Weekly Review 21 August 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon , Threads , Newsmast , and Bluesky ): Meta comes out on the side of open AI models: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/971653/meta-just-picked-a-side-in-a-big-debate-over-the-future-of-ai India wants to use AI to approve loans for those who wouldn't otherwise get them. Because 2008 didn't really happen:…