Tech & AI Daily — Weekend Edition, August 23, 2026

My Daily AI & Markets Briefing · Aug 23, 2026 · 9m

SOXL cratered ~21% on the week to ~$120.60 on macro shocks and Nvidia earnings anxiety, while QQQ, VGT, and VUG each slipped only 1–2%, confirming semi-specific — not broad tech — selling; all eyes turn to Nvidia's Wednesday print. • OpenAI voluntarily paused development on its most advanced internal models and warned of a 'different chapter' of persistent AI cyber-attacks, marking a notable safety and governance inflection as the company approaches IPO. • A Guidelight audit found that every major frontier AI lab — Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and xAI — lacks publicly adequate plans to…