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Gemini 3.7 Flash & OpenAI Ultrafast speed mode — 2026-08-14 00:00
Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash, OpenAI's Ultrafast mode, a $190B Databricks raise, and Nvidia's $500B plan — plus more from the last 24 hours.
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- Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash — its most intelligent workhorse model for coding and agents, at $0.75 per 1M input tokens, half the cost of 3.6 Flash. Google · Aug 13
- OpenAI previews 'Ultrafast' mode — GPT-5.6 Sol runs at up to 14x speed, aimed at enterprise users. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- Databricks raises $5B at a $190B valuation — wanted $1B, investors wanted $15B; CEO Ali Ghodsi: "AI is expensive." TechCrunch · Aug 13
- Nvidia's new $500B plan — convince a new wave of financiers to keep lending for AI buildouts, especially for aging GPUs. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- IBM partners with OpenAI — plans to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI's tech. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- Anthropic's agents start a 'turf war' — multi-agent research finds AI systems clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- Microsoft simplifies Copilot — merges consumer and business apps, drops AI podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and the Mico character. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- X open-sources its ranking algorithm — new transparency tools show users when ranking systems affect their accounts or posts. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- OpenAI replaces its CRO after nine months — Denise Dresser out, Wiz president Dali Rajic in, as the executive shake-up continues. TechCrunch · Aug 13
- US to allow private firms to 'hack back' — first time, sweeping away decades of policy against offensive cyber operations. TechCrunch · Aug 13
Try This Next
- 🔧 Try Gemini 3.7 Flash — the $0.75/1M input-token price is hard to ignore for coding and agent work
- 🔎 Check out Liquid AI's LFM2.5-VL-3B on Hugging Face — an on-device vision-language model
- 📝 Save a note on Anthropic's multi-agent turf war — coordination between agents may be the next big safety question
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