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Sam Altman says OpenAI and Anthropic still have a fundamentally different worldview on AI regulation, arguing that AI's benefits justify accepting some risks — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said there remains a fundamental difference in worldview between his company and rival Anthropic …
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Q&A with Sam Altman on his kids, his rivalries, pronatalism, “prepping” for the apocalypse, new products, the IPO delay, Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, and more — In an exclusive video interview, the OpenAI CEO discusses ChatGPT and suicide prevention, safety breaches …
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| Ben Berkowitz / Axios: |
Sam Altman says he's “very uncomfortable” with attributing “religious force” to AI, calling it “a real safety issue”, as Anthropic meets with religious leaders — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI …
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| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Huawei agrees to a multiyear patent licensing deal with Qualcomm covering AI, 5G, computing, and networking tech, its first 5G licensing deal with Qualcomm — China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) said on Monday it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm (QCOM.O) …
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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
OpenAI says it will begin testing a visual ad format in ChatGPT later in October in the US, displaying clearly labeled visual ads while users generate images — OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images.
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| Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
The CFTC proposes a federal framework for crypto exchanges to offer retail customers leveraged and margined spot trading, without requiring congressional action — The agency floated a new “crypto asset market” exchange category but said it can't require crypto to trade on CFTC platforms without Congress.
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| OpenAI: |
To comply with the EU AI Act, OpenAI plans to add text watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU and an opt-in setting for API customers globally — - Starting today, API customers globally will be able to opt in to text watermarking for select models.
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| Scott Patterson / Bloomberg: |
OKX and ICE's joint venture OKXICE is seeking US SEC approval to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed companies, leveraging new rules on tokenized stocks — OKX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized-stock trading platform … | Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
The IWF says it assessed 6,310 AI-generated images that met the legal definition of CSAM in H1 2026, 40% more than the 4,500+ images assessed in all of 2025 — Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year's total
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| BBC: |
An official says the DOD has stopped using Anthropic's tools; sources: Claude was in use as recently as last week, including in military operations against Iran — Technology reporter in San Francisco and — The US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic's AI tools …
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| New York Magazine: |
Q&A with AI researchers Jacob Coxon, Daniel Kokotajlo, Alex Turner, and others on leaving AI labs, AGI's dangers, planned IPOs, AI safety, oversight, and more — Exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind. — On September 8, Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic employee …
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| Annika Inampudi / Bloomberg: |
In a first-of-its-kind pilot in the US, Nolla Health will use AI to diagnose and prescribe acne medications to Utah patients without direct human oversight — In a first-of-its-kind pilot, Nolla Health lets AI diagnose and issue prescriptions. — An AI-based healthcare startup on Monday … | Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: |
Munich-based RobCo, which makes robotic arms and automation software, sells $40M of shares at a $1B+ valuation, up from ~$500M after raising $100M in January — German company aims to capitalize on growing demand for autonomous industrial robots — German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares …
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| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Cohere launches North 2, an update to its enterprise agent platform with cross-session memory and a redesigned harness, available across cloud and on-premises — Cohere is going after two common enterprise agent problems with North 2, the new version of its enterprise agent platform.
More: Cohere, Globe and Mail, Unite.AI, SiliconANGLE, and The Logic
| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
Meta, TikTok, and X challenge UK's Ofcom over the amount of info it is demanding under the Online Safety Act, saying it creates unprecedented regulatory burdens — Meta (META.O), TikTok and X are challenging British regulator Ofcom over the amount of information it is demanding …
More: Law360
| Wall Street Journal: |
Survey: only 11% of 396 businesses could forecast AI spending; Microsoft finds lower-priced models cost more than higher-priced ones on 32% of 6,800+ tasks — Artificial-intelligence use is measured in tokens, but the models' use of tokens at any given task can be unpredictable| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
CTS: Chinese logic and memory chipmakers have imported 343 ASML immersion DUV lithography scanners from 2012 to early 2026, many of which can make 7nm chips — China, apparently, has significant immersion DUV capability. … Chinese chipmakers have accumulated an estimated 343 immersion … | Phoebe Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Nico Caprez, son-in-law to Jensen Huang, rapidly ascended to become an Nvidia VP, serving as its main contact for neoclouds and Huang's “consigliere” — A little over a week ago, Madison Huang, a rising star at Nvidia and the daughter of its CEO, celebrated her wedding in Hawaii.
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| Financial Times: |
French conglomerate Schneider Electric agrees to acquire US engineering software provider PTC for $23.7B in cash, paying $205 per share, its largest acquisition — Takeover is French conglomerate's largest and enhances its products focused on manufacturers
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