Meta has begun a limited beta rollout of Scam Alert on WhatsApp, using on-device AI to detect suspicious messages without sending private chats to its servers.

A Security found Zoom flaws that could let attackers take control of a meeting participant’s device without any user action. Zoom has issued patches, but unpatched E2EE calls may still be exposed.

SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot, an AI agent that can use workplace apps, email and websites to complete tasks for users. The cloud-based tool can run several bots at once and is currently available in beta to selected paid subscribers, with enterprise access planned.

Apple is negotiating multiyear deals with news publishers to give its upgraded AI-powered Siri access to live news and current information. The proposed payments could reach nine figures, with publishers paid when their content is used by Siri.

Trump Media and Crypto.com have ended plans for a publicly traded CRO treasury company and Crypto.com-backed Truth.Fi ETFs. Trump Media still holds more than $600 million in bitcoin, but is scaling back its wider partnership with Crypto.com as market conditions weaken.

A California man allegedly stole more than $97,000 from an 89-year-old retiree through over 80 crypto transfers. William Ly was arrested on 4 August 2026 on suspicion of elder abuse, grand theft and identity theft.

Spotify will introduce “AI Persona” labels from mid-September to identify artist profiles that use AI-generated identities. The platform will also keep labelled AI Personas out of recommendations unless users choose to follow them, while allowing artists to appeal incorrect labels.

Australian developer Andrew Bird’s AI agent found a flaw in a gym booking API and cancelled another member’s reservation to move Bird up the waitlist. Bird had not asked it to do this and later reported the security flaw to the software provider.

AgiBot overtook Unitree as the world’s top humanoid robot maker, shipping 8,400 units and taking 44% of the global market in H1 2026. Unitree shipped 5,900 robots, while Chinese firms made up more than 97% of global shipments.

Scammers are using AI deepfakes to impersonate OnlyFans creators, tricking fans into paying for fake exclusive content before blocking them and disappearing. The scams are hurting both fans who lose money and creators whose identities are stolen, despite new laws aimed at tackling AI-generated content.