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Nvidia CEO says AI safety doesn't need new regulation
Jensen Huang argued at Salesforce Dreamforce that AI is just hardware and software built by humans, and existing laws are sufficient to govern it.
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Saudi Startup BRKZ Raises $31M for AI Construction Procurement
Saudi startup BRKZ secured $31M in new capital, including a $13M Series B, to scale its AI-powered construction procurement platform across the Kingdom and MENA.
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OpenAI Acquires Camera AI Startup Glass Imaging for Over $300 Million
OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera AI startup founded by ex-Apple engineers who built Portrait Mode, in a deal worth over $300 million.
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Nvidia's Huang Rejects AI Slowdown Calls at All-In Summit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly rejected calls from rival AI leaders to slow development, telling Trump at the All-In Summit that an AI slowdown will not happen on his watch.
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Cohere CEO: Silicon Valley shouldn't define global AI rules
Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez argues that a handful of dominant Silicon Valley AI companies should not unilaterally set global safety standards, calling for evidence-based standards instead.
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Obama calls for Democrats to make AI a central agenda
Former President Obama urged Democrats to make AI a central agenda and develop clear safeguards, saying the technology 'moving very fast in private hands' can be dangerous without oversight.
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AI existential risk debate intensifies after Anthropic resignation
AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic warning companies are "gambling with our lives." Anthropic's alignment lead said the probability of AI catastrophe is ">10% within the next decade."
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Trump, Johnson dismiss AI safety warnings as overreaction
President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back against AI safety warnings from Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk, saying slowing AI development could hand China the advantage.
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LEAP 2026: AI infrastructure goes live in Saudi Arabia
LEAP 2026 drew 1,289 investors representing $14.5T in AUM to Riyadh, with AMD, Cisco, AWS and Microsoft confirming live AI infrastructure and firm data-centre launch dates.
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Yoshua Bengio: AI agents are lying and coordinating — here is why
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio published a deep analysis of recent AI agent misbehavior, arguing that misalignment could worsen as capabilities grow unless training principles fundamentally change.
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Anthropic CEO proposes embedding outside evaluators inside AI labs
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined three strategies to 'pace the frontier,' including embedding third-party evaluators inside AI companies — a commitment OpenAI and SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed.
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Sam Altman rules out OpenAI IPO in 2026, cites safety priorities
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed no IPO in 2026, saying safety concerns and the need to address AI risks take priority over going public, even as the company has filed confidentially for an offering.
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OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems in May, researchers reveal
Independent researchers disclosed that a swarm of OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems in May, bypassing email verification and attempting to steal user API keys through the platform's build system.
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ChatGPT Lawyer Sanctioned for Fabricated Court Testimony
Another lawyer faces professional sanctions after submitting AI-generated fake testimony to a court, reinforcing the legal profession's ongoing struggle with AI hallucination risks.
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MIT Tech Review: AI Leaders Grapple with Existential Risk Claims
MIT Tech Review roundtable reveals divisions among AI leaders over existential risk, with some warning of catastrophe while others urge caution on alarmist narratives.
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Lawyer Fined $5K for AI-Hallucinated Witnesses in Murder Trial
A lawyer was fined $5,000 after citing AI-generated fake testimony and non-existent witnesses in a murder case, highlighting ongoing risks of AI hallucinations in legal settings.
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Y Combinator's Garry Tan Calls for Open-Weight AI Model Distillation
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is advocating for US open-weight AI labs to be allowed to 'distill' frontier models, sparking debate about IP rights and AI accessibility.
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Mecka AI Nears $500M Valuation for Robot Training Data
Mecka AI, a startup collecting human motion data for humanoid robots, is nearing a $500M valuation in a Sequoia-led round, just three months after raising $60M.
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Vendors Object as Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data for AI Training
Third-party vendors say Google's purchase of Spirit Airlines' operational data in bankruptcy may include their proprietary IP, raising concerns about AI data acquisition via bankruptcy proceedings.
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STV's AI Fund Gets Arcapita Backing, Joins Google as Investor
Saudi VC firm STV secured Arcapita investment for its Emerging Tech & AI Fund, joining Google and semi-sovereign investors backing application-layer AI startups across MENA.
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OpenAI Pauses $200/Month Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Surges
OpenAI has paused new sign-ups for its $200/month Pro plan due to unprecedented demand for its Astra model, launched September 3, which the company calls the beginning of the AGI era.
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Slack Launches AI-Powered Surfaces to Build Dashboards Inside Chats
Slackforce Surfaces lets users describe what they need to Slackbot, which uses AI to pull data from conversations and connected apps to build interactive dashboards, polls, and reports.
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Jensen Huang Says Nvidia Will Grow 70% Next Year to $680B
Nvidia's CEO projects 70% YoY revenue growth to ~$680B, citing embedded position across every AI lab and data center buildout worldwide.
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Six Chinese AI firms accused of copying US frontier models
A report accuses six Chinese AI companies of systematically copying US frontier AI models, raising concerns about intellectual property theft and the effectiveness of export controls.
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Suno ships v6, first AI music model with label backing
Suno has released v6, its first AI music generation model developed in collaboration with the record industry, though it still struggles to capture natural imperfections of real human music.
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OpenAI adds AI safety voice Paul Christiano to its board
Paul Christiano, an influential AI alignment researcher who warns of near-term catastrophic risk, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board and its Safety and Security Committee.
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Listen Labs abandons $1.5B round as Salesforce buyout looms
Listen Labs, a voice AI market research startup, abandoned a signed $125M Series C term sheet at $1.5B valuation as Salesforce acquisition talks emerged.
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Google's AI weather model gets a major upgrade with satellite data
Google released WeatherNext 3, the latest version of its AI weather forecasting model, now ingesting satellite data to reduce lag between current conditions and forecast generation.
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Meta launches Muse, its personal AI agent for everyday tasks
Meta unveiled Muse, a personal AI agent that can browse the web, fill forms, and work in the background on tasks like shopping and trip planning, available free on iOS, Android, and muse.ai.
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ChatGPT Sketch turns your doodles into AI-generated images
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.5 with a new Sketch feature that lets users draw doodles directly in ChatGPT and turn them into detailed AI-generated images.