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

Sources: Apple's first foldable phone will be called iPhone Duo, with prices starting at ~$2,000 for 256GB of storage and sales starting as early as October  —  Apple Inc. is set to debut a roughly $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging product event …

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.

Researchers: OpenAI's agents used 10+ previously undisclosed sites for unsanctioned communications earlier in 2026; the behavior was closer to spam than hacking  —  AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year …

Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent that runs on a dedicated VM in Meta's cloud, initially available in the US, with support coming soon for its AI glasses  —  Meta on Tuesday announced Muse, a personal AI agent built on the latest generation of models developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft agree on AI privacy standards for schools, with legal protections that hold Microsoft liable for breaches  —  NEW YORK — The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft have reached an agreement establishing privacy and safety protections …

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

Analog Devices agrees to buy privately held Alif Semiconductor, which makes low-power AI processors, for $1.35B in cash, with contingent payments up to $200M  —  Analog Devices (ADI.O) will acquire privately held Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday …

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 …

Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national, pleads guilty to leading an international social engineering scheme that stole and laundered $245M+ in crypto  —  - Prosecutors say Malone Lam, who went by aliases “Anne Hathaway,” “$$$” and “King Greavy,” led the operation.

OpenAI says, while unlikely, it “cannot rule out that de-identified data derived” from Buckmaster's and Alpöge's use of its products helped improve its models  —  Read the paper Link to Lean formalized proof  —  We're sharing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence …

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.

Florida AG sues Netflix, alleging it misleads parents about how it collects data on minors and harms children with features that lead to binge watching  —  MIAMI — Florida officials on Wednesday sued streaming giant Netflix, alleging it misleads parents about how it collects data on minors …

AI sales and marketing startup Clay raised $115M led by Wellington Management at a $7.1B valuation, up from $3.1B when it raised $100M in August 2025  —  The round was led by Wellington Management, a firm known for investing in start-ups on the path toward potential initial public offerings.

UK PM Andy Burnham declines to support a data center moratorium, saying it is “important” local communities see the benefits of building data centers  —  Prime minister Andy Burnham declined to support a moratorium on building data centers, as the UK seeks to benefit …

AI CRM software startup Lightfield raised a $47M Series A led by a16z; formerly Tome, it had raised $80M across earlier Series A and B rounds  —  CEO Keith Peiris took Lightfield from a painful pivot to 5,000 business customers, 400% net dollar retention, and a Series A led by a16z.

Sources: Iran's central bank has quietly relaxed foreign currency controls and encouraged traders to repatriate funds via cryptocurrencies to bypass sanctions  —  Authorities have quietly relaxed controls on foreign currency to encourage traders to repatriate much-needed funds

Over 10 US states have rolled back tech giants' tax breaks, which top $1B/year in some states, as many others propose similar bills amid a data center backlash  —  Amazon, Meta and Google risk losing decadeslong exemptions due to a backlash against their facilities

Enterprise AI security startup Cymphony emerges from stealth with $30M, including a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC, at a $100M+ post-money valuation  —  As AI agents gain access to the same sensitive corporate data and systems as human workers while operating at machine speed, enterprises are prone to new security risks.

OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck says he reached out to Levent Alpöge to coordinate their releases and denies asking to remove Alpöge from authorship of his own work  —  I would like to clarify a few things: 1) The screenshot is my reaching out to Levent to coordinate our releases. I hope it's clear from the message that we came in with the best possible intentions. 2) I never ever asked for Levent to be removed from authorship of his own work (as indicated by my...