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Everything That Happened in AI Today (Tuesday, August 18, 2026)

OpenAI kept its largest planned frontier RL run on hold as cyber safeguards tightened; Google won Spirit Airlines’ data auction; Etched hit a $21B valuation; physical-AI funding reached $47.4B; Axiom formally verified the BGP246 prime-gap theorem.

Frontier EditorialSource: The Neuron
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Everything That Happened in AI Today (Tuesday, August 18, 2026): OpenAI kept its largest planned frontier RL run on hold as cyber safeguards tightened; Google won Spirit Airlines’ data auction; Etched hit a $21B valuation; physical-AI funding reached $47.4B; Axiom formally verified the BGP246 prime-gap theorem.

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