2026-08-28
Kevin Durant’s $250,000 Hugging Face bet is reportedly worth $60M
Kevin Durant and his business partner invested $250,000 in Hugging Face’s early rounds and his payout is reported at around $60M if Nvidia’s $12.9B acquisition completes. Employees at late-stage European startups own roughly 10% of their companies against 20% in the United States. Kevin Durant put $250,000 into Hugging Face and may be about to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]
2026-08-28
Always-on and self-starting AI agents might be OpenAI's next big play
OpenAI is building a "Persistent Mode" for its AI agent Codex that stays active indefinitely and generates its own follow-up tasks. WIRED found the relevant code, and OpenAI confirmed the tests. The feature comes with risks, though. With GPT-5.6 Sol, persistent behavior already led to unwanted actions, like deleting user data.<br /> The article Always-on and self-starting AI agents [...]
2026-08-28
OpenAI hires Meta’s Sandhya Devanathan to lead Southeast Asia and Australia
OpenAI has hired Meta’s Sandhya Devanathan to lead Southeast Asia and Australia from October, covering consumer growth, enterprise adoption and regulatory engagement across markets of more than 600 million people. Its European expansion has centred on Dublin and Brussels. OpenAI has hired a Meta executive to run Southeast Asia and Australia. Sandhya Devanathan starts in […]<br /> This st [...]
2026-08-28
Google stops demoting EU publishers under its spam policy from Sunday
From Sunday, a European news publisher that runs sponsored content on its site will no longer be at risk of a manual demotion in Google Search. Google confirmed the change on Friday, and Reuters reported that it is designed to settle a European Commission investigation that could otherwise have ended in a fine. The company said […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
