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 …

Microsoft publishes a 37-page Humanist AI Code of Conduct, which establishes that people matter more than AI, rejects pursuing legal personhood for AI, and more  —  Microsoft has created a ‘humanist AI code of conduct’ in response to safety concerns.

Apple rolls out iOS 27, watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, visionOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, all with Siri AI  —  watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 also debut today. … Apple is now rolling out its iOS 27 update to compatible devices today, alongside the watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 updates.

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-linked Asian stocks fall sharply following US tech leaders' call for slowing 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

Valve says the Steam Frame is priced at $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for the 1TB version; both come with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx but no power supply  —  - 💰 The Steam Frame starts at $1,059 for the 256GB model  — 📈 The 1TB version climbs to $1,299

Internal OpenAI docs detail contractors evaluating anonymized prompts and chats to improve the models; model training is turned on by default for consumer plans  —  Humans are reading ChatGPT users' prompts to improve OpenAI's models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information …

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

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.

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 …

Nvidia announces the RTX Pro 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition, offering comparable specs to the RTX 5090 but with 84GB of GDDR7 memory, vs. RTX 5090's 32GB  —  The GeForce RTX 5090 is undeniably one of the best graphics cards money can buy.  Banking on the fact that many already use it for AI …

Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton limit Fable use as Anthropic doesn't guarantee zero data retention; source: Palantir hasn't made Fable available via its software  —  As paranoia rises over whether Anthropic or OpenAI could learn from their customers' intellectual property …

President Trump expresses support for Flock “because of law enforcement”, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement”  —  The president, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement …

Sources: OpenAI bought Glass Imaging, which is developing AI-powered smartphone camera tech, in a deal valuing it at $300M+; it was valued at ~$100M last year  —  Glass Imaging, valued above $300 million in deal, was founded by former Apple employees  —  OpenAI quietly bought …

Sources: Australian data center provider Firmus is seeking to raise up to $5B in an IPO targeted for October's end, 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.