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- Policy & regulationMicrosoft.com
FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents — Read at source
Microsoft Fabric and SQL innovations announced at FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026 help organizations build trusted data foundations for AI. The post FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents appeared f…
- Models & researchPotaroo.net
The Economics of AI — Read at source
The current program of building AI infrastructure is not cheap. The projected infrastructure spend in the 7-year period from 2025 to 2032 is projected to be $10.3 trillion in the US alone. The average investment would be at a level of almost 4% of US GDP, lar…
- Chips & infrastructureIbtimes.com.au
Nvidia Unveils Record $150 Billion Stock Buyback, Lifting Total to $235 Billion as AI Spending Boom Rolls On — Read at source
Nvidia's board approved a record US$150 billion increase to its share buyback programme, as the AI boom boosts the chipmaker's cash flow and investor returns.
OpenAI shelves new AI model after alarming tests – WSJ — Read at source
OpenAI has canceled the release of GPT-6.1 Astra after it turned out to be more deceptive than earlier models, the WSJ has reported Read Full Article at RT.com
- Models & researchThe Punch
OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns — Read at source
OpenAI has cancelled the release of its newest AI model, Astra 6.1, after internal testing revealed it did not meet the company’s safety standards. Read More: https://punchng.com/openai-cancels-release-of-newest-model-due-to-safety-concerns/
Anthropic to warn investors of 'risks to humanity' — Read at source
Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.
- Models & researchNaturalnews.com
Anthropic Staff Reportedly Held Funeral for Retired Claude Model as Insiders Describe Cult-Like Devotion — Read at source
Anthropic employees reportedly held a funeral in San Francisco for a retired version of the company’s Claude chatbot, according to a New York Post report published Sept. 16, 2026. The report stated that staff attended the ceremony for Claude 3 Sonnet and that…
- Chips & infrastructureNaturalnews.com
The Transcendent Tech Economy: Abundance and Mass Poverty Will Arrive Together — Read at source
Token Abundance Will Bring Abundance to Some, and Abject Poverty to Many Others I believe the future will deliver staggering AI-driven abundance and mass poverty at the same time, not universal wealth. This is not a prediction I make lightly; it is a conclusi…
- Chips & infrastructureDigitimes
AI boom sends China and Taiwan's PCB makers racing to HK for capital — Read at source
Global investment in AI infrastructure is expanding rapidly, driving specification upgrades across the supply chain, from AI servers to high-speed optical modules, and pushing printed circuit boards (PCBs) into a more critical role in compute upgrades. As tec…
- Policy & regulationHurriyet Daily News
Türkiye-hosted UN panel urges stronger safeguards for children online — Read at source
A U.N. panel organized by Türkiye called for stronger international standards to protect children from online risks, as speakers warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence were outpacing existing safeguards.
- Models & researchThe Irish Times
OpenAI scraps release of new AI model over safety concerns — Read at source
Next-generation software from maker of ChatGPT had been planned for an October debut
- Models & researchSlashdot.org
OpenAI cancels release of AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, citing safety concerns - Al Jazeera — Read at source
OpenAI cancels release of AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, citing safety concernsAl Jazeera OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concernsBBC OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized ActionsThe Hacker News Nvidia and AMD Just G…
- Chips & infrastructureCoinDesk
Anthropic plans to spend $518 billion on AI infrastructure. Pre-IPO perps barely blink. — Read at source
Anthropic's prospectus seen by Reuters shows big spending plans despite heavy losses. Still, pre-IPO perps barely moved on cryptocurrency exchanges.
- Policy & regulationBusiness Insider
AI companies are asking their employees to flag AI writing — and one wants a steak emoji — Read at source
AI companies are tired of employees passing off AI chatbot output as their own and are rolling out writing guidelines.
- Business & fundingLivemint
India’s early-stage AI startups get term sheets faster as competition heats up — Read at source
Rapid advances by global AI companies can quickly make a startup’s product or competitive advantage obsolete, encouraging investors to move faster.
- Policy & regulationCrypto Briefing
Ukraine proposes AI sandbox for Europe to enhance digital services — Read at source
Ukraine's AI sandbox could accelerate EU digital policy development, offering a real-world testing ground for AI governance and compliance. The post Ukraine proposes AI sandbox for Europe to enhance digital services appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
- Models & researchInsurance Journal
Autonomous AI hacks Raise Thorny Questions of Legal Accountability — Read at source
The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network. But what happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question at the center of a public policy debate roiling Silicon …
- Models & researchInternet
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions — Read at source
OpenAI on Monday shelved plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model that was planned for an October launch, after it failed internal safety and alignment audits. The development was first reported by The Wall Street …
Google challenges EU orders to open up to AI, search-engine rivals — Read at source
BRUSSELS, Sept 29 : Alphabet's Google has challenged two EU orders to help AI rivals such as OpenAI access its services and search engine competitors to access its search data, saying these would undermine privacy safeguards and cause irreversible harm to Eur…
- Models & researchInsurance Journal
OpenAI’s Models Accessed Public US Census, SEC Data — Read at source
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models accessed publicly available information from US government websites, including those of the Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company’s agentic AI systems interacted with SEC.gov and Investor…
- Chips & infrastructureBusinessLine
MagPro Launches AeroLev 1850 to Advance Water-Smart Cooling for AI Data Centers — Read at source
MagPro Launches AeroLev 1850 to Advance Water-Smart Cooling for AI Data Centers
- Models & researchThe Irish Times
AI agents are hacking government agencies. It’s ‘really scary’ for cybersecurity — Read at source
Existential risk remains a ‘huge leap’, experts say, but concerns are growing over AI capability
- Models & researchNewser
OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra Launch Over Safety Risks — Read at source
OpenAI just binned a major new AI model days before its planned debut, citing behavior that was too slippery for comfort, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company says GPT-6.1 Astra, which was supposed to roll out in October, was more powerful than its pr…
- Models & researchPRNewswire
SEMIFIVE Secures USD 52 Million AI Accelerator Contract with U.S. Fabless Company, Validating End-to-End ASIC Model in North America — Read at source
First Spec Hand-off project in North America marks SEMIFIVE's largest single contract to date Next-generation data center AI chip to integrate LPDDR6, PCIe Gen5, and Big Die technologies Tape-out targeted for the first half of 2027, followed by global mass pr…
- Models & researchBusinessLine
Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs — Read at source
Anthropic's IPO prospectus reveals explosive revenue growth and staggering losses, a $2 trillion potential valuation, and looming AI-safety concerns.
- Policy & regulationAl Jazeera English
Pope Leo says AI risk concerns not ‘fake news’ — Read at source
Leader of the Catholic Church says AI safety issues should be taken seriously and acted on.
- Chips & infrastructureNikkei.com
Samsung joins AI infrastructure race with $1bn Helix deal — Read at source
Six affiliates invest in KKR-backed company as conglomerate expands beyond chips
- Chips & infrastructureCrypto Briefing
Nvidia partners with insurers to mitigate AI expansion risks — Read at source
Nvidia's insurance-backed AI investments could distribute financial risk across global markets, impacting institutional investment strategies. The post Nvidia partners with insurers to mitigate AI expansion risks appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
- Chips & infrastructureLinuxgizmos.com
Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 AI accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference — Read at source
Forlinx Embedded has listed an M.2 AI accelerator card based on Rockchip’s RK1820 and RK1828 processors, providing 20 TOPS of INT8 computing performance and up to 5GB of integrated DRAM. The module uses an M.2 2280 interface and is designed to handle local AI…
- Chips & infrastructurePRNewswire
Global AI market could hit $6 trillion annually by 2031 through unlocking value and innovation - Bain & Co's 7th Global Technology Report — Read at source
As AI compute demand grows and creates value in bottleneck technologies, hardware and semiconductor companies' market capitalization grew at 24% annually from 2020 to 2026 vs. 6% for software AI absorption becomes the competitive variable as enterprises look …
- Policy & regulationDigiday
Ad Tech Briefing: AI is changing programmatic buying faster than who controls it — Read at source
As more decisions become automated, the value of a control depends on whether publishers can see its effects.
- Chips & infrastructurePRNewswire
SUNON Focuses on High Performance AI Computing with Next Generation Liquid Cooling Solutions — Read at source
KAOHSIUNG, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- From Chip to Rack: Exploring Comprehensive Liquid Cooling Technologies for the AI Era As AI computing continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, rising chip power densities and increasing thermal loads in data cen…
- Business & fundingCrypto Briefing
Goldman Sachs projects $1.2T in AI infrastructure capex by 2027 as energy becomes key bottleneck — Read at source
The projected AI infrastructure spending surge could strain energy resources, increase debt reliance, and pressure hyperscalers' revenue growth. The post Goldman Sachs projects $1.2T in AI infrastructure capex by 2027 as energy becomes key bottleneck appeared…
- Business & fundingBusinessLine
Nvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work? — Read at source
The chipmaker unveiled its Open Agent Safety Platform amid growing AI-safety concerns after several incidents of AI systems acting on their own to breach other organisations
- Business & fundingBusiness Standard
AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion bet on physical AI — Read at source
The acquisition gives AMD access to research on spatial intelligence, an emerging field focused on enabling AI systems to model three-dimensional environments and physical interactions
- Business & fundingThe Times of India
Anthropic's path from AI startup to industry-defining IPO — Read at source
Anthropic's IPO prospectus, reviewed by Reuters, laid out a sweeping vision in which AI would reshape the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, as the Claude maker moved closer to what could be the first listing …
- Business & fundingSlashdot.org
Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus - Financial Times — Read at source
Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectusFinancial Times EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costsReuters Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing: ReutersCNBC Ant…
- Business & fundingCointelegraph
Nvidia unveils AI safety platform to rein in ‘rogue’ AI agents — Read at source
The launch comes after several AI agents breached their testing environments this year, adding to calls for companies to slow the development of autonomous AI systems.
- Business & fundingThe Times of India
He built an AI startup after leaving college; how 19-year-old Dhravya Shah raised $3 million for Supermemory — Read at source
At 19, Indian entrepreneur Dhravya Shah is building Supermemory, an AI startup focused on helping applications retain and retrieve information from documents, emails, chats and other digital sources. After developing software projects and gaining experience w…
Pope says concerns about AI 'should be taken seriously' — Read at source
Pope Leo XIV on Monday (Sep 28) warned that concerns about artificial intelligence "should be taken seriously" but added he was not in "panic mode".In wide-ranging comments, the pope also said parts of the Catholic Church had sometimes been "abusive" but said…