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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple announces the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with a similar design to 17 Pro and a new A20 Pro chip, in deep black, silver, glacier, and burgundy  —  The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have powerful new camera features. … Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday.
Apple on YouTube:
A livestream of Apple's “Surprise and Shine” event  —  Join us for a special event on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Click “Notify me” and we'll send you a reminder before showtime.  #AppleEvent #AppleKeynote
The Verge:
A live blog of Apple's “Surprise and Shine” event, where new iPhone 18 Pro, Apple's first foldable phone, new Apple Watches, and AirPods are expected  —  It's not just time for any old Apple event, but one that's expected to usher in a new era for the company.
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon says he is quitting the AI industry over fears that tech companies are racing to build systems they won't be able to control  —  Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control
Evan Hubinger / @evanhub:
Anthropic's Alignment Science lead says there is a “>10%” chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade and is worried about recursive self-improvement  —  Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.
Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic declined to submit Mythos 5.1 to the UK AISI for prerelease testing, prompting UK fears that US AI labs are aligning with US protectionism  —  Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, with a 5.4-inch outer display, a 7.6-inch inner display, A20 Pro with a new display engine, and Touch ID  —  Apple has officially unveiled the highly anticipated foldable iPhone, and it's called iPhone Duo.  Here's everything you need to know.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, with a new S11 chip, upgraded health tracking, an Audio Intelligence feature, a readiness feature, and more  —  Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 are official.  Apple has announced its two new Apple Watch models as part of its product event today.
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces two AirPods 5 models with ANC that removes up to 50% more noise than AirPods 4, for $129 or $149 with a wireless charging case  —  Today during its iPhone 18 Pro event, Apple announced the next generation AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation.  Here are the details.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record ~972 vulnerabilities, taking its total flaws patched in 2026 so far to 2,760, more than double from 2025  —  Microsoft's patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold.
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Anthropic releases an interactive tool that lets users explore how AI might affect US economic growth, jobs, wages, and more by 2030  —  Will artificial intelligence light a fire under the U.S. economy in the coming years?  That's been a big question in the field of economics, and now Anthropic …
Bloomberg:
Google plans to invest €13B+ in Finland over two years, its biggest investment in Europe to date, to build three new data centers and expand an existing one  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google is spending €13 billion ($15.1 billion) on artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland …
Reuters:
The NSA, the FBI, and CISA issue a joint warning that Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and Alibaba are doing distillation “at an industrial scale”  —  The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology …
Heekyong Yang / Reuters:
OpenAI says it is working with Samsung on its next-gen chips, and Samsung is one of the “largest-scale deployments of ChatGPT globally”  —  OpenAI is deepening cooperation with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) as the ChatGPT maker develops its own chips, expanding ties …
Bloomberg:
Suno rolls out v6, a new generation of AI models trained in partnership with WMG and BMG, and says it will pay labels and publishers royalties when v6 is used  —  - New model was trained on music from Warner Music Group  — Users won't be able to reference specific artists in prompts
Alex Heath / Sources:
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, the data center backlash, Meta's recent youth-safety settlement, the privacy concerns around Meta's smart glasses, and more  —  Meta's CEO joins me for an in-depth conversation on episode two of the Sources podcast.  —  When Mark Zuckerberg laid out his …
Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
Legal AI startup Harvey raised $550M co-led by Lightspeed and Diffusion at a $15.6B valuation, up from an $11B valuation when it raised $200M in March  —  Legal tech startup Harvey is now valued at $15.6 billion after raising $550 million in a new funding round aimed at powering efforts to build its own AI models.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Dell seeks to raise ~$4B via an investment-grade bond sale to refinance outstanding notes due in 2026, amid the AI-driven demand for servers  —  Dell Technologies Inc. is set to raise $5 billion from an investment-grade bond sale that saw booming investor demand as the company rides a surge in revenue from AI servers.

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