OpenAI bets regulation can do what voluntary slowdowns cannot
OpenAI is pursuing two tracks simultaneously: telling employees it may slow frontier AI development and asking Congress both to mandate national safety rules and to clarify whether an industry-wide pause would survive antitrust scrutiny. T…
Tulloch exits Meta for Anthropic after one year and a reported $1.5B package
Andrew Tulloch, the AI researcher whose recruitment to Meta drew attention for a compensation package reportedly worth as much as $1.5 billion over six years, is leaving the company after roughly one year to join Anthropic . Tulloch delaye…
Anthropic disrupts Russian state hackers using Claude to evade malware detection
Anthropic disclosed that cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers have been using its Claude models for cyber attacks, weapons design, propaganda, and mass surveillance between December 2025 and August 2026 . The company said it disrupted…
Oracle cloud infrastructure revenue doubles as AI contracts top $30B in quarter
Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $19.35 billion, up nearly 30% year over year, beating LSEG consensus estimates of $19.14 billion . Cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubled, jumping 121% to $7.4 billion against estimate…
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RANKED · 11 THIS DAYCalifornia bars addictive social media for under-16s, curbs AI chatbots in 13-bill package
California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 10 signed 13 bills into law restricting how social media platforms and AI chatbots interact with minors, in what the governor called the most far-reaching package of its kind in the nation . Th…
Newsom signs two AI safety-evaluation bills backed by OpenAI and Anthropic
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Wednesday regulating how independent groups evaluate AI systems for safety . Both OpenAI and Anthropic publicly supported the legislation . Newsom acted shortly after posts by former AI…
OpenAI Pauses New Pro Subscriptions as Astra Demand Strains Infrastructure
OpenAI has temporarily halted new sign-ups for its $200-per-month Pro plan, citing infrastructure strain driven by demand for Astra, the company's newest model . Tibo, OpenAI's product leader for core products including Codex and ChatGPT,…
DOJ Probes Nvidia Corp.'s Groq Deal for Possible Antitrust Evasion
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Nvidia Corp. structured its 2025 deal with Groq to avoid antitrust review, according to reporting by the New York Times and Bloomberg.com . The DOJ sent Nvidia Corp. a formal document…
Universal Music Group Taps ElevenLabs for Licensed AI Remix Platform
Universal Music Group is building an AI-powered platform with ElevenLabs that will let users create remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks drawn from the label's licensed catalog . The deal, structured as a multiyear licensing agreement,…
HBM costs drive 20%–60% price hikes across Chinese AI accelerators
Huawei has raised the indicated price of its Ascend 950DT accelerator card to more than 250,000 yuan, roughly 20% to 50% above quotes given about two months earlier depending on contract terms, Reuters reported citing two people . Bloomberg…
Microsoft targets 38-plus GW of data center capacity by 2032, tripling current base
Microsoft is planning to expand its data center capacity from approximately 12 gigawatts today to more than 38 gigawatts by 2032, a move that would triple the company's computing power, according to Bloomberg . About a third of the planned…