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September 25, 2026, 3:55 PM
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
A federal appeals court upholds DOD's Anthropic blacklisting, finding Claude's integration with DOD systems is “a statutorily covered national-security risk”  —  Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft launches its Copilot “super app”, bundling chat, coding, and agents into a single interface, and rebrands its AI assistant Scout as Autopilot  —  The new Copilot merges AI chat, coding, and Autopilot agents.  —  After teasing its new Copilot “super app” …
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Bill Gates warns about the catastrophic risk posed by “people with ill intent using the latest AI tools”, which are powerful enough to “cause a billion deaths”  —  Bill Gates will warn on this weekend's “Meet the Press” that he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity.
The Information:
Sources: Tesla ramped up Optimus production to several hundred units per week but faces hurdles with its hands, automation equipment, and supplier constraints  —  Tesla has ramped up production of its Optimus humanoid robot roughly tenfold in recent months, but the company is still struggling …
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft confirms that 2026 Surface PCs have dropped the Copilot+ PC branding, even though they meet all the requirements of Copilot+ devices  —  In a new interview, Microsoft Surface CVP confirms that its new Surface PCs are no longer called Copilot+ PCs, but will still support all Copilot+ features.
Ashley Gold / Semafor:
The US stood alone in dismissing AI safety concerns at the UN, leaving nations to set nonbinding rules without buy-in from the home of the biggest AI companies  —  ASHLEY'S VIEW  —  The White House and its allies are lonely in their insistence that AI development in America must accelerate without governments setting ground rules.
More: Politico
Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
Jensen Huang tells Ezra Klein that AI is just software whose existential risks are overstated, yet his standards would shut down OpenAI and 10x safety spending  —  Jensen Huang accidentally called for shutting down OpenAI and intentionally called for spending vastly more on safety.
Wall Street Journal:
Project Jupiter, the New Mexico data center for which Oracle made major financial commitments, faces power and permitting hurdles, exposing Oracle's AI risks  —  Oracle sent a force majeure notice to developer, has removed a key partner and faces local resistance in ‘Project Jupiter’
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Ando, which is building a team messaging platform for both humans and AI agents, comes out of stealth with $20M in pre-seed and seed funding  —  When Sara Du was helping companies build MCP servers in 2025, people kept asking her how they could use AI agents from within Slack itself.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump says Scott Bessent is not “going to be Super Intelligence (SI) Czar”, because “he doesn't want to” and Trump wants to keep him at the Treasury  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not be tapped to be his artificial intelligence czar.
Reuters:
Sources: SK Hynix's US-based NAND and SSD subsidiary Solidigm is exploring an IPO as early as 2027 that could raise $15B and value the unit at up to $150B  —  Chipmaker SK Hynix's (000660.KS) Solidigm is considering an initial public offering as early as next year that could value the US subsidiary …
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Matthew Brockett / Bloomberg:
Bitget halts withdrawals after detecting unauthorized transfers from some hot and warm wallets, affecting ~$351.6M; CEO Gracy Chen says “user funds are safe”  —  Crypto exchange Bitget said it detected unauthorized transfers from some of its hot- and warm-wallet infrastructure and activated emergency response protocols.

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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico ask a federal judge for a preliminary injunction to keep their White House access restored after a temporary order expires October 8

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Paramount and 12 state AGs defend their antitrust settlement after a judge held off on approving the settlement citing concerns raised by Senator Cory Booker

Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
NYT and other publishers ask a court to disregard the DOJ's statement supporting OpenAI in their copyright suit, saying the Trump administration may be biased

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New York Times:
Massachusetts' gambling regulator says it will examine how DraftKings and other betting companies in the state are using AI, in response to a NYT investigation
New York Times:
Report: insurers claim hospitals' AI use was responsible for ~$1B in extra expenses in 2024-25, as hospitals collect more patient data and submit larger claims
Chris Metinko / Axios:
Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to expand the capabilities of its AI coworker Genie; Row Zero raised a $10M seed led by IA Ventures last year

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Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
Anthropic commits to spending $11.6B over seven years on Akamai cloud services and secures an option to take a stake of up to 5%; AKAM jumps 17%+ after hours
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customers
Megan Howard / Bloomberg:
The Fed unveils stablecoin proposals, including requiring some issuers to fully back tokens with permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury bills
Bloomberg:
The US files an application with the EU's General Court in support of X's effort to annul a 2025 €120M DSA fine, arguing the EU engaged in regulatory overreach
Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal:
New York AG Letitia James sues Polymarket US, alleging that the site is illegally running a gambling operation, as part of NY's crackdown on prediction markets
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address
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