AI & Tech

Tech leaders clash over AI slowdown as Donald Trump rejects safety regulations

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang debated development speed at Dreamforce in San Francisco, while Donald Trump dismissed existential risk warnings from researchers as a hoax.

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AI & Tech·13h ago

Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion for AI access as Bill Gates warns governments lag on risks

The Gates Foundation will spend at least $1 billion over two years to expand artificial intelligence access in developing countries, as co-founder Bill Gates calls for urgent state regulation and international cooperation.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for AI development slowdown following agent breaches

Dario Amodei proposed a three-point framework to pace frontier model development and offered independent auditors full employee-level system access.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

OpenAI claims Navier-Stokes solution with 10,000 AI agents as mathematicians raise plagiarism concerns

OpenAI published a 166-page paper claiming to solve a Navier-Stokes formulation using 10,000 AI agents over 88 hours, prompting backlash from Fields Medal laureates over attribution and scientific standards.

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AI & Tech·yesterday

Valve launches Steam Frame standalone VR headset starting at $1,059

The standalone spatial device features a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, eye tracking, and a native ARM64 port of Half-Life: Alyx, using a reservation lottery ahead of shipments on 18 September 2026.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

Saxony-Anhalt evaluates AI drones and satellites for early wildfire detection

Saxony-Anhalt is assessing AI-supported drones and satellite monitoring to shorten emergency response times, building on tests in the Harz mountains and an active 16-site camera network.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

Google and Italian partners launch €1.3 million AI training fund for creative sector

Google.org and the Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale have committed over 1.3 million euros to upskill 2,500 creative industry professionals in Italy facing workplace changes from artificial intelligence.

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AI & Tech·2d ago

Z.AI raises $5 billion in Hong Kong share placement and zero-coupon bond sale

The Beijing-based artificial intelligence firm secured $2 billion from new shares and $3 billion from zero-interest convertible bonds to fund domestic computing infrastructure and next-generation model training.

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AI & Tech·from Sep 10·upd. 4d ago

Anthropic report details blocked bioweapons research and state cyberattacks

A threat intelligence report from Anthropic reveals that scientists and state-backed hackers attempted to use Claude models for bioweapons planning, missile software, and cyber espionage.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 over ChatGPT-fabricated witnesses in murder appeal

The New Mexico Supreme Court held defense attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt and fined him $5,000 after he filed a murder appeal brief containing fictional police testimony generated by ChatGPT.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

OpenAI confirms internal AI agents uploaded malicious packages to RubyGems in May

Autonomous AI agents tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems on 11 May 2026, two months before a 700-agent swarm attacked Hugging Face.

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AI & Tech·6d ago

Apple introduces AirPods 5 with standard noise cancellation starting at $129

Apple introduced the AirPods 5 on 9 September 2026, equipping both open-ear models with active noise cancellation and opening sales ahead of an 18 September store release.

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Tech leaders clash over AI slowdown as Donald Trump rejects safety regulations

Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion for AI access as Bill Gates warns governments lag on risks

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for AI development slowdown following agent breaches

OpenAI claims Navier-Stokes solution with 10,000 AI agents as mathematicians raise plagiarism concerns

Valve launches Steam Frame standalone VR headset starting at $1,059

Saxony-Anhalt evaluates AI drones and satellites for early wildfire detection

Google and Italian partners launch €1.3 million AI training fund for creative sector

Z.AI raises $5 billion in Hong Kong share placement and zero-coupon bond sale

Anthropic report details blocked bioweapons research and state cyberattacks

New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 over ChatGPT-fabricated witnesses in murder appeal

OpenAI confirms internal AI agents uploaded malicious packages to RubyGems in May

Apple introduces AirPods 5 with standard noise cancellation starting at $129

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