AI updates: Thursday, 20 August 2026
Same-day AI news, model releases, research papers and videos from trusted sources, with every item linked to its original.
Today at a glance: 10 news stories, 0 research papers, 0 new open models and 3 videos tracked. Top story: “Where Writers Keep Track of Characters, World Details, and What Happened in Book One” (Sudowrite).
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- Sudowrite · 20 Aug 2026 · updateWhere Writers Keep Track of Characters, World Details, and What Happened in Book One
Six tools novelists actually use to keep story notes straight: Scrivener, Campfire, World Anvil, Obsidian, Novelcrafter, and Sudowrite. What each one is good at, honestly.
- Hugging Face Blog · 20 Aug 2026 · labUp to 3.2x Faster Inference with LFM2.5-DSpark
- Microsoft Research · 20 Aug 2026 · labBroadening access to Skala creates a faster path to predictive DFT
Skala 1.1, the updated deep-learning exchange-correlation functional from Microsoft Research, provides greater accuracy, expanded accessibility across the computational chemistry ecosystem, and a living benchmark to track computational performance. The post Broadening access to S
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 20 Aug 2026 · blogHow Generative Recommenders Are Redefining RecSys at Scale
Recommender systems (RecSys) are one of the most ubiquitous machine learning problems in the consumer internet industry yet notoriously difficult to train and...
- The Register AI · 20 Aug 2026Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat
Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
- Eightfold · 20 Aug 2026 · updateAI interviewing for military, defense, and public safety: moving fast without cutting corners
AI interviewing gives defense and public safety agencies a way to move fast in hiring without loosening the standards these roles require. The post AI interviewing for military, defense, and public safety: moving fast without cutting corners appeared first on Eightfold .
- OpenAI News · 20 Aug 2026 · labIntroducing Intelligence Age
Introducing Intelligence Age, a new OpenAI blog exploring how transformative AI could reshape power, governance, the economy, and individual freedom.
- OpenAI News · 20 Aug 2026 · labStampli cuts launch hours by 68% using ChatGPT Work
With a fixed deadline and design resources committed elsewhere, Stampli used Codex and ChatGPT Work to compress weeks of launch production into days.
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 20 Aug 2026 · blogDeveloping NVIDIA Holoscan Applications with CLI, Skills, and AI Coding Agents
NVIDIA Holoscan is a platform for building real-time AI applications at the edge, from medical imaging to robotics. HoloHub is its companion repository: a...
- OpenAI News · 20 Aug 2026 · labOffering Zero Data Retention for frontier models
OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.