[8/8 18:00] Grindr declares itself AI-native, 2.5x engineering output replacing $60M in labor (LEAD) / Pokee AI releases Pokee-Isaac 28B with a 10-million-token context window

AI News Flash for August 08, 2026 at 18:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Grindr declares itself AI-native, 2.5x engineering output replacing $60M in labor (LEAD) https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/grindr-ceo-makes-stunning-ai-173300577.html 2. Pokee AI releases Pokee-Isaac 28B with a 10-million-token context window https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/08/pokee-ai-releases-pokee-isaac-28b-a-10m-token-context-agentic-model-built-to-run-inside-the-customer-boundary/ 3. Maine residents pack hearings to oppose an underwater AI data center https://themainemonitor.org/eastport-residents-oppose-underwater-datacenter/ 4. Tom Chavez warns enterprise data cannot be removed from an LLM once trained https://ppc.land/chavez-says-enterprise-data-cannot-be-removed-from-an-llm-once-trained/ 5. X scraps revenue sharing for Original Content Rewards https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/x-replaces-misaligned-revenue-sharing-program-with-original-content-rewards/