Trump slams Dario Amodei, saying “the only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!”  —  President Donald Trump attacked Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei for urging a slowdown …

Sam Altman says “we welcome a federal framework” but “we do not believe we need to wait” for an antitrust exemption or a law to slow AI development responsibly  —  The world deserves confidence that American companies developing increasingly capable AI will act responsibly, especially as the trajectory of progress has steepened. Every frontier lab must deliver on this, and there is no reason any of us should come to work if we cannot. We welcome a federal fr...

China's Foreign Ministry criticizes warnings about AI risks, saying “fearmongering, confrontation, and vicious competition ... serve the interests of no one”  —  China criticized calls from leading US technology executives to put the brakes on artificial intelligence development …

Apple rolls out iOS 27, watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, visionOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, all with Siri AI  —  watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 also debut today. … Apple is now rolling out its iOS 27 update to compatible devices today, alongside the watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 updates.

Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs  —  Claude maker seeks to ease cash burn concerns before blockbuster IPO amid fears over pace of AI development

Review of Valve's Steam Frame: comfortable to wear, supports multiple ways to play games, but it doesn't feel like a finished product and has short battery life  —  For nearly three weeks, I've been testing the limits of Valve's Steam Frame, the company's new wearable PC.

AI-linked Asian stocks fall sharply following US tech leaders' call for slowing AI development, with SoftBank, Kioxia, SK Hynix, Minimax, and Z.ai down 5%+  —  AI-linked stocks across the globe plunged on Monday after leaders of the biggest AI companies warned of risks from rapid development …

Microsoft publishes a 37-page Humanist AI Code of Conduct, which establishes that people matter more than AI, rejects pursuing legal personhood for AI, and more  —  Microsoft has created a ‘humanist AI code of conduct’ in response to safety concerns.

Docs: the European Commission plans to propose an EU KIDS Act on Thursday to set a minimum age for social media, video platforms, games, AI chatbots, and more  —  BRUSSELS — The European Commission will propose new rules to restrict minors' access to social media and video-sharing platforms …

Internal OpenAI docs detail contractors evaluating anonymized prompts and chats to improve the models; model training is turned on by default for consumer plans  —  Humans are reading ChatGPT users' prompts to improve OpenAI's models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information …

The US Senate digital assets subcommittee releases a revised “final offer” of the Clarity Act with Trump-backed ethics provisions, ahead of a September 15 vote  —  The 635-page revised proposal includes Trump-backed ethics provisions and comes just two days before a key procedural vote.

Filing: X and SpaceXAI move to dismiss their federal antitrust lawsuit in Texas against Apple, resolving accusations of Apple monopolizing smartphone markets  —  Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI <SPCX.O> said on Monday they have resolved their lawsuit in federal court in Texas …

A profile of Mark Zuckerberg, based on interviews with him, his parents, and dozens of others, looking at his MMA training, AI pivot, management style, and more  —  A journey to the heart of history's largest nonterritorial empire  —  There they are.  The Zuckerbergs.  —  Both in black slacks and plain shoes.

Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton limit Fable use as Anthropic doesn't guarantee zero data retention; source: Palantir hasn't made Fable available via its software  —  As paranoia rises over whether Anthropic or OpenAI could learn from their customers' intellectual property …

President Trump expresses support for Flock “because of law enforcement”, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement”  —  The president, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement …

Sources: Australian data center provider Firmus is seeking to raise up to $5B in an IPO targeted for October's end, in one of the largest-ever IPOs in Australia  —  Firmus Technologies Pty is looking to raise as much as $5 billion in an initial public offering in Australia, according to people familiar with the matter.