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AIAug 11, 2026NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AI

NVIDIA Blog published “NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AI” dated 2026-08-11. According to the NVIDIA Blog feed, as AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, open models are serving market demands for full control over where AI runs and how it’s deployed and evolves. The same item also notes that today, NVIDIA is expanding its Nemotron 3 model…

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AIAug 10, 2026Google AI Blog

Evolve your marketing with new AI tools

Google AI Blog published “Evolve your marketing with new AI tools” dated 2026-08-10. According to the Google AI Blog feed, learn how new AI and agentic experiences across Google Ads and Google Analytics can simplify your marketing workflow. Full context remains on the original page.

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AIAug 8, 2026NVIDIA Blog

Firebird Launches CIS Region’s Largest AI Factory in Armenia

NVIDIA Blog published “Firebird Launches CIS Region’s Largest AI Factory in Armenia” dated 2026-08-08. According to the NVIDIA Blog feed, global buildout of AI infrastructure reached a new milestone today — Firebird, an emerging AI cloud, launched the CIS region’s largest AI factory in Armenia, establishing a new AI computing hub powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing and Dell Technologies high-performance AI…

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AIAug 4, 2026Google AI Blog

The latest AI news we announced in July 2026

Google AI Blog published “The latest AI news we announced in July 2026” dated 2026-08-04. According to the Google AI Blog feed, here are Google’s latest AI updates from July 2026. Full context remains on the original page.

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AIAug 3, 2026Meta Engineering

GEM Training: How Meta Doubled the Efficiency of Its LLM-Scale Ads Foundation Model

Meta Engineering published “GEM Training: How Meta Doubled the Efficiency of Its LLM-Scale Ads Foundation Model” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Meta Engineering feed, meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM), the foundation model behind ads recommendations across Instagram and Facebook, now trains at LLM scale on several thousand of the latest-generation GPUs. The same item also notes that this post goes…

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AIAug 3, 2026Microsoft Research

Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI

Microsoft Research published “Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Microsoft Research feed, orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types. The same item also notes that it reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same…

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AIAug 3, 2026Google AI Blog

Inside our 353,000-person vibe coding course

Google AI Blog published “Inside our 353,000-person vibe coding course” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Google AI Blog feed, kaggle’s AI Agents Intensive with Google brought learners together in a no-cost course to build and deploy the next frontier of AI. Full context remains on the original page.

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AIJul 30, 2026Microsoft Research

Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents

Microsoft Research published “Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents” dated 2026-07-30. According to the Microsoft Research feed, computer-use AI agents struggle with multi-step workflows like email and customer support. The same item also notes that echoverse trains agents in realistic environments rather than simply providing more training tasks, helping them improve as the tasks, tests,…

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AIJul 30, 2026Google DeepMind

Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration

Google DeepMind published “Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration” dated 2026-07-30. According to the Google DeepMind feed, gemini Robotics ER 2 helps robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world tasks. The same item also notes that it represents a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for…

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AIJul 28, 2026Google AI Blog

Gemini API Managed Agents: 3.6 Flash, hooks, and more

Google AI Blog published “Gemini API Managed Agents: 3.6 Flash, hooks, and more” dated 2026-07-28. According to the Google AI Blog feed, we’re announcing even more new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready agents. Full context remains on the original page.

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