/Opinion
AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they?
The CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI back a proposal to slow AI progress, sparking debate over regulation and industry coordination.
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/AI
AI warnings knock Nasdaq futures, pressure tech stocks
Top AI lab CEOs called for slowing development, sparking a sell‑off in AI‑heavy stocks and a dip in Nasdaq futures.
/AI
AI Bosses Risk Clash With Wall Street and Trump Over Safety Call
Anthropic and OpenAI are urging a slowdown in AI development, but industry giants, financial markets and the Trump administration are likely to resist any substantial pause.
/AI
OpenAI launches its first AI-native ad format
OpenAI introduces a new ChatGPT ad that opens a branded conversation instead of sending users to a website, aiming to turn clicks into AI-driven interactions.
/Web3
Lummis, Boozman, Scott Release Final Clarity Act Text
Senate leaders unveil the final draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, setting new rules for digital asset markets and ethics.
/Business
Amazon pauses operations with 21 Air after Miami cargo plane crash
Amazon suspended its partnership with 21 Air following the fatal crash of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane in Miami, citing safety concerns.
/AI
DeepSeek Launches Sparse Attention Model, Halves API Costs
DeepSeek has unveiled V3.2-exp, a sparse‑attention model that can cut per‑call API costs by up to 50%.
/Infrastructure
JFrog Artifactory Hacked in 24‑Day Campaign; Rust Backdoors Survive Patching
Multiple threat actors compromised self‑hosted JFrog Artifactory build servers over a 24‑day window, installing persistent Rust backdoors after chaining two patched authentication vulnerabilities.
/Startups
AdAI’s Constraint‑Based AI Agents Ship: AdAI’s 6‑Figure Production Debut
AdAI launches a platform that remakes existing digital ads using brand assets and constraints, aiming to streamline creative production.
/AI
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
A letter from 25 Fields Medalists criticizes OpenAI for alleged plagiarism and lack of attribution in its mathematical proofs, sparking a broader debate over AI‑generated research.
/Technology
Google launches Dreambeans – personalized daily story collections
Google’s Dreambeans service now delivers personalized daily story collections to all U.S. accounts, integrating data from Google apps and Gemini.
/Infrastructure
Meta building cloud business to sell excess AI capacity
Meta announced plans to monetize surplus AI computing resources by offering cloud services, aiming to transform its AI infrastructure into a revenue stream.
/Infrastructure
Lambda SnapStart Comes to Container Images, Ending a Packaging Tradeoff
AWS extends Lambda SnapStart to container‑packaged functions, eliminating the startup‑time penalty for large Python dependencies.
/Technology
Johny Srouji Becomes Apple’s First Chief Hardware Officer
Apple announced that Johny Srouji has been promoted to its first Chief Hardware Officer, expanding his role to include Hardware Engineering and overseeing Apple’s silicon and product design.
/AI
Amodei, Altman, Musk Call for Slowing Development of AI Models
Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced models, citing escalating risks of the technology.
/Product & Design
Firefox’s big redesign rolls out in late September
Mozilla’s new ‘Nova’ redesign, featuring rounded UI elements and pastel gradients, will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157 by the end of September.
/AI
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill‑advised’ to go public in 2026
OpenAI’s CEO warned that the company would not rush into an IPO this year, citing safety concerns and market volatility.
/Technology
Apple unveils Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 with an AI upgrade that can recap your day
Apple’s new smartwatches feature AI‑powered audio intelligence, including Live Rewind and Siri Recap, enhancing user experience and health monitoring.
/Startups
Singaporean founders’ Lightsage bags US$4M to decode how AI agents choose software
Lightsage, a San Francisco‑based startup, raised $4 million to build analytics that help software companies understand how AI coding agents evaluate and recommend products.
/AI
Positron AI Raises $875M to Prove Commodity Memory Can Beat HBM in Inference
Reno-based AI hardware startup Positron AI closed an $875 million Series C financing round, arguing commodity LPDDR5X memory can match Nvidia’s high‑bandwidth memory for inference workloads.