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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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Reuters: |
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 … | 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.| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Madina Touré / Politico: |
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 … | Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
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.| 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 …
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| 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
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| Anhata Rooprai / Reuters: |
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 …
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| Kimberly Leonard / Politico: |
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 …
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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
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.| 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 … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
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| 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.
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| 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.| Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times: |
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
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| OpenAI: |
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 …
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