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…
Moonshot AI Targets $2 Billion Revenue Run Rate as Kimi K3 Usage Grows
Chinese AI company Moonshot AI is targeting $2 billion in annualized revenue by the end of 2026, twice its reported run rate in August, according to Bloomberg. The target follows…
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…
European Battery Startups Turn to Nanotechnology After Gigafactory Setbacks
European battery startups are focusing on specialized materials and manufacturing technology as the region searches for ways to compete after high-profile failures including Northvolt and Morrow. Dutch companies LeydenJar and…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500 Million as AI Powers 93% of Its Catalog
Indian audio storytelling platform Pocket FM has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in content…
Bending Spoons Agrees to Buy Miro for $1.36 Billion, Far Below 2021 Valuation
Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire workplace collaboration company Miro for $1.36 billion in cash, giving the company an equity value of about $1.79 billion after accounting for its net…
Maven Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million to Scale Industrial Robots
Maven Robotics has emerged from stealth after raising $100 million from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Markets Ventures. The Santa Clara startup plans to build 250 third-generation robots and…