|
September 6, 2026, 7:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook's pay package indicates he will remain very active at Apple; sources: Apple's plans to squeeze more App Store profits prompted Phil Schiller to leave — Also: The latest on Apple's big Sept. 9 event. — The early signs out of Cupertino are that Tim Cook will still loom large at Apple.| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says it hit its “automated research intern” goal, its researchers now use 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday, and top users spend $7,000+/day on tokens — For AGI to benefit all of humanity, we believe it must be democratically governed.
More: Engadget and Unite.AI
X: @andrewcurran_, @borismpower, @kliu128, @simonw, @andrewcurran_, @chinmay_d__, @michaelzhao_, @_chris_ong, @dylan522p, @ai_for_success, @kliu128, @_chris_ong, @_chris_ong, @kliu128, @oneill_c, @guangyurobert, @_chris_ong, @polynoamial, @reach_vb, @boazbaraktcs, @_chris_ong, and @btibor91
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/neoliberal, and r/accelerate
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki says no lab has solved alignment enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and hopes voluntary slowdowns become commonplace — Author: Jakub Pachocki, Chief Scientist at OpenAI — In mid-2023, within the “RLSlow” research project …
More: Business Insider, The Deep View, Unite.AI, RuntimeWire, and Gizmodo
X: @lukeprog, @daveshapi, @tenobrus, @kimmonismus, @jonfavs, @deredleritt3r, @shakeelhashim, @sama, @rynorhn, @gailcweiner, @amir, @notjazii, @tomekkorbak, @thezvi, @kimmonismus, @kliu128, @tokengremlin, @eric_ho, @__nmca__, @ruben_bloom, @merettm, @ericjang11, @romainhuet, @_sholtodouglas, @andrewcurran_, @seltaa_, and @d29756183
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me, @carlquintanilla, @mclem.org, and @turntrout
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/accelerate, and r/OpenAI
| @openai: |
In response to the “wiki incident”, OpenAI says it is working on a framework for reporting misalignment incidents during training, evaluation, and deployment — How we think about the “wiki incident,” where our agents wrote to several internet sites: it's past time for us …
More: Reuters, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, BleepingComputer, SiliconANGLE, The Information, Don't Worry About the Vase, Taipei Times, Tom's Hardware, Implicator.ai, Livemint, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Digital Trends, The Decoder, Unite.AI, Futurism, and Politico
X: @jeremiahdjohns, @robertskmiles, @_nathancalvin, @laneless_, @eliebakouch, @eliebakouch, @humanharlan, @marcus_j_w, @tylertracy321, @_alexhirsch, @_nathancalvin, @gleech, @andrewcurran_, @binarybits, @garrisonlovely, @sjgadler, @bronsonschoen, @mackenz_arnold, @the_vc_intern, @garymarcus, @rcbregman, and @ramez. LinkedIn: CNBC
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Anthropomorphic portrayals of AI models as rogue agents can obscure the responsibility that companies like OpenAI have for incidents like the Hugging Face hack — The internet fights over anthropomorphism around the Hugging Face hack. … Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face … | Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Sources: Travis Kalanick's Atoms is developing robotaxi tech and hired Anthony Levandowski after acquiring his company Pronto; Uber has invested $100M in Atoms — Atoms gears up for hiring spree and could link with Uber, the company he was ousted from almost a decade ago| Valida Pau / The Information: |
Analysis: since October, Anthropic has entered into agreements for at least 14.8 GW of compute capacity and may spend as much as $517B over the next decade — Anthropic in the last year has scrambled to line up cloud computing deals with SpaceX, Google and others to meet the skyrocketing demand … | ABC News: |
Trump admin launches arcade.gov with a deportation-themed Snake game clone and a Tetris-like game; Tetris says it takes “copyright infringement very seriously” — In “Build the Wall,” players aim to “protect the border” from zombies. — Isabella Murray, Nicholas Kerr, and Michelle Stoddart
More: Daily Mail, Eurogamer.net, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, Daring Fireball, Baller Alert, Variety, Bloomberg, The Hill, Alternet.org, New York Times, Mashable, PC Gamer, The Japan Times, Polygon.com, Dexerto, Kotaku, and The A.V. Club
X: @tetris_official, @supertrucker, @ssntails, @dsp4150, @k_katsura, @kilroywashere92, @joekreiner, @blakesneff, @usa_polling, @cazm023, @aquiloniandream, @acosta, and @hqnewsnow
Forums: r/SEGA, r/politics, r/AskConservatives, r/Teachers, r/fednews, r/Conservative, and r/technology
| Philip Wegmann / Wall Street Journal: |
Trump officials say Judeo-Christian principles inform AI policy, with some optimistic about AI and others seeing parallels to biblical end-times prophecies — Trump administration officials are wrestling with the spiritual consequences of AI as the president embraces it as an economic engine
More: Axios. X: @humanharlan, @ibrycecrawford, @jeffjarvis, and @philipwegmann
Forums: r/politics, r/TrueChristianPolitics, and r/technology
| New York Times: |
How AI gutted Kenya's essay-writing industry, which at its peak paid 40,000+ people in Nairobi to do overseas students' homework, leaving few paths back to work — Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
More: Joanne Jacobs. X: @vinodsrinivasan. Bluesky: @bachynski, @joeycoleman.ca, and @ndhapple
Forums: r/stupidpol, r/technology, and r/anime_titties
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times — Microsoft was sued Friday by the parent company of its hometown daily newspaper, The Seattle Times Co., which joined with Newsday …
More: The Verge, Newsday, TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable, Thurrott, Reuters, New York Times, PPC Land, The Hans India, Digit, Unite.AI, and Mercury News
X: @givnerariel, @seattletimes, and @ednewtonrex
| Simon Foy / Financial Times: |
Sources: UBS requires AI skills when hiring junior investment bankers, making it one of the first major financial institutions to explicitly require AI literacy — Graduates and interns hoping to join Swiss bank must show they can use the technology to improve outcomes and efficiency
Bluesky: @caseynewton
| Emily Forlini / Fortune: |
OpenAI quietly updates its evaluation metrics for GPT-6 Astra, making changes that appear to favor Astra and continuing to revise other metrics after launch — OpenAI has changed several evaluation benchmarks for its GPT-6 Astra model since first publishing a blog post announcement mid-afternoon on Sept. 3.
More: The Decoder and The Kaitchup
X: @emilyforlini, @katiemiller, @mark_k, @emilyforlini, @jeremyakahn, and @garymarcus. Forums: r/BetterOffline
| Morgan Meaker / Bloomberg: |
As researchers begin applying AI to understand animal communication, bioethicists warn it could give humans new ways to manipulate, exploit, and harm animals — AI could transform our understanding of other species. It also risks giving humans powerful new ways to manipulate, exploit and harm them.Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Zoho Sign takes a bite of Apple's latest: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate — It's September, and you know the drill. Apple just handed us a fresh batch of releases, and there's plenty to look forward …
Zoho Sign takes a bite of Apple's latest: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate — It's September, and you know the drill. Apple just handed us a fresh batch of releases, and there's plenty to look forward …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Channels with Peter Kafka:
AI Wants to Shop for You. What Could Go Wrong?
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Invest Like the Best:
Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Sources:
Baseten's CEO on why every company will want to own its AI
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Training Data:
Box's Aaron Levie: On Reinventing Yourself in the AI Age and Enterprise Diffusion
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Andrew Feldman from Cerebras
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Acquired:
The Home Depot
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:50 PM ET, September 6, 2026.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
NPR:Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Kinling Lo / Rest of World: |
More: Unite.AI. X: @counternotions, @restofworld, and @restofworld. LinkedIn: Sunil Nair. Bluesky: @restofworld.org
Earlier Picks
| Mishal Husain / Bloomberg: |
More: New York Times, Telegraph, Noahpinion, and Bloomberg Podcasts on YouTube
X: @kaifulee, @kaifulee, @mishalhusain, @mishalhusain, @mishalhusain, @business, and @mishalhusain. LinkedIn: Kai-Fu Lee
Forums: r/Futurology and r/China
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |