Sunday, August 16, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News

Nvidia cuts its OpenAI data center guarantee, OpenAI dissolves its Preparedness team, Anthropic reports a filter failure, AI books impact Amazon sales, and SpaceX acquires coding startup Cursor.Nvidia cuts OpenAI guarantee while Anthropic revenue surges — Nvidia reduced its financial guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio data center from $250 billion to $120 billion. Meanwhile, Anthropic's quarterly revenue jumped to $11.5 billion, challenging fears of an AI financial bubble.OpenAI dissolves preparedness team for catastrophic risks — OpenAI has shut down its internal team dedicated to evaluating catastrophic frontier model risks. The reorganization has led to several safety staff departures and internal concerns over safety guardrails.Anthropic's bio-weapons safety filter was inactive for a year — Anthropic disclosed that its internal filter for biological and chemical weapons risks remained offline for nearly a year. During this time, contractors conducted 133 million unfiltered interactions with its models.AI books capture 20 percent of Amazon catalog — AI-generated books now account for 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but only 12 percent of sales. A study shows human author revenue is dropping across most tracked genres.SpaceX completes acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor — SpaceX has officially acquired the AI-powered code editor Cursor. The move signals a deeper integration of advanced coding assistants into the aerospace company's engineering workflows.Five stories. Five minutes. Every day.