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| David Sacks / @davidsacks: |
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework — Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
More: NPR, Wall Street Journal, Axios, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, The Stack, Shelly Palmer, Marcus on AI, and The Independent
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Dario Amodei says the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to “pace the frontier” is what happens if China does not do the same — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence …
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| Financial Times: |
President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying “you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up” — President denounces demands for regulation as existential fears over technology move to the centre of US politics| Satya Nadella / @satyanadella: |
Satya Nadella says “we welcome” the “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right”, and announces a “Code of Conduct” for Microsoft's MAI models — Any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing. We also need to accelerate and spread the benefits of AI, such that they are diffused broadly across countries, communities, a...
| Donica Phifer / Axios: |
Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety and AI companies should take responsibility to ensure the safety of their products — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
iPhone Duo will usher foldables into the mainstream, just as iPhone did with smartphones; sources: iPhone game controllers will launch under the Beats brand — Also: The company prepares a retail store shake-up. — Apple's iPhone Duo will go down as one of the company's historic products …
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| Joanna Ossinger / CNBC: |
Xi Jinping calls for a “consensus-based global AI governance framework” and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community — China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing countries …
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| Leo Schwartz / The Information: |
Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI — Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been holding discussions about working together to create a standards body for the AI industry … | Sam Altman / @sama: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO “with full support of the board”, after an attempted ouster this week — After a tumultuous week, which saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of Automattic …
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| Katie Roof / Business Insider: |
Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO — - Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its upcoming IPO, following SpaceX's recent listing on the exchange — Nasdaq's tech IPO success continues, challenging NYSE's historical dominance in large listings.
| Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: |
Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition — Low-profile venture capital firm Vy Capital has emerged as one of the rocket maker's largest shareholders| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Spec sheets show Apple's C2 modem is used in iPhone Duo and 18 Pro worldwide, and in iPhone 18 Pro Max everywhere except the US, where it likely uses Qualcomm — As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages …
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| Jason Ma / Fortune: |
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying “given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public” — Wall Street will have to wait for one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed it will not happen in 2026.
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| The Washington Sun: |
Sources: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers to advance Trump's push for data centers on federal lands, despite a backlash — President Donald Trump's directive to accelerate data center development on federal lands is facing public backlash and legal hurdles.
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