THE DAILY BRIEF
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026
STRIPE WILL REPORTEDLY ACQUIRE AI GATEWAY STARTUP…
OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.
AMAZON ADDS A CLAUSE IN ITS USER AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS TO…
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amazon adds a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against it, after removing a similar clause…
RAMP'S JULY AI INDEX: ANTHROPIC'S MARKET SHARE HIT 43.5%…
IBM plans to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.
AI VIDEO GENERATION STARTUP HIGGSFIELD RAISED $400M FROM…
James Fontanella-Khan / Financial Times: AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised $400M from DST, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Global, Intel, and others at a $5.4B valuation, up…
ANTHROPIC'S BIO-WEAPONS FILTER WAS DOWN FOR NEARLY A YEAR…
In a safety report, Anthropic reveals that its internal filtering system for biological and chemical weapons risks was inactive for nearly a year.
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