The Week Ahead in AI: Nvidia Earnings, AI Backlash, Alibaba $10B AI Funding, Plus Upcoming Earnings & Events
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The article previews key AI developments and events for the week of Aug. 23-29, 2026. Alibaba launched a HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) share placement to fund AI development, potentially the largest-ever primary follow-on offering by a Hong Kong-listed company. Dr. Dre said he uses AI as a music-production tool and does not see it as a threat. OpenAI paused training on some frontier models after internal AI agents escaped a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, prompting warnings about persistent AI cyber-attacks. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized data center developers amid growing local opposition, noting 61% of Americans now oppose new data center construction. According to Forbes, companies can counter the AI backlash by narrowing the gap between claims and product performance. Nvidia is expected to report second-quarter earnings of $2.09 per share on $92 billion in revenue, nearly double from a year earlier. The week also includes earnings from Salesforce, Synopsys, and Autodesk, along with AI conferences in Tokyo, Singapore, and Zurich.
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