Model 2 internally, a model that outperforms all public Claude models

According to Risk Report from August 2026, Anthropic is internally developing Model 2, a model in the Mythos class that outperforms all public versions of Claude by 1.5 points on the internal AECI index. The model is used for coding, data generation and research, including autonomous agents. No release is planned.

The Decoder (daily AI news) Original source ↗
Security confirmed by 2 independent sources

OpenAI clarifies Private Safety Processing: automated abuse detection across conversations without retaining data

OpenAI clarified that Private Safety Processing automatically detects AI misuse across multiple conversations without human review and without retaining data. The system extends Zero Data Retention and contrasts with the 30-day data retention at Anthropic; a white paper is due to be released in September.

OpenAI News · and 2 more sources Details and sources →

Wednesday, August 19

13 items
Marketing only one source so far

Google is offering university students a free year of Google AI Pro and new study tools in Gemini

Google is offering university students in the USA a free year of Google AI Pro (normally 19.99 $/month), students outside the USA a free year of Google AI Plus, and introducing new study tools in Gemini — student hub, study notebooks, interactive visualizations and Deep Research in Gemini…

Google — Gemini blog (official release channel) Details and sources →
Tools and apps only one source so far

Waymo adds the Gemini assistant to Ojai vehicles

Waymo integrates the Gemini assistant into Ojai vehicles. Users can use voice commands to control the air conditioning, find nearby places and get information about their surroundings. Gemini operates independently of Waymo Driver and activates only on request.

Google — Gemini blog (official release channel) Original source ↗

Tuesday, August 18

6 items
Business and investment only one source so far

Free Perplexity Pro attracted 22 million users in India through a partnership with Airtel, half left after the discount ended

In July 2025, Perplexity and Airtel offered 360 million customers one year of free access to Perplexity Pro. Downloads increased by 625 percent; the app was downloaded 56 million times over seven months. The number of active users peaked at 22 million, then fell to 14… after the offer ended in January 2026

TechCrunch AI Original source ↗