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 …

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.

AI-connected Asian stocks fall sharply following US tech leaders' call for pacing 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 …

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

Temporal, which makes open-source software that helps apps, including AI agents, recover from failure, raised $550M led by Lightspeed at a $12.55B valuation  —  Temporal said on Monday it has raised $550 million in a late-stage funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $12.55 billion …

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

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 …

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.

Sources: Australian data center provider Firmus is seeking to raise up to $5B in an IPO at the end of October, 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.

Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by trade group TechNet, to advocate for “technology-neutral policies”  —  Three of the biggest names in streaming on Monday announced the formation of a new policy coalition to support their positions on key issues.

OpenAI employees need to oppose its support for Leading the Future, which seeks to chill federal regulation, and Congress should hold hearings on AI risks  —  When I saw that Jacob Coxon, a senior Anthropic employee, quit his job last week on the grounds that he believed the creation …

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...