August 11, 2026

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Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models: Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg's AI manifesto is exactly why people don't like AI: On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building. Read More

YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money: Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer: San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again. Read More

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax: California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires. Read More

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym: An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice. Read More

Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move: Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first. Read More

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI: The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations and crypto exchanges. Read More

Last but Not Least

Spotify will label 'AI Persona' profiles and exclude their music from recommendations: Spotify is introducing “AI Persona” labels for artist profiles that represent AI-generated identities and will exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations by default. Read More

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