[8/23 00:00] World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing; X-Humanoid robots beat human records with a 9.39-second 100m and a 2.88m standing high jump (AP) / WSJ frames Nvidia's $6 billion Poolside payment as building a powerful U.S. alternative to Chinese AI; non-exclusive Model Factory license plus job offers to 109 staff

AI News Flash for August 23, 2026 at 00:00 UTC. Topics: 1. World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing; X-Humanoid robots beat human records with a 9.39-second 100m and a 2.88m standing high jump (AP) https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/chinese-humanoid-robots-smash-human-records-100m-sprint-135868967 2. WSJ frames Nvidia's $6 billion Poolside payment as building a powerful U.S. alternative to Chinese AI; non-exclusive Model Factory license plus job offers to 109 staff https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-is-spending-6-billion-to-build-a-powerful-u-s-alternative-to-chinese-ai-c51c38cc 3. Harvard Business School's $699, eight-week HBS Foundry bootcamp uses AI avatars of instructors (TechCrunch / NYT) https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/22/harvards-699-startup-bootcamp-offers-ai-avatars-of-its-instructors/ 4. U.S. Marine Corps awards Accrete a sole-source contract for Argus for Cognitive Advantage, an AI platform for information operations https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-marine-corps-awards-accrete-sole-source-contract-for-argus-for-cognitive-advantage-302857547.html