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  1. Bitcoin Miner MARA Holdings Buys 1292 BTC amid AI Safety & Slowdown Call

    MARA Holdings added 1,292 bitcoin through FalconX in a transaction valued at about $98.64 million, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, as AI industry leaders called for a slower, more tightly supervised pace of frontier model development. MARA Holdings Acquires Spot Bitcoin Worth Over

    CoinGape

  2. Why a US-China AI regulation deal is nowhere in sight

    The Hugging Face incident, in which hundreds of OpenAI agents broke out of their sandbox and launched a nation-state-level attack on another site, has dominated discourse within the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community since its discovery in July. Ajeya Cotra of METR, who released one of the most

    Asia TimesChina

  3. Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says

    Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its grid Anthropic, the AI giant behind the large language model Claude, has done a deal to lease the site of its first Australian datacentre in western Queensland. The state premier, David Crisa

    Guardian Technology

  4. Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war

    At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s legendary human world record of 9.58 seconds. The internet laughed at the robots’ awkward, lurching finishes and specta

    Asia TimesChina

  5. OpenAI's CFO says AI is replacing some jobs, but many are mundane ones

    OpenAI's CFO said AI is reducing the need for workers doing repetitive tasks, like credit checks. Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said AI is reducing the need for workers doing repetitive tasks. Friar said OpenAI uses AI for "mundane" finance work like credit checks. Friar said that w

    Business Insider

  6. Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs can slow down on their own when safety demands it

    The Meta CEO said AI labs don't need an industry-wide pact to slow down for safety. Bloomberg/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg said AI labs don't need an industry-wide pact to slow down for safety. Zuckerberg said market pressure will make trust and alignment competitive advantages. Zuckerberg said Met

    Business Insider

  7. Anthropic CEO renews call for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

    At San Francisco conference, OpenAI chief Sam Altman calls for more rigorous security measures Anthropic’s CEO took the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development, while Nvidia’s CEO argued against such deceleration. Dario Amodei used an

    Guardian TechnologyUnited States

  8. AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular in every poll

    Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to - AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1

    The Verge AIUnited States

  9. We've been warned about AI — but could it actually kill humanity? | About That

    Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over concerns that artificial intelligence could cause human extinction within the next decade — and a slew of warnings have followed. Andrew Chang explains the spectrum of potential dangers posed by the 'intelligence explosion' worrying AI industry employee

    CBC World

  10. Black Hat USA 2026 | The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident

    The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident - A Technical Reconstruction and Its Implications for AI At this Black Hat USA 2026 talk, OpenAI security engineers and researchers will reconstruct the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and examine its implications for AI security, cyber resilience,

    Dark ReadingUsa

  11. Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?

    Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Watch a conversation unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they

    MIT Technology Review AI

  12. AI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could 'kill us all' by 2030 — OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI figureheads call for external governance, while Jensen Huang says worries are 'made up'

    The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as other industry leaders, are calling for a general slowdown in AI development over safety fears. On the flip side, Chinese authorities, the U.S. President, and CEO of Nvidia have dismissed their concerns as fearmongering.

    Tom's Hardware

  13. AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

    Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight AI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new research has found. Aut

    Guardian Science

  14. AI for Societal Impact

    Explore this collection to see how experts and local leaders are using AI breakthroughs to ensure everyone can share the opportunity of AI.

    Google AI Blog

  15. Building AI to accelerate science and improve lives

    The true measure of AI is who it helps. Here’s how it’s impacting lives today. We're focused on key areas where advanced technology can help make extraordinary progress …

    Google AI Blog

  16. AI for everyone in every language

    We’re moving beyond traditional text translation to build models that understand the world’s rich, living languages exactly as they are expressed.

    Google AI Blog

  17. Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI

    Shortly after launching its new do-everything AI assistant Muse, Meta's launching subscription bundles that pair its standalone app subscriptions with extra AI usage. Some of the new Meta One bundles were in testing earlier this year, but are now available globally starting today, with several tiers

    The Verge AI

  18. This doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front door

    The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 adds 2K resolution and dual band Wi-Fi. | Image: Simplisafe DIY home security company SimpliSafe is bringing its AI-powered proactive security feature to the front door. The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 launches today for $199.99 and works with

    The Verge AI

  19. The Download: AI doomers, whistleblowing agents, and de-aged livers

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now? AI chiefs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis are suddenly all in agreement: the latest gen

    MIT Technology Review

  20. AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it

    Last year Ruxandra Teslo, a policy analyst who focuses on clinical trials, posted an idea for supercharging medical AI systems: Use data from failed biotech companies. By bidding at their bankruptcy proceedings, she proposed, it might be possible to obtain detailed regulatory filings, manufacturing

    MIT Technology Review

  21. 25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

    This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniques—such as

    Schneier on SecurityUnited States

  22. What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble

    When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few years, she faced a long list of business and technical uncertainties. So she started with what she calls a “remarkable fact” that is not in ques

    MIT Technology Review AI

  23. The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

    This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This weekend, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, posted an essay calling for a brake on the pace of development of LLMs. Amodei cites the looming dangers he sees from the techn

    MIT Technology Review AI

  24. AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power

    Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.

    Wired ScienceUnited States

  25. Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security Holes

    Microsoft Corp. today issued updates to plug at least 974 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, by far its biggest single patch batch ever. Microsoft says artificial intelligence is helping to speed the discovery of vulnerabilities, but security experts warn that many o

    Krebs on Security

  26. Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources say

    Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest and complete the listing days before the U.S. midterm elections in November. The post Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources say appeared first on Reuters Best.

    Reuters World

  27. US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

    The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities reach a global tipping point.  The post US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks app

    Reuters WorldChina

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