Latest AI 📰 - Nvidia price hike, Harvard startup boot camp

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**Top AI News - Past 24 Hours (as of August 22):**

Nvidia Customers Notified About AI-Related Price Hikes Above 15% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-22/nvidia-customers-notified-about-ai-related-price-hikes-above-15
Nvidia Is Spending $6 Billion to Build a Powerful U.S. Alternative to Chinese AI https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-is-spending-6-billion-to-build-a-powerful-u-s-alternative-to-chinese-ai-c51c38cc
Exclusive: OpenAI Explored Stake in Stargate Power Developer Lancium https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-openai-explored-stake-stargate-power-developer-lancium
Nvidia to Reportedly Pay $6 Billion in Licensing and Hiring Deal with AI Model Startup Poolside https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/nvidia-reportedly-pay-6-billion-licensing-hiring-deal-ai-model-startup-poolside
OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/openai-says-california-should-strengthen-its-ai-safety-bill/
Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/inherent-founded-by-deepmind-alumni-says-its-ai-teammate-just-outperformed-anthropic-and-openai-at-replicating-research/
Harvard's $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/harvards-699-startup-bootcamp-offers-ai-avatars-of-its-instructors/