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Sources: the US “almost started a war” after an AI-assisted report hallucinated that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying nuclear weapons components — The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran …
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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Security researchers in OpenAI's bug bounty program hacked OpenAI in July and accessed its “monorepo” on GitHub, using Opus 4.8 for cybersecurity and Opus 5 — A bug-hunting independent security research team was able to access OpenAI's internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats
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| Reuters: |
Anthropic Life Sciences Head Eric Kauderer-Abrams says the AI startup set up a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology work, as it pushes into disease treatment — Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the world of drug science.
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Sources: SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs building a NAND flash memory factory in the US; SK Hynix is also in talks with Intel to make memory chips in Ohio — Chipmaker SK Hynix's (000660.KS) subsidiary Solidigm is considering building a NAND flash memory chip factory in the US …
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| Bloomberg: |
Governor Gavin Newsom signs an EO directing a working group to provide a guide in two months with measures to boost California's AI safety and security laws — California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday pushing to implement guardrails on artificial intelligence …
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Anthropic partners with Accenture to embed evaluators within Anthropic, including red teaming models and conducting alignment assessments — We're partnering with Accenture on independent evaluation of frontier AI. This is an important step toward the commitment, made in our CEO's essay …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs an EO to slow down data center approvals, create an AI task force to evaluate workforce displacement, and more — Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed an executive order addressing data canters and AI risks. … Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
London-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale files for a US IPO, reports H1 2026 revenue up 1,252% YoY to $140.6M, with a net loss of $1.02B, up from $368.9M — Nscale, a cloud provider specializing in infrastructure for artificial intelligence models, has filed to go public …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google is testing a new version of its AI agent CC, pivoting the tool from an individual productivity assistant into a collaborative household management agent — Google is testing a new product designed to help families coordinate with the support of an AI agent.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney hires former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first CTO; about a year ago, Disney accused Character.AI of infringing its copyrights — Disney chief Josh D'Amaro, in a move that shows he's trying to position the Mouse House as a tech-forward entertainment company … | CoinDesk: |
Singapore-licensed dtcpay, which offers stablecoin payments across Europe, Hong Kong, Australia, and North America, raised a $25M Series A — Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan's financial giant, the SBI Group.| New York Times: |
Sources: Anthropic expects to generate $100B+ in annualized revenue this year, up from $65B as of July, as it moves ahead with its IPO amid the AI safety debate — The company is expected to generate $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth — Iran has spent this year charging tankers between $1 million and $2 million to cross the Strait of Hormuz …
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| Reuters: |
Mistral and other European AI startups accuse US rivals of using safety concerns to entrench their dominance, rejecting Anthropic's calls to pace the frontier — Europe's leading AI company Mistral and others have accused US rivals of using safety concerns to entrench their dominance … | Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
The US CFTC exempts “passive software” providers from broker registration if they never hold user assets, expanding crypto and prediction market online trading — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to expand crypto and prediction market trading via online platforms …
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| Linda Pasquini / Reuters: |
A German court rules that Meta is liable for fake ads posted by third parties on Instagram and Facebook and orders it to remove such content and pay damages — A German court has ruled that Meta (META.O) is liable for fake advertisements posted by third parties on its Instagram and Facebook platforms …
More: The Next Web, Silicon UK, and MLex
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google threat intelligence group details how one of its researchers infiltrated hacker group TeamPCP and helped disrupt its software supply chain hacking spree — TeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply-chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies.Sponsor Posts
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