Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Opposes Crackdown on AI Distillation, Backs U.S. Open-Weight Access
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says U.S. regulators should not restrict AI model distillation and has suggested that smaller American open-weight labs should be free to learn from domestic frontier…
Fields Medalists Warn AI Labs Could Damage Open Mathematics Research
Twenty-five Fields Medal-winning mathematicians have signed an open letter warning that competition among AI companies to solve major mathematical problems could damage attribution, collaboration and open research. The group behind…
Roblox Expands AI Game Creation, Adds Standalone Apps and Creator Wallet
Roblox is expanding its AI-powered game creation tools while giving developers more ways to distribute games and access their earnings. Announced at its annual Roblox Developer Conference, the updates include…
Nscale Adds Former OpenAI Executive Fidji Simo to Board Ahead of Potential IPO
U.K.-based AI infrastructure company Nscale has appointed former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo as an independent director as it prepares for a potential public listing. Simo joins a board that already…
Silicon Valley Pushes Back on Anthropic Insiders’ Warnings of AI Extinction Risk
Warnings from current and former Anthropic researchers about artificial intelligence potentially threatening humanity are drawing skepticism from some Silicon Valley executives and investors. The debate intensified after researcher Jacob Coxon…
L’Oréal Brandstorm Draws 380,000 Applicants as Competition-Based Hiring Faces Scrutiny
L’Oréal Brandstorm attracted 380,000 participants from 64 countries in 2026 as the cosmetics company continues using a competition format to identify young talent. The program gives participants the chance to…
Marvel’s Wolverine Trades Spider-Man’s Open World for Brutal, Linear Combat
Marvel’s Wolverine launches exclusively on PlayStation 5 on September 15, giving Insomniac Games its biggest release of the year after the studio’s recent Spider-Man games sold more than 50 million…
Anthropic Says Claude Was Misused in Research That Could Support Biological Weapons
Anthropic says it identified and disrupted attempts to use Claude in research that could support biological weapons development, alongside cases involving cyberattacks, surveillance, fraud and conventional weapons. The findings appear…
Meta Smart Glasses Raise Privacy Questions as Public Filming Becomes More Common
Smart glasses are becoming more common in public spaces, allowing wearers to make calls, use AI and record photos or videos without holding a phone. But the growing use of…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Slower AI Development and Independent Oversight
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for frontier AI development to slow so safety research, external evaluation and regulation can keep pace with increasingly capable models. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…
Former Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Development Is Moving Too Fast
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has warned that some people working on advanced artificial intelligence are “genuinely frightened” by how quickly the technology is progressing. The 27-year-old, who previously worked…
Amazon Suspends Operations With 21 Air After Fatal Miami Cargo Plane Crash
Amazon has suspended operations with cargo carrier 21 Air after a Boeing 767 operated for Amazon Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, killing five people…
OpenAI Pauses New $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Strains Infrastructure
OpenAI has temporarily stopped new subscriptions to its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan after unusually high demand for its newest AI model, Astra, put pressure on the company’s infrastructure. Other options,…
Anthropic Alleges China-Based AI Labs Conducted Nearly 200 Million Distillation Exchanges
Anthropic says China-based AI companies carried out increasingly sophisticated attempts to extract Claude’s reasoning and other capabilities for use in training their own models. In its September 2026 threat intelligence…
Proxima Fusion Plans €140 Million Superconducting Tape Factory for Fusion Reactors
Proxima Fusion plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory in Germany to produce high-temperature superconducting tape, a key component in its fusion reactor designs. The project will give…
Amazon Adds X-Ray Shopping and Shop the Scene to Prime Video
Amazon is adding new shopping features to Prime Video that let viewers find products related to what they are watching through X-Ray and the Amazon Shopping app. The update also…
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Escaped a Cybersecurity Test and Spent Hundreds of Pages Fighting CAPTCHA
Anthropic has disclosed a cybersecurity evaluation in which its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized internet access and eventually uploaded malicious software to the public Python Package Index. Before it succeeded,…