AI updates: Monday, 24 August 2026
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Today at a glance: 16 news stories, 0 research papers, 1 new open models and 6 videos tracked. Top story: “Free Transcript Generator: How to Turn Any Video Into Clean Text” (Pictory).
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- Pictory · 24 Aug 2026 · updateFree Transcript Generator: How to Turn Any Video Into Clean Text
You ve got a webinar recording, a Zoom call, or a podcast episode. Somewhere in there sits the blog post, the LinkedIn carousel, the summary clip, or the subtitle file you actually need. A transcript is the shortest path from audio to any of those, and Pictory s AI Video Editor generates one free during your trial, [ ] The post Free Transcript Generator: How to Turn Any Video Into Clean Text appea
- Power BI Copilot · 24 Aug 2026 · updateDirect Lake Calculated Columns (Preview)
Calculated columns are now available in preview for Direct Lake on OneLake semantic models. This has been one of the most requested capabilities since Direct Lake launched and closes a long-standing gap with Import and DirectQuery storage modes. You can define calculated columns directly in your semantic model using DAX in web modeling and Power BI Desktop, without changing the table storage mode
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogGiga-Scale AI and the Ethernet Evolution: How Spectrum-X Ethernet Rewrites the Rules
The massive growth of generative AI has fundamentally altered data center design. As distributed model training scales to span hundreds of thousands of GPUs,...
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogNVIDIA Vera Rubin and Blackwell Set a New Standard for Agentic AI Performance per Watt
AI agents have expanded inference from single-turn interactions into multi-step workflows that reason, invoke tools, coordinate subagents, and carry growing...
- Power BI Copilot · 24 Aug 2026 · updateUpgrade Power BI Dataflows Gen1 to Fabric Dataflows Gen2 with the Upgrade Wizard (Preview)
Upgrading Power BI Dataflows Gen1 is now easier with the Dataflows Upgrade Wizard. Now in preview for eligible workspaces assigned to Fabric capacity, the wizard provides a guided experience to upgrade Power BI Dataflows Gen1 items to Fabric Dataflows Gen2 (CI/CD). The wizard preserves key properties of the existing dataflow and assesses each item before you begin, helping you understand the upgra
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogMaximizing AI Factory Performance per Watt with NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS
AI factories are power-constrained industrial systems. The question is no longer how many GPUs fit in a data center, but how much AI output each available...
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogNVIDIA BlueField-4 Powers New Scale-In Network Infrastructure for Agentic AI Factories
Traditional cloud infrastructure was designed for predictable, general-purpose workloads and standard interfaces. Agentic AI factories connect diverse users,...
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogSolving Agentic AI Fleet Challenges with NVIDIA Vera CPU
AI factories are interconnected systems where fleet economics depend on how efficiently the entire stack converts power and capital into completed agent tasks....
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 24 Aug 2026 · blogHow NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX Unlocks Ultrafast Interactivity at Long Context on NVIDIA Vera Rubin
NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX is the interactive AI inference accelerator for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. At the core of the platform is NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, the...
- Darktrace · 24 Aug 2026 · updateSecuring AI Agents: What NCSC Guidance Means for Security Teams
NCSC guidance highlights the need to secure agentic AI. Discover why continuous monitoring and behavioral analytics are critical to securing AI agents.
- Import AI · 24 Aug 2026 · blogImport AI 470: No rights for machines; automating environment generation with SPADE; and building better GPU kernels with Hawkeye
Differential acceleration of cyber, math, and AI
- OpenAI News · 24 Aug 2026 · labAdvancing price-performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance.
- The Register AI · 24 Aug 2026Canonical backs quest to translate mountains of C into safe Rust with AI
Bungs banknotes at Bristol boffins to find out if mature code survives the machine
- Sudowrite · 24 Aug 2026 · updateYou've Already Written 60,000 Words. Here's What Actually Works With a Draft in Progress.
Already have a half-finished novel in Google Docs, Word, or Scrivener? Five options for picking up an existing draft without starting over, and what each one does with your manuscript.
- LALAL.AI · 24 Aug 2026 · updateSoundSafe Turns Vocal Stems Into a Lyric-Based Copyright Check with LALAL.AI API: Interview
Standard audio fingerprinting misses re-sung hooks and interpolated lyrics. Musicathon honoree SoundSafe closes that gap by turning vocal stems into indexable text. Here's how it works.
- Rev · 24 Aug 2026 · updateColorado AI Rules for Lawyers: 2026 Guide | Rev
Learn how Colorado’s 2026 AI ethics rules affect lawyers, plus key sanctions, federal court AI orders, and practical steps for responsible AI use.