E308 - Monday, August 24, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News
Published: August 24, 2026
Duration: 4:34
An anonymous developer releases the free Ox Alpha model, Nvidia eyes a Perplexity investment, Hugging Face explores a sale, AI agents dominate OpenRouter usage, and robots break sprinting records.
Anonymous developer releases free Ox Alpha coding model — An unidentified provider launched a frontier-class coding model on OpenRouter with completely free access. The lack of corporate attribution has prompted speculation about the creator's identity and resources.Nvidia negotiates investment in Perplexity at $30 billion valuation — Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in the AI search startup, which recently tripled its annualized revenue to over $750 million.Hugging Face explores potential sale...