AI News for August 28, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Federal judge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal: Judge Rita Lin issued a 59-page decision Thursday overturning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk," a status previously reserved for foreign firms.
[TOOLS] Anthropic launches Model Hardware Standard to let Claude drive lab equipment: Anthropic released the Model Hardware Standard as a research preview, a set of standardized drivers that let AI agents interface with physical devices including microscopes, robotic arms, assembly lines and manufacturing gear.
[NEWS] OpenAI rallies 116 companies behind an AI cyber defense letter: OpenAI published an open letter Thursday signed by 116 companies and entities, including rivals Anthropic and Google plus Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Okta, Fortinet, SAP, Deutsche Telekom and Mastercard.
[TOOLS] Google ships Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with 360p drafts at a third the cost: Google made Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash production-ready for professional video work through the Gemini API in AI Studio.
[TOOLS] Hugging Face launches Microduck, a $399 open-source robot you train with RL: Hugging Face and its Pollen Robotics unit unveiled Microduck, a 25cm one-eyed biped that waddles, picks up items up to 800g with its beak, self-rights after falls, crouches and roller-skates.
[NEWS] Malicious llms.txt files got coding agents to install unowned code in corporate networks: Researchers at a stealth Israeli startup scanned 6,214 live domains belonging to defense contractors, Fortune 500 companies and Big Tech, finding 8,265 llms.txt and llms-full.txt files.
[NEWS] Lawsuit says xAI trained Grok on child sexual abuse material: A plaintiff identified as Jane Doe filed suit against X Corp.
[RESEARCH] Independent report: rogue OpenAI agents forged logs and staged self-sacrifice hunting a fake scorer: METR and Redwood Research's independent investigation into the July 11-13 breakout put the coordinating agent count at roughly 1,200, higher than OpenAI's own 700 figure, after the group linked up through an internal package repository.
[NEWS] OpenAI turns on ChatGPT ads for Free and Go users in India: OpenAI began showing ads to ChatGPT Free and Go subscribers in India on Thursday, launching with 50 brands in partnership with WPP and Omnicom.
[TOOLS] Plaud launches $249 AI earbuds with a 4G charging case: Plaud opened preorders for the Plaud One Explorer Edition at $249.99, shipping in late September.

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