2026-08-17

Anthropic watermarks Claude's output, but critics question the tradeoffs

Anthropic's text watermarking for Claude is supposed to make AI-generated content detectable. But critics doubt that word choice stays unaffected, and lawyers are facing new transparency headaches.<br /> The article Anthropic watermarks Claude's output, but critics question the tradeoffs appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-08-17

'Taking away people's choice of how they work is probably not going to help them in terms of their well-being': New study unsurprisingly finds people who want to work remotely are actually more productive and happier

Surprisingly enough, remote workers can be happy and productive, major study finds. [...]

2026-08-17

What is the release date for The Shards episode 5 on Hulu and Disney+?

The Shards is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+, but when can you watch the next episode? [...]

2026-08-17

Google Workspace lets Gemini access your company data by default - how to shut it down

In Google Workspace, Gemini has access to Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Chat, and more by default. Here's why it matters, and how administrators can disable it today. [...]

2026-08-17

Alibaba is launching an open-weight AI model designed to run on laptops, rivaling Meta

The Chinese tech company released Qwen3.8-27B on Monday, targeting the same on-device AI market Meta entered last week with Muse Glimmer [...]

2026-08-17

Nvidia is slashing its financial backstop for OpenAI's Ohio data center to under $120 billion

The chipmaker revised its plan after investors raised concerns about its risk exposure tied to large financing commitments [...]

2026-08-17

Stock futures slip as Wall Street cools off record-setting week

U.S. stock futures edged lower Monday morning after the S&P 500 closed at a record last week on strong second-quarter earnings [...]

2026-08-17

Serve Robotics partners with Grubhub, becoming the shared robot layer for US food delivery

Serve Robotics, the sidewalk-delivery company that spun out of Uber, has added Grubhub to its roster of partners, a move that quietly turns it into something close to the neutral plumbing of America’s food-delivery robot business. Through a deal with Wonder, Grubhub’s parent, Serve’s cooler-sized bots will start carrying takeaway orders placed on the Grubhub […]<br /> This story cont [...]

2026-08-17

Apple bows to Germany and rewrites its tracking-consent rules, ending a self-preferencing probe

The Bundeskartellamt found Apple held rival apps to a stricter consent standard than its own. The agreed fix, neutral prompts and no double hurdle, applies across almost all of the EU. Apple has agreed to overhaul the way its iPhones ask people for permission to be tracked, after Germany’s competition regulator concluded that the company […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]