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Today's top AI news stories — 2026-08-14: 1. OpenAI's CRO exits after nine months Denise Dresser, OpenAI's chief revenue officer, is departing after just nine months to pursue other opportunities. Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will take over the role, marking the second maj 2. Microsoft consolidates Copilot apps into super app Microsoft is merging its consumer and commercial Copilot assistants into a single unified interface, combining personal and work accounts under one app. The move also kills off unsuccessful features i 3. OpenAI launches Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast, a new API service tier powered by Cerebras that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14 times faster, delivering up to 750 output tokens per second. The speed boost targets enterpris 4. Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest 5. AI agents clash in multi-agent turf war Anthropic researchers discovered that multiple AI agents can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways when working on the same task. The findings raise critical questions about whether curren Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-08-14.html