Friday 28 August 2026

Top stories today:
OpenAI, Anthropic, 100+ companies warn of AI-enabled cyberattacks
NVIDIA stock +9%, pauses some revenue-sharing deals
Anthropic wins court blocking Pentagon blacklist
PayPal takeover talks with Advent, Stripe end after $53B offer
Googleās Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash debuts with up to 4K video production
0. Data & Calendar

All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 and NASDAQ close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

Listen to our AI-generated podcast summarizing todayās newsletter (beware of hallucinations):
1. OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft 100+ companies warn of AI-enabled cyberattacks, urge action
Thereās a ālimited windowā to strengthen cyber defenses, the companies said.
Hospitals, water treatment plants, and other critical infrastructure are particularly vulnerable to AI-enabled attacks.
Organizations should raise internal security standards and fix their āhighest-risk weaknesses,ā the companies said.
The signatories made no specific commitments, deadlines or investment pledges as part of the initiative.
Most fraud programs are built around decision points, but fraud moves across accounts, channels, and organizations long before it reaches your systems.
In 2025, those blind spots contributed to $38 billion in identity fraud and scam losses. Staying ahead means catching risk earlier with more connected data.
In this report, Javelin breaks down the four fraud trends you should keep an eye onāand how to spot risk before it hits your bottom line.
*Sponsored.
3. NVIDIA stock +9%, said to pause some revenue-sharing deals with AI cloud providers
NVIDIA stock surged Thu. after its revenue guidance reassured investors about growing AI demand, adding ~$440B to its market cap:
Last week: NVIDIA stepped back from some deals under the revenue-sharing program launched in Jul.
The program could draw antitrust scrutiny, some NVIDIA employees raised concerns with current and potential customers.
NVIDIA could revamp the program or fold it into another initiative.
The program is āstill in place and continues to evolve due to high demand,ā an NVIDIA spokesperson said.
Your team probably already uses a handful of different AI tools. This piece rounds up what's new in Slackbot and how it pulls all of them into one place.
See the latest ways Slackbot helps you get answers, draft work, and move projects forward, without bouncing between apps to make your AI tools talk to each other.
Whether you're just getting started with AI or already have a few tools in rotation, get a clear look at what Slackbot can do for your team right now.
*Sponsored.
5. Anthropic wins court block on Pentagon blacklist deemed āillegal and baselessā

āThe empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,ā U.S. District Judge Rita Lin wrote.
Anthropic welcomed the ruling, saying it remained āfocused on working productively with the government to harness AI⦠so all Americans benefit from this technology.ā
Separately, Anthropic released Model Hardware Standard to help AI agents operate microscopes, quantum hardware, and robot arms.
Anthropic also reportedly plans to allow secondary stock sales in its IPO while weighing longer-than-standard lockups.
Multimodal models are only as good as the data behind them. Our trainers work across text, audio, and image pipelinesāhandling transcription, labeling, and annotation tasks with speed and consistency.
Audio transcription and speech data labeling
Image and video annotation for vision model pipelines
Multilingual coverage across Portuguese, Spanish, and English
Part of our vetted LATAM talent network, working in U.S.-aligned time zones.
*Sponsored.
7. PayPal takeover talks with Advent, Stripe said to end after $53B offer
PayPal shares are +40% this quarter on takeover interest and strong Q2 earnings, valuing it at ~$52.6B:
Advent and Stripe could return with an offer later if circumstances change.
PayPal stock -14% in pre-market trading on Fri. on the news.












