AI Revolution – August 21, 2026
AI Revolution – August 21, 2026 Today's briefing covers: • Nvidia is acquiring Poolside's "Model Factory" and 109 employees for $6 billion • GPT-5.6 Sol drives OpenAI's revenue surge as it regains ground on Anthropic • Waymo builds its own chip for its robotaxis, cutting its reliance on Nvidia • Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted Show notes & sources: https://storage.googleapis.com/cleartext-podcast/ai/ai/show_notes/episode_2026-08-21.md
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