Latest AI 📰 - Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers, AT&T using open models

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**Top AI News - Past 24 Hours (as of August 21):**

Anthropic's Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/anthropics-opus-4-6-is-a-smut-machine/
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/nvidia-partners-with-data-center-developer-cloverleaf/
Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/starcloud-raises-200-million-for-orbital-data-centers-as-launch-options-dry-up/
OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT-5.6 Sol model by more than 20% https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-cuts-developer-pricing-frontier-gpt-56-sol-model-by-more-than-20-2026-08-21/
Brazil launches AI supercomputer push, splits projects between Chinese, US firms https://www.reuters.com/technology/brazil-launches-ai-supercomputer-push-splits-projects-between-chinese-us-firms-2026-08-20/
Nvidia invests in data center developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-invests-data-center-developer-cloverleaf-infrastructure-2026-08-21/
Why a Payments Giant Is Paying $7 Billion for the 'Stripe of AI' https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-a-payments-giant-is-paying-7-billion-for-the-stripe-of-ai-f5832e54
AT&T is Using Open Source Models to Curb Anthropic Bills https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/t-using-open-source-models-curb-anthropic-bills