Meta is reducing its plan to track employee computer activity for AI training after receiving internal criticism. Employees can now pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time.

AI startup Shift offers free home cleaning services to collect footage of cleaners in action. The recorded data will be used to train future cleaning robots.

Norway's National Library is developing a large language model (LLM) for the Norwegian language using 2 petabytes of Huawei OceanStor Dorado flash storage. Marius Husnes, Head of IT Platform, stated that no commercial LLM provider is currently developing a local Norwegian language model.

Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are facing a lawsuit from five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege that the company illegally copied millions of copyrighted works to train its AI systems. The plaintiffs claim that Meta's actions were motivated by a desire to advance in the AI space, reflecting the company's motto of "move fast and break things."

Uber plans to equip its human drivers' vehicles with sensors to collect real-world data for autonomous vehicle companies and other AI model training. This initiative aims to create a sensor grid leveraging the extensive network of Uber drivers.

The PyPI package 'lightning', versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, was compromised in a supply chain attack, affecting users of the PyTorch Lightning AI training library. The malicious versions include a hidden _runtime directory containing obfuscated JavaScript that activates upon running pip install lightning.

Atlassian will start collecting customer metadata and in-app content from Jira, Confluence, and other cloud products by default on August 17, 2026, to enhance its AI offerings, including Rovo and Rovo Dev. Metadata collection is mandatory for Free, Standard, and Premium tiers, while Enterprise customers have the option to opt out.

Sam Altman emphasizes that training an AI model requires significant energy, comparable to the 20 years and nutrition needed for human intelligence development. Demis Hassabis suggests testing AI by training it with a knowledge cutoff of 1911 to evaluate its ability to derive concepts like general relativity independently.