[AI DAILY NEWS RUNDOWN] AI Agents to Cost 5x More, Cursor Targets GitHub, and Apple's Camera AirPods (August 18, 2026)
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Summary: Today we cover the escalating costs of agentic AI and the crowded coding gold rush. Gartner predicts AI inference costs will increase fivefold by 2028, driven by the shift from chatbots to autonomous agents. Meanwhile, the AI coding market sees eye-popping valuations, with Cursor launching "Origin" to rival GitHub, Lovable hitting a $13.3B valuation, and Cognition targeting $40B. In hardware, Apple accidentally leaked AirPods with built-in cameras for visual intelligence, while Honor debuted a wild "Robot Phone" with a motorized gimbal camera. We also cover OpenAI's new ChatGPT for teens, Amazon barring class action lawsuits, Tesla's Cybercab launch in Austin, and a DOJ antitrus ...Â