AI News — August 18, 2026
Daily news briefing for 18th August 2026. Track model releases, research breakthroughs, startup funding updates, and AI signals published on this day.
All Stories Published on August 18 (11)
Fortinet's Virtue AI Acquisition Rebalances the Agentic AI Security Equation
Fortinet Inc. announced its intent to acquire Virtue AI Inc. Monday, and though the financial aspects are interesting, what's more significant is how this will help businesses with their next big security challenge: How do you secure agentic artificial intelligence?
ChatGPT Ads Expands Across Europe
ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 31 European markets. Learn how advertisers can reach people as they explore, compare options, and make decisions.
Strengthening Democratic Oversight in National Security
OpenAI launches an initiative to strengthen democratic oversight of AI in national security, supporting government institutions with tools, training, and.
How Axonius Built Secure Multi-tenant AI Agents on Bedrock AgentCore
Learn how Axonius, a cybersecurity SaaS provider, used Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to deploy fully isolated, multi-tenant AI agent across hundreds of customer.
Asana Cleared 5 Years of Engineering Work in 2 Weeks with Codex
Asana used OpenAI Codex to replace an outdated testing system in two weeks, completing work expected to take five years for about $12K.
Modular: Mojo🔥 Is Now Open Source!
Mojo🔥 is now open source!
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 Vs GPT-5.6 Sol on DeepSWE: Cost, Coding, and Routing
We ran 904 DeepSWE rollouts on DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 and GPT-5.6 Sol. Sol leads pass@1 by 10 points at 35x the cost; Pro wins pass@4, and a Pro-first cascade hits 83.0%.
Modular: Modular and Qualcomm: Same Code, New Silicon
Modular and Qualcomm: Same code, new silicon.
Modular: ModCon 2026: Open Source, Open Cloud, Open Silicon
ModCon 2026: Open source, open cloud, open silicon.
Cybersecurity Concerns Prompt OpenAI to Pause Some AI Training Runs
OpenAI Group PBC recently paused some of its artificial intelligence training workloads over concerns that they could cause cybersecurity issues. The ChatGPT developer disclosed the move in a blog post published today.