AI News · 2026-08-22

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Jason Says

NVIDIA spending $12B to acqui-hire Poolside proves AI talent is now worth more than most AI companies. Instead of chasing model capabilities, build a better harness — Nvidia's own research confirms this.

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AI ToolsLatent Space

Poolside Gets $12B Reverse Acqui-hire to NVIDIA

NVIDIA executes a $12B reverse acqui-hire of AI coding company Poolside: founders stay for $1B, employees move to NVIDIA for $6B, and the remaining funds scale a 7GW neocloud infrastructure. The deal marks an unprecedented escalation in the AI talent war.

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AI ToolsLatent Space

Z.ai CEO: GLM 5.3 Proves Post-training Is the New Scaling Law

Zhipu AI (Z.ai) CEO Jie Tang discusses GLM 5.3, arguing that parameter scaling is dead and post-training is the new scaling law. This aligns with the industry trend: pre-training gains are plateauing, and techniques like RLHF, distillation, and synthetic data are now the real differentiators.

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AI ToolsTechCrunch AI

Nvidia Research: The Harness Matters More Than the AI Model

Nvidia research shows AI agents perform well through fine-tuning and a well-designed harness, even when the underlying model isn't top-tier. For indie developers, this means investing in your agent workflow may matter more than chasing the latest model.

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AI ToolsOpenAI Blog

OpenAI Launches AI Futures Blog on Governance and Power

OpenAI launches AI Futures, a blog exploring how transformative AI could reshape power, governance, the economy, and individual freedom. As global AI regulation accelerates, OpenAI's move to proactively frame the discourse is worth watching.

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AI ToolsLatent Space

Simile AI: Simulation as the New Scaling Law for Digital Twins

Simile AI CEO Joon Sung Park, author of the viral Generative Agents paper, is building digital twins of all 8 billion humans, positioning simulation as a new scaling law. From academic fun to serious business, AI simulation is accelerating in marketing and policy domains.

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MonetizationGitHub Trending

MoneyPrinterTurbo Trends on GitHub: One-Click AI Video Generation

MoneyPrinterTurbo tops GitHub Trending: input a topic or keyword, and it automatically generates scripts, matches footage, adds subtitles and background music, and produces HD short videos. A ready-to-use monetization tool for creators looking to scale content with AI.

💰AI Funding Roundup

Rillet

Series B$100MVal. $1B+

Investors: Iconiq、Sequoia 等

AI 会计独角兽,48 小时内从董事会分享数据到融资 1 亿美元成为独角兽——增长数据好到投资人自己追着送钱

Starcloud

Growth$250M

轨道数据中心初创,在发射资源紧缺的背景下融资 2.5 亿美元——把 AI 算力搬到太空的赛道正在加速

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