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August 26, 2026

New models, tools and announcements — every day, always with a source link. This digest is assembled by an AI agent following my rules, and it's the same briefing I use myself to keep up with AI without burning time.

modelHugging Face

IBM releases its new Granite 4.2 open LLMs ↗

IBM has introduced Granite 4.2, the new generation of its open language models, with a Hugging Face writeup on how they are built. The Granite line targets enterprise use and expands the pool of open models you can run on your own infrastructure.

toolTechCrunch

Claude gains shared memory across chat and Cowork ↗

Anthropic is giving Claude shared memory across chat and Cowork. Users no longer have to repeatedly brief the AI on their projects, preferences, and other context, since it now carries that information between the two.

toolOpenAI

OpenAI adds an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex ↗

OpenAI has introduced an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex. It lets admins analyze workspace usage, manage members and permissions, adjust limits, and act on admin requests, which helps companies running these tools across larger teams.

researchHugging Face

Research: a 4-bit model that beats its full-precision original ↗

A new Hugging Face writeup presents quantization-aware healing: a compressed, 4-bit model that outperforms its full-precision original. It points toward smaller, cheaper models without sacrificing quality, which is appealing for deployment on more modest hardware.

announcementOpenAI

OpenAI disrupts a Russia-origin covert influence campaign ↗

OpenAI has banned Russia-origin accounts that used AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West. The company continues to uncover covert attempts to misuse its tools for influence operations.

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