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The AI news for August 19th, 2026
Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:
Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser. Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/981283/mozilla-firefox-smart-window-ai-features
HR department: One-seventh of the firms writes employment references with AI. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Personalabteilung-Ein-Siebtel-der-Firmen-schreibt-Arbeitszeugnisse-mit-KI-11417670.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’ Source: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981644/robin-williams-instagram-account-ai
British government tests methods to prevent contrails – with AI. Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Britische-Regierung-testet-Methoden-zur-Vermeidung-von-Kondensstreifen-mit-KI-11417768.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
