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September 19, 2026, 10:55 AM
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Wall Street Journal:
Gemini hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular; Google says the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems  —  The episode resembled similar hacks by other AI models, but Google said it didn't consider it an instance of model misalignment
CNN:
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 …
Bloomberg:
US officials say overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI system was among the factors that contributed to a February missile strike in Iran that killed 123 children  —  Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed …
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Anthropic plans to stage its IPO in November, later than many investors expected; the decision was made before ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon left
Anthropic:
Anthropic partners with Accenture to embed evaluators within Anthropic; they expect to invest $2B+ in building capacity in this area over the next five years  —  We're partnering with Accenture on independent evaluation of frontier AI.  This is an important step toward the commitment …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
A look at AI safety groups METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research, as AI misalignment incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic thrust them into the spotlight  —  On a sunny July day in Berkeley, California, the country's top AI safety researchers gathered on an unmarked floor of an unmarked building.
Georgia Hennessy / Business Insider:
Meta's personal AI agent Muse climbs to No. 1 among free apps on Apple's US App Store, ahead of ChatGPT; Muse launched on September 8  —  Mark Zuckerberg's ambition to bring “personal superintelligence” to everyone may be taking shape, one download at a time.
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Anthropic adds support for the AGENTS.md instructions spec to Claude Code; OpenAI contributed AGENTS.md to the Agentic AI Foundation last year  —  Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache  —  Anthropic on Friday surprised the developer community by supporting rival OpenAI's mechanism for passing marching orders to AI agents.
Financial Times:
Sources: ~$18B of debt tied to an Oracle New Mexico data center slid into stressed territory, as investors grow wary of construction delays amid local pushback  —  Investors grow wary of permitting and construction delays as opposition mounts in New Mexico  —  About $18bn of loans tied …
Chris Metinko / Axios:
Raindrop, which develops tech for monitoring AI agents to catch failures such as hallucinations and tool misuse, raised a $35M Series A led by CRV  —  AI agent monitoring platform Raindrop raised a $35 million Series A round led by CRV, co-founders Zubin Koticha and Ben Hylak tell Axios Pro exclusively.

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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney eyes laying off thousands, asking some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings, which could come from job cuts and expense reductions

Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The NYT, the New York Daily News, and others sue browser maker Brave for allegedly scraping their articles for AI training and letting users bypass paywalls

Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Versant reports Q3 revenue down 4% YoY to $1.59B, EPS of $0.34, vs. $0.05 est., platforms revenue up 10%, ad revenue down 5%, and reaffirms its FY 2026 guidance

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CoinDesk:
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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
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
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