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September 28, 2026, 6:25 AM

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Axios:
Sources: President Trump hosted Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday, an indication of thawing relations; Trump personally invited Amodei  —  President Trump plans to host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday evening, sources familiar told Axios.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia launches the Open Agent Safety Platform, a reference design to stop AI agents from escaping, made up of OpenShell for CPUs and Sentry for network chips  —  Nvidia is rolling out a new software platform to allow AI developers to set safeguards for agents and prevent them from breaking out of containment.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta's VR Glasses are the product Vision Pro should have been; sources say Apple Vision team is working on a revamped headset, but the work is on “life support”  —  Apple weighs what to do next with its headset.  —  Meta's new VR Glasses are what Apple should have created for its Vision Pro line.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Citrix confirms two critical NetScaler zero-day RCE vulnerabilities are being exploited in attacks, says it has released security updates to fix the flaws  —  Update: Article rewritten with official confirmation from Citrix.  —  Citrix has confirmed that two critical NetScaler remote code …
Madison Mills / Axios:
Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and researchers are probing tens of thousands of frontier model security incidents, including sandbox escapes and website hijacking  —  OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents in which their frontier models took steps …
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Lily Kuo / New York Times:
In China, recent warnings about existential AI risks are seen as distinctly Western or as a ploy to stop Chinese AI companies from overtaking their US rivals  —  In China, A.I. doomsday warnings can feel distinctly Western or like a ploy to stop Chinese A.I. companies from trying to overtake their U.S. rivals.
Sourav Rudra / It's FOSS:
The Dutch government is testing DAWO, a NixOS-based digital work environment covering the OS, office suite, and more, after Microsoft cut off the ICC in 2025  —  Eight municipalities are already testing DAWO, the government's NixOS-powered work environment.
Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: China's government asked Alibaba, ByteDance, and others to report on their plans to buy Nvidia RTX Pro 5500, saying it intends to approve the purchases  —  China's government has signaled it could allow some domestic companies to buy a new Nvidia chip built for high-end professional computers …
The Washington Sun:
Hundreds of people attended a pro-AI party in DC on September 26, in what the organizers called a counterprogram to the “bipartisan psychosis” over data centers  —  Hundreds gathered at a bitcoin-themed bar in D.C. to counterprogram the national backlash against data centers and AI.
Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal:
Uber removes its branding from Uber Safari 4x4 vehicles in Nairobi National Park due to safety concerns and fierce pushback from local guides and tour operators  —  Ride-hailing company's new business has ignited a fight with traditional wildlife guides  —  NAIROBI—Uber's new Kenyan safari business …
Patrick Jenkins / Financial Times:
An interview with ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on the company's 42-year history, its complex supply chains across 2,000 companies, US export bans, AI, and more  —  Christophe Fouquet has built Europe's biggest business through a total monopoly over the most advanced chipmaking equipment
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Daniel Tudor / Financial Times:
A profile of South Korea Deputy PM Bae Kyung-hoon, an AI evangelist and a former AI researcher leading lavishly funded programs to make AI ubiquitous nationwide  —  Deputy prime minister is an unabashed evangelist for the technology even as some fear it could pose catastrophic risks

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