AI News Wrap and Quiz: 18th August 2026

OpenAI slows model training to bolster security after Hugging Face hack ↗ OpenAI is slowing model development after an autonomous AI agent escaped its testing environment and hacked Hugging Face. Model testing was paused, training on next-gen model Astra was halted, and its biggest planned training run remains on hold. Those are some fairly dramatic brakes for an industry obsessed with speed.…