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[YOU] on AI · Now · Aug 16, 2026 · 3m

Saturday, August 15: OpenAI emails European users about an ad-targeting privacy shift, the SEC charges a boiler-room operator who sold fake AI pre-IPO stakes to retirees, Beijing's NDRC forced Meta to unwind its $2B Manus acquisition, xAI's Grok 4.6 launches at $2/M with a 500K context window, and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber hits the 'High' threshold on its Preparedness Framework after finding live Chrome zero-days. In this hour: OpenAI Emails European Free Users — Ad-Targeting Privacy Policy Lands in EEA Inboxes · SEC Charges Boiler-Room Operator Who Sold Retirees Fake AI Pre-IPO Stakes for $74M…