AI updates: Friday, 28 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: 8 news stories, 0 research papers, 0 new open models and 8 videos tracked. Top story: “Deploy an Open Model from Checkpoint to Inference in Two Commands with NVIDIA TensorRT Model Connect” (NVIDIA Technical Blog).
News
- NVIDIA Technical Blog · 28 Aug 2026 · blogDeploy an Open Model from Checkpoint to Inference in Two Commands with NVIDIA TensorRT Model Connect
Open AI models are evolving faster than ever, but bringing them into native applications can still require model-specific conversion, preprocessing,...
- Pictory · 28 Aug 2026 · updateHow to Create a Slideshow with Music and Video
You have 60 photos from an event and a deadline. A slideshow turns them into something people will actually watch, and it takes less time than picking which photos to post individually. Pictory handles the whole job in one place: drop the folder in, set the pacing, pull a track from the licensed music library, [ ] The post How to Create a Slideshow with Music and Video appeared first on Pictory.ai
- Sudowrite · 28 Aug 2026 · updateBest AI for Horror Writers: Tools That Don't Flinch (2026)
Most AI tools sanitize gore and refuse your darkest scenes. How horror writers use AI without losing the fear, and which tools hold their nerve.
- OpenAI News · 28 Aug 2026 · labOur decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
Our decision to wind down our contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX.
- DeepL · 28 Aug 2026 · updateShould you still care about translation quality?
Discover why AI translation benchmark scores miss what truly impacts business growth, brand voice, and long-term translation accuracy.
- OpenAI News · 28 Aug 2026 · labSupporting Thailand’s next generation of AI startups
OpenAI and Thailand’s MHESI launch an eight-week accelerator helping 10 health, wellness, and education startups turn AI prototypes into trusted products.
- Hugging Face Blog · 28 Aug 2026The Open ASR Leaderboard Adds Its First Global South Language
- Inworld · 28 Aug 2026 · updateIntroducing the Inworld TTS Open Evaluation Toolkit
An open source framework for reproducible TTS evaluation. Local ASR, explicit normalization, per-sample measurements, and offline reports you can trace back to the audio.