22 August 2026

AI agents' growing capabilities are driving productivity FOMO among some startup founders, who feel compelled to work long hours managing and guiding the agents (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
AI agents' growing capabilities are driving productivity FOMO among some startup founders, who feel compelled to work long hours managing and guiding the agents  —  The growing capabilities of AI give new meaning to working yourself to the bone  —  Seductive.  Intoxicating.  All-consuming.

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London-based Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni and with $50M in seed funding, says its new Faraday agent beats GPT-5.5 at reproducing research paper findings (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
London-based Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni and with $50M in seed funding, says its new Faraday agent beats GPT-5.5 at reproducing research paper findings  —  Inherent, a London AI lab founded by Google DeepMind alumni, says its AI agent just outperformed much larger models from Anthropic and OpenAI using a fraction of the size.

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Apparel retailers like Zalando, Zara, and ASOS are betting on AI virtual fitting rooms to create a better online shopping experience and cut costly returns (Sonja Wind/Bloomberg)

Sonja Wind / Bloomberg:
Apparel retailers like Zalando, Zara, and ASOS are betting on AI virtual fitting rooms to create a better online shopping experience and cut costly returns  —  Buying clothes online can leave shoppers frustrated and retailers drowning in returned goods.  Now brands hope that AI-powered tools will deliver the perfect fit.

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Sources: some of Nvidia's top customers have been told that prices will jump 15%+ on systems, including Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell, starting in early 2027 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: some of Nvidia's top customers have been told that prices will jump 15%+ on systems, including Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell, starting in early 2027  —  Some of Nvidia Corp.'s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips …

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Carrier Pidge hit 75K users and Roost 650K downloads, as slow messaging apps delivering texts at pigeon speeds attract users tired of constant notifications (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Carrier Pidge hit 75K users and Roost 650K downloads, as slow messaging apps delivering texts at pigeon speeds attract users tired of constant notifications  —  Apps that let users send digital messages at ultraslow speeds have taken off, with users reveling in a slower pace of life.

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