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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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OpenAI Unveils Dots, New A.I. Agents to Rival Meta’s Muse (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
The ChatGPT maker unveiled agents that act as assistants, just weeks after Meta released Muse, as it faces scrutiny over incidents involving its technology.
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College Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
Over 90 percent of Ukraine’s scientific discoveries have been attributed to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, including advancements in astronomy and military technology.
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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns (Mon, 28 Sep 2026)
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.
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Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever (Mon, 28 Sep 2026)
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
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Dario Amodei of Anthropic to Dine With Trump at White House (Sun, 27 Sep 2026)
Dario Amodei, who is also the company’s chief executive, will join the president at the White House for a private dinner. Mr. Trump has dismissed his cautions.
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As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind (Sun, 27 Sep 2026)
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
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TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million to Settle Social Media Addiction Claims (Sat, 26 Sep 2026)
The settlement, which also includes changes to the platform’s features, is the latest in a string of agreements by companies to address child addiction.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.
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Anthropic’s Blacklisting by the Pentagon Was Legal, Federal Judges Rule (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
The Pentagon had “ample support for its conclusion” that the A.I. company’s products could pose a national security risk, according to a Washington appeals court.
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Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies? (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.
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The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
Ezra Klein interviews the Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
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Chatbots Are Not Your Friends (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
Our cozy relationship with A.I. chatbots can lead to “artificial intimacy,” says one expert. Here’s how to keep it in check.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying Something On (Fri, 25 Sep 2026)
Meta’s C.E.O. talks for the first time about his style evolution.
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U.S. Intercedes for Elon Musk’s X Over European Fine (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.
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Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.
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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.
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Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space? (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.
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Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027 (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting (Thu, 24 Sep 2026)
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I. (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.
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America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.
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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.
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Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging? (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
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Gerard Barron, Metals Company Chief, Makes the Case for Seafloor Mining (Wed, 23 Sep 2026)
The head of the company hoping to become the first to conduct commercial deep-sea mining said mines on land had a much larger environmental footprint.
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