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A fingerprint scanner used for secure entry, the identity check behind AI text watermarking
Policy & Regulation
August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

Anthropic starts watermarking Claude’s text, and users aren’t happy

Every model after 2 August carries an invisible mark. It proves processing, not authorship. And nobody will say how much editing removes it.

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A server rack in close view, the infrastructure behind the Databricks valuation
Funding & Business
August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

Databricks raises $5B at a $190B valuation, up 42% in six months

Coatue led the round. Run-rate revenue passed $7B with 80%+ growth. But the multiple expanded faster than the business.

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A server rack seen close up, the compute that AI scaling laws describe
Explainers
August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

AI scaling laws: has bigger stopped meaning better?

The curves have not broken. The recipe changed twice, the spending moved to inference, and the data stock has a date on it.

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Monitors showing code in a bright workspace, the prompts that fill context windows
Explainers
August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

Context windows explained: what a million tokens actually changes

Advertised context and usable context are not the same number. What a million-token window actually buys you, and what it does not.

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A woman searching a library card catalogue, the lookup step in retrieval augmented generation
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August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and When Do You Need It?

How retrieval-augmented generation works, the two places it breaks, and when long context or a plain SQL query would serve you better.

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A person typing on a laptop under pink light, drafting with AI prompting techniques
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August 13, 2026 Rundowns AI Desk

How to Write Better AI Prompts: 12 Techniques That Actually Work

Twelve prompting techniques that have an actual mechanism behind them. And how to tell when prompting has hit its ceiling.

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