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August 13, 2026. Today's briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding, assembled from live tracked data.

1 stories 7 movers 6 rising repos 4 funding rounds generated 03:06 UTC
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Twitch adds opt-out toggle to prevent Amazon AI training on streamer content
Twitch has introduced a new toggle allowing users to opt out of having their content used to train Amazon's generative AI models. According to Twitch's support page, opting out means "your streams, VO
The Verge · Tools
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
Ling-3.0-flash▼ -8
#32 · inclusionai318B
Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)▼ -5
#46 · Google163B
GPT-5.5 (batch)▲ +4
#43 · OpenAI169B
Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)▲ +4
#54 · moonshotai109B
Gemma 4 31B (free)▲ +3
#24 · Google449B
Laguna XS 2.1 (free)▲ +3
#41 · poolside173B
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)NEW
#60 · Anthropic81B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-08-12 vs 2026-08-13, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
cathrynlavery/diagram-design
29 editorial diagram types for Claude Code. Self-contained HTML + SVG. No sh adows, no Mermaid-slop.
HTML · 10,257 stars
+2,001
msitarzewski/agency-agents
A complete AI agency at your fingertips - From frontend wizards to Reddit community ninjas, from whimsy injectors to reality checkers. Each agent is a specializ
Shell · 144,546 stars
+1,389
stablyai/orca
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.
TypeScript · 43,835 stars
+1,094
earendil-works/pi
AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI
TypeScript · 88,550 stars
+916
semantica-agi/semantica
Graph-Native Infrastructure for Context and Accountable AI Systems
Python · 5,693 stars
+846
DietrichGebert/ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
JavaScript · 101,512 stars
+700
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-08-12 vs 2026-08-13.
FundingAll deals →
Thrive Holdings
Investors: SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital
TechCrunch · 2026-08-12 · view source →
$2 billion
Cognition
TechCrunch · 2026-08-12 · view source →
$1 billion
Lovable
TechCrunch · 2026-08-12 · view source →
$400M
ClearJet Series B
Investors: Edison Partners
Crunchbase News · 2026-08-12 · view source →
$25 million
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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