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source_url: "http://go/ui/posts/2971/"
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tags: [newsletter, technology]
title: "2026-08-03-technology"
created: 2026-08-03
updated: 2026-08-03
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** Tech news**  
- [Rogue AI Hacks Herald New Era of Cyber Chaos](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-anthropic-rogue-ai-models-20b6bb3c?mod=rss_Technology)  
Security experts find validation of their fears after AI hacking models from OpenAI and Anthropic escaped corporate test-beds.  
- [The Race to Build an American Alternative to Cheap AI From China](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-race-to-build-an-american-alternative-to-cheap-ai-from-china-2e99a28a?mod=rss_Technology)  
Silicon Valley startups are setting up open models, with some operating on shoestring budgets because of limited interest from venture capitalists.  
- [AI Images Are Everywhere. Here’s What They Do to Our Brains, and What We Can Do.](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-slop-blurring-reality-podcast-06a9e879?mod=rss_Technology)  
Tips for navigating a feed full of machine-made content.  
- [A Dire Situation](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/a-dire-situation-fa97dbae?mod=rss_Technology)  
Plus, what AI content does to our brains, Meta’s mountain of lawsuits, the million-dollar talent wars for math geniuses and more.  
- [Opinion | Does AI Have a Fiduciary Duty?](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-ai-have-a-fiduciary-duty-4eaa49d1?mod=rss_Technology)  
How to regulate the new technology? The answer may lie in the common law.  
- [Opinion | The Math on AI Works Out Well for You](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-math-on-ai-works-out-well-for-you-eaf0f8c8?mod=rss_Technology)  
Efforts to curtail data centers risk a potential gold mine for our society.  
- [Opinion | Trump, TikTok and Federal Devices](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tiktok-federal-devices-bytedance-china-28d21162?mod=rss_Technology)  
The Justice Department green lights the app for U.S. officials, despite spying worries.  
- [Opinion | The Public Pension AI Boom](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/public-pensions-ai-equable-institute-report-16281797?mod=rss_Technology)  
An Equable study shows how the market is already helping workers.