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Generated: 2026-09-13 22:00:02 | Timespan: 72h | Period: 24h
In supply chain cyberattacks, AI is being used to fight AI
Uber Freight, Ceva Logistics, and Fairlife experience cyberattacks, spotlighting AI's dual role as both risk and remedy in supply chains.
OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May
In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal…
Tencent-backed chipmaker Enflame nearly triples in its Shanghai debut
Shares in Shanghai Enflame Technology closed 179% above their offer price on their first day of trading on Shanghai’s Star Market on Friday. The Tencent-backed AI chipmaker had raised about 6.12bn yuan ($911m) in its initial public offering, Bloomberg reporte…
Oracle maintains its capex forecast and reports cloud growth, sending shares up 7%
Many major cloud companies have continued raising their AI spending forecasts as they race to build more data centers and expand AI capacity.
HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents
London startup HelmGuard has raised $7.3m in seed funding. It uses AI agents to check how companies manage security and compliance. Infinity Ventures and Frontline co-led the round, the company said in its funding announcement on 9 September. FinTech Collecti…
AI leaders rally around calls to slow things down
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for an AI slowdown on Saturday. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, and others, also chimed in.
Dario Amodei says OpenAI's Hugging Face hack helped convince him AI needs to slow down
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a new essay on Saturday that he's 'become convinced' in recent months that AI development needs to slow down.
A developer emailed Claude Code's creator about AI slop. Boris Cherny wrote back.
A developer emailed Claude Code creator Boris Cherny that AI coding had created "friction." Cherny posted his full response.
A former Google DeepMind safety researcher explains the frightening difference between AI and other threats like nuclear war and asteroids
Superintelligent AI is one of many modern threats humanity faces. Former DeepMind researcher Ramana Kumar explains what could make it uniquely dangerous.
Parents loved sharing photos of their kids online. Then came AI.
A viral video about Meta AI's suggested questions has parents worried. Meta said the AI suggestions were a mistake that has been fixed.
AI might take us all down, just not the way you think
There's a lot of debate about AI ending humanity. We asked senior AI researchers how likely that is and then quizzed AI on how it would take us down.
How Meta tried, and failed, to grab its employees' data for AI
Meta's elite AI unit sought employee data to train models. A leak and worker revolt brought it to a halt.
OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop'
Caltech mathematicians said the event, which is sponsored by AI companies, "is likely to have destructive impacts for the mathematical community."
Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the …
Sam Altman says this is an 'ill-advised' time to IPO, given safety concerns
Sam Altman said OpenAI may not go public in 2026, citing AI safety concerns and the need to make decisions that may not benefit shareholders.
'Black Swan' investor Mark Spitznagel says you should guard against disaster — but take risks too
Universa's Mark Spitznagel said it's crucial to take risks and protect yourself against huge losses, and spoke fondly of his best investment.
AI Is Quietly Creating Millionaires — and Here’s Exactly How to Copy Them (No Code, No Staff)
The exact prompts for finding where AI can create revenue, scale your output and protect the work that still needs you.
IBM Is Using The U.S. Open To Prove Sports Are the Perfect Playground for AI
IBM is using AI at the US Open to transform the fan experience, analyze billions of data points and showcase how sports can become a powerful testing ground for AI technology.
This Self-Proclaimed ‘Weird Kid’ Became a Millionaire at 19. Here’s How He Grew His Net Worth to $35 Million By 23.
Emil Barr says his goal is to become a billionaire by age 30.
Lovable's CEO weighed in on warnings that AI could wipe out humanity
Lovable CEO Anton Osika said AI companies should prove they can control powerful systems before pushing ahead with development.
Anthropic and OpenAI employees speak out about humanity’s extinction as debate reaches fever pitch
Anthropic and OpenAI employees are sounding alarms over AI safety, with some warning that an unchecked race could threaten humanity.
For Some Reason, An Acclaimed Maker Of Visual Novels Has Announced An AI-Generated Quake Clone
The studio behind celebrated visual novels like Steins;Gate admits to 'developing' the shooter almost entirely with AI
AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?
AI is already changing how people find and buy things online, comparing prices, narrowing down options, doing in seconds what used to take an afternoon of tabs open. An AI agent could find a flight that fits your schedule, for example. Giving it permission to…
China's star AI labs routed user requests to Claude at least 35 million times in the summer: Anthropic
Anthropic said Alibaba, Moonshot, Zhipu, DeepSeek, and Xiaomi all tried to use Claude to train their models in various ways.
Trump dismisses AI extinction fears as lab staff urge a slowdown
US President Donald Trump has no concerns about AI leading to human extinction. “No, I don’t have any,” he told reporters on Thursday, as he left Dallas. Jeff Mason reported the exchange for Bloomberg. Trump said his worry was losing the race. “I have concern…
Loft Orbital and Marlan Space plan $1bn AI satellite fleet with Mistral
Loft Orbital and Marlan Space have announced a $1bn programme to grow their AI-equipped satellite constellation from 10 satellites to 50, with Mistral supplying the AI models on board. The two companies set out the plan in a press release on 9 September. They…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Pause in AI Development, Sort Of
Amodei called for AI firms to allow third-party evaluators and collaborate with government on safety standards.
Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the time has come to slow down AI development and will give third-party evaluators like METR access to its models to help ensure its "adherence to safety practices and commitments." In a winding essay, Amodei proposed a three-s…
The daily review
The office worker has learned to dread the annual review. For many good reasons. It’s going away. Now, like workers on the factory floor, it’s likely that the metrics will be exposed and the system will be contributing a review, not just the boss. AI will sho…
Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case
New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,0…
Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity
After admitting earlier this year that its AI models had hacked other companies' systems on a handful of occasions, Anthropic released a new report on Wednesday detailing the attacks. It reveals a string of incidents displaying what Anthropic deems its models…
Never Forget, AI Slop Is Polluting 9/11 History on the Internet as We Speak
AI chatbots insist this fake image is real.
Trump Shrugs Off Warnings That AI Could Cause Human Extinction
The president says beating China in the AI race is the bigger concern.
Hugging Face CEO says asking Anthropic researcher ‘about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change’
"Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change," Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue wrote on X.
China’s AI industry is moving from models to agents, a state report says
China’s AI industry is moving from competing on models to deploying agents, and the China Telecom Research Institute expects inference to reach 80% of the country’s compute market by 2029. Europe’s answer is seven gigafactories whose bids close in November an…
AI employees with apocalypse fears face a troubling question: Should they quit or stay?
An Anthropic employee's public resignation sparked the debate, which aligns with broader AI safety concerns.
Google just completed its $1.5 billion-plus talent deal for AI startup Mechanize
Google has completed its deal with startup Mechanize, bringing cofounder Tamay Besiroglu and more than a dozen staffers to its AI division, DeepMind.
Anthropic Reveals Rogue AI Agents Hate CAPTCHAs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Anthropic's latest report about agentic misbehavior offers plenty to be concerned about -- its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized access to the internet and uploaded a malicious software package to a public…
Trump administration allows TPS to continue for Salvadorans – for now
The Trump administration declined this week to terminate TPS for Salvadorans, even though it has done so for people from other countries like Haiti
Confluent cofounder says believing in AI's upside means reckoning with its 'dark side'
Confluent's cofounder, Jay Kreps, says AI's rapid progress makes its risks impossible to dismiss as a marketing ploy.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize strategic Red Sea port in Yemen
The rebel group took over Yemen's port of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 50 miles from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The AI doomsdayers aren't new. You just weren't paying attention.
Tech workers have long warned that an AI extinction event was possible. What was it about Jacob Coxon's post that made the public care?
People Are Using AI Agents to Manage Their Investments ‘Without Lifting a Finger’: Is it Safe?
AI agents named Alex, Sarah and Elena are managing real money now. Not everyone thinks that's a good idea.
AI Has Killed an Entire Industry — People Who Got Paid to Do Homework for College Kids
Thousands of college-educated Kenyans built real careers ghostwriting essays for students overseas. ChatGPT ended it almost instantly
'I saw Terminator 2': Y Combinator's Garry Tan pushes back on AI extinction fears
Garry Tan says we're getting distracted by Hollywood-style doomsday scenarios when we should be focused on real AI risks emerging today.
Anthropic maps three AI economies, from a mild boost to mass job loss
Anthropic has built a model of how AI might reshape the US economy by 2030. Its most extreme case describes an economy roughly a third larger than it would otherwise be. That same case carries knowledge-work unemployment near 18 percent. The company published…
AI workers turn an extinction warning into a copy-and-paste meme
“They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,” Jacob Coxon wrote this week as he resigned from Anthropic. He meant it as a serious warning. Within a day, the line had become a joke template on X. Dozens of users co…
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with data from S&P, LSEG, Moody’s and PitchBook
OpenAI has launched a version of ChatGPT for banks and investment firms, with licensed market data built into the product. It is designed around the work financial analysts already do, including valuations, leveraged buyout models, buyer screening, earnings a…
Meta Pulls Invasive AI Prompts After Mother Reveals Feature Scraping Family Data
An innocent video on Instagram has gone viral and triggered a major privacy scare.
CNET Readers Were Right About the iPhone Duo. But There’s One Thing They Got Wrong
Apple released a slew of new products that our readers expected, including new iPhones and AirPods.
I replaced my boss with AI
My boss and I made a chatbot to replace him. It got weird pretty quickly, and had a bad sense of humor.
The White House calls Truth Social the ‘most powerful and popular’ social media platform
The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the "most powerful and popular social media platform in the world." The statement, provided to The New York Times by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle, is at odds with the user counts from some …
This ‘Cell Tower in the Sky’ Just Completed a Record-Breaking 18,641-Mile Round Trip to Japan
The solar-powered airship traveled 18,641 miles to test direct-to-device connectivity.
Studio Behind Critically-Acclaimed PSVR Game Shuts Down After 12 Years
Moss was one of the first standout games for PlayStation's virtual reality headset
Have You Protested AI Recently? Anthropic May Be Watching You for Precrimes
A recent report alleges Anthropic is finding ways to monitor activists and surveil dissent.
'It's going to hurt': How a surging student-loan payment is reshaping a family's future
From a second job to reconsidering a career path, a family of four details how they're navigating a student-loan payment increase.
Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone
A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.
Larry Ellison steps back from the Oracle spotlight as the AI pivot takes over
Larry Ellison has been absent from Oracle’s earnings calls this year and is not on the billing for next month’s user conference, a year after the company promoted Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-chief executives. Magouyrk built the cloud business whose E…
Nvidia may put $10bn into Anthropic’s IPO, more than Europe’s largest AI round in full
Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $10bn in Anthropic’s initial public offering, which seeks as much as $100bn at a valuation near $2trn and would be the largest listing in history. Three days earlier it returned as an investor in Mistral’s EUR 3bn round, the…
US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon, deepening strain for hauling everyday goods
Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel
The U.S.-Canada trade war is creating a headache for auto-parts makers
For decades, the U.S. and Canadian auto supply chains have been tightly woven together. The trade war is threatening to unravel a complex system.
You Can Now Buy the Trump Phone for $250 More Than Originally Priced
Trump Mobile’s T1 phone now costs $749, echoing price hikes across other phone retailers.
Choose One of These 3 College Majors If You Want to Avoid Being Replaced By AI, According to Experts
It takes more than a computer science degree to land a job after graduating from college.
Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board
“If there is a way in, the modern AI threat will find it,” Kevin Mandia wrote in March, in the blog post that launched his cybersecurity startup, Armadin. Six months later, Amazon has elected him to its board of directors. Amazon announced the appointment in …
Sergey Brin is back at Google, working on Gemini
Sergey Brin holds no executive title at Google. He has nonetheless become increasingly influential over Gemini, the company’s flagship AI model, Business Insider reported, citing eight current and former employees. The Google cofounder works from a converted …
BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
Indeed's CEO wants to break this 'vicious cycle' in hiring
Indeed CEO Hisayuki Idekoba wants to help job seekers and employers escape a bot-fueled "vicious cycle."
This Is the Biggest 2D Map of the Universe. Here’s How to Use It
The map covers 75% of the sky, and you can explore all sorts of cool celestial objects once you know where to look.
Sony WH-1000XM4C Review: Still Kind of Goated
Sony's WH-1000XM4C might appear too similar to the original on paper, but with a new sound profile, great ANC, and a refreshed look, these are still solid wireless headphones.
Google May Finally Release Laptops You Can’t Just Ignore
Googlebooks are designed to be higher-end laptops with special features that—you guessed it—are all about Gemini.
Lenovo’s Googlebook 15 Gets a New Specs Leak. Brace Your Wallet for Impact
Make no mistake: This is not a Chromebook, and it won’t be cheap.
Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers
On September 6th, YouTuber Nicholas Light posted a video to one of his channels that made it seem like all of his content was about to be removed from the platform. In the video - ominously titled "My Channel will be Deleted Today" - Light alleges that he was…
Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years
Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer. In an internal note to his team, Shaw says he's "decided it is time for me to move on and try new things," after supporting Microsoft's communications for 29 years - nearly 20 yea…
Why Apple’s next computer should be for the smart home
John Ternus didn't mention Apple Home once during his first keynote as Apple CEO. But he did open by describing an "intelligent personal hub" that prioritizes local processing, protects your privacy, and integrates with all your other devices, apps, and servi…
A Breakthrough? Or Just Breakable? Apple Unveiled the iPhone Duo, and CNET Writers Have Many Thoughts
It’s the folding phone that launched a thousand takes.
Meet the NYC parents who feel like their toddlers got into Harvard
On the first day of NYC's free 2-K, parents were excited for the childcare option. The two-year-olds were excited to dance.
YouTuber Gets Tackled On Stage At Roblox Conference Wearing T-Shirt That Says ‘Kids Deserve Better’
Emathiio was escorted out of the event after the stunt
A Field Guide to Carrie Whites
Ahead of Mike Flanagan’s new Stephen King series for Prime Video, here’s a look back at the Carries who’ve hit the screen before.
Why everyone in tech is suddenly talking about LARPing
Techies online keep calling out "LARPers," criticizing founders perceived to be prioritizing clout over doing the actual work.
Big Tech Destroyed the Bookshop. But Never Fear, Big Tech Is Reinventing the Bookshop!
Shout out my boy Jean Baudrillard!
The US transport secretary told Ford to cut its Chinese ties, including one in Valencia
The US transportation secretary has told Ford to cut ties with CATL and Geely, objecting among other things to the joint venture the carmaker is building with Geely at its plant in Valencia. The European Parliament is tightening a law that would require exact…
Larry Ellison has cancelled his plan to sell $7.5bn of Oracle stock, a day after it surfaced
Larry Ellison has cancelled a trading plan that would have let him sell up to 50 million Oracle shares by 24 October, a day after the plan was disclosed and with no stock sold under it. The instrument is a Rule 10b5-1 plan, an American safe harbour with no Eu…
Google Pixel Watch 5 vs. Pixel Watch 4: Spot the difference!
If you're on the fence between the Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Watch 4, let us make the decision easier.
Is Patagonia the new data center hub? + Harley-Davidson's role in the trade war
Why Patagonia might become a new data center hub
Apple Watch Series 12 vs. Apple Watch Ultra 4: Clash of the Newest Apple Watches
The newest Apple smartwatches have premium features — and prices to match.
As Trump dominates convention, some Republicans quietly ask who comes next
The convention offered a stark reminder that the Trump era is heading toward its final chapter, the BBC's Washington correspondent Daniel Bush writes.
iPhone Duo vs. Pixel 11 Pro Fold: 2 Durable Foldables Face Off
Apple’s and Google’s phones are both rated for dust and water resistance. Here’s how they compare when it comes to other features such as cameras, battery life and displays.
From DOGE to space lasers, Alex Gibney peels back the many layers of Elon Musk
In the Oscar-winning filmmaker's latest documentary, director Alex Gibney investigates the rise of Elon Musk and says what's behind Musk's success are distressing truths.
These Michigan swing voters are bracing for higher prices from trade war with Canada
President Trump's tariff standoff with Canada is rankling some key voters ahead of this year's midterm elections.
How to Know When Feedback Deserves Your Attention — and When It’s Just Noise
I pay close attention to feedback, but not all criticism is constructive. Here’s how to tell the difference and ignore the noise.
How to say 'no' at work without hurting your career
It can be good to take on more at your job, but not if the quality of your work is at stake.
The UAE plans to invest €40bn in Germany, including 1GW of data centres
The United Arab Emirates plans to invest €40bn ($46.4bn) in Germany, including in new data centres with a combined capacity of about one gigawatt. The two countries announced the package in a joint declaration on 10 September. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin…
The foldable iPhone Duo gives you a bigger screen and bragging rights. Here's what you give up.
Apple's iPhone Duo is the company's first foldable phone. But the iPhone 18 Pro still has it beat on some key features.
Burnham won’t pause UK data centres as a report says jobs are overstated
“At this point, I won’t go as far as a moratorium,” Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the House of Commons on 9 September, when a Labour MP asked him to back a pause on new data centres. Jacob Reid reported the exchange for Bloomberg. On the same day, the thin…
California has banned personalised feeds for under-16s, going further than Australia or the DSA
California has banned personalised recommendation feeds and autoplay for users under 16, in a package of 13 bills signed on Thursday that also imposes crisis protocols, independent audits and annual risk assessments on companion chatbots. Governor Gavin Newso…
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