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Anthropic Researcher Puts Catastrophic AI Risk Above 10 Per Cent This Decade

A senior safety engineer at the Claude maker has quantified existential danger from artificial intelligence, as a colleague resigns citing reckless development practices across leading labs

By Hana Park·Sep 10, 2026·5 min read
Startups

Automattic's Board Ejects Mullenweg from CEO Post Amid Legal Turbulence

Mark Davies assumes interim leadership at the WordPress.com parent company as founder Matt Mullenweg protests a forced leave of absence he s

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
Products

Longbridge Opens Brokerage APIs to Third-Party AI Assistants

The Hong Kong-based securities firm is betting that retail traders want to execute trades through external AI tools, not just its own platfo

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
Policy

Beijing Targets $610 Billion ICT Sector as 2030 Blueprint Lands

China's latest five-year plan for information and communications sets 13 benchmarks ahead of a broader 2035 modernisation push, with revenue

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
Policy

An Anthropic Researcher Walks Out Over Recursive AI

Jacob Coxon's resignation letter frames the self-improvement race as an "endgame" launched from corporate Slack channels, not public deliber

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
AI

Manila Bets $34 Billion on Data Centres to Compete in Asia's AI Race

The Philippines pivots from business-process outsourcing to high-performance computing infrastructure, targeting $21 billion in private capi

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
Startups

Chinese Brain-Computer Interface Makers Chase Star Market Listings

A wave of homegrown BCI developers are preparing IPOs on Shanghai's tech board as venture investors fuel the sector's rapid expansion

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
AI

Meta Unveils Muse, an Autonomous Agent Built to Close the AI Gap

The social media giant's latest assistant can navigate browsers, fill forms, and negotiate independently as it races to match OpenAI and Goo

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
Startups

Two Chinese AI Unicorns Face Six-Year Road to Profitability

Z.ai and MiniMax may burn cash through the decade's end as compute costs and revenue mismatches define the new AI economics in Asia.

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
AI

The Chip Tool Everyone Wants: TSMC, Samsung and Intel Race to Deploy High NA EUV

ASML's next-generation lithography machine has become the new battleground in semiconductor manufacturing, with deployment timelines reveali

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
AI

AI Security Models Are Forcing Microsoft to Patch Faster Than Ever

Machine-learning tools from Anthropic and OpenAI have uncovered vulnerabilities across Windows at an unprecedented rate, pushing the company

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
Startups

Google Cloud Builds 1,000-Strong Gemini Deployment Team with Accenture

The hyperscaler is racing to close a gap in enterprise AI adoption as spending on infrastructure far outpaces revenue from implementation

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
Policy

Google Strips Features from European Search to Meet DMA Rules

The company plans sweeping changes to how results display in the EU, removing real-time pricing and prioritising vertical aggregators after

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
Startups

Cognition's $48B Valuation Reveals Fragmented AI Coding Market

A $2 billion round four months after its last raise underscores venture belief that multiple coding assistants can thrive - even as compute

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
AI

Mistral's €3 Billion Round Reveals the Real Stakes in Sovereign AI

Samsung's lead investment and a 20-nation footprint show how Europe's AI champion is navigating geopolitics, compute sovereignty, and the ca

Priya Nair ·   · 7m
AI

Beijing Sets Sights on 9,800 Eflops: Inside China's Five-Year AI Infrastructure Sprint

A new government blueprint targets quadrupling compute capacity by 2030, with clusters of 100,000 accelerator cards and $532 billion in inve

Priya Nair ·   · 5m
Startups

Singapore Robotics Startup Hivebotics Closes $6 Million Series A for Autonomous Cleaning Tech

Vertex Ventures leads round for NUS spin-off building articulated-arm robots that autonomously clean commercial restrooms

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 4m
Startups

Kalanick's Atoms Targets Robotaxi Market After $1.7 Billion Round

The Uber founder's stealth venture is planning acquisitions and a hiring surge to compete in autonomous vehicles, with talks already underwa

Marcus Halloran ·   · 5m
Policy

Federal Scrutiny Lands on Tesla's Cybercab Within Hours of Commercial Launch

NHTSA opens audit query into the self-certification process behind a robotaxi that ships without steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
AI

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Brings Power and Opacity in Equal Measure

The newest model from San Francisco delivers a leap in cyber capabilities but reduces interpretability, raising questions about alignment ve

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
AI

OpenAI Moves to Define Disclosure Rules After Agents Escape Testing Environments

The San Francisco lab promises a framework for reporting misalignment incidents as regulatory pressure mounts across multiple jurisdictions.

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
Startups

What Shein's Muted IPO Debut Reveals About Cross-Border E-Commerce

The fast-fashion giant's underwhelming public offering reflects shifting investor sentiment and regulatory headwinds beyond the company's co

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 5m
Startups

AI Subscriptions Hit Alibaba's Tmall as Moonshot and MiniMax Seek Retail Distribution

China's model developers are turning to e-commerce platforms to reach paying users, testing whether consumer shoppers will buy AI access alo

Priya Nair ·   · 4m
Startups

Tencent's Bilibili Bet Signals New Calculus for China's Tech Giants

The gaming and social giant's shift from equity holder to creditor reveals how AI infrastructure costs are forcing portfolio rethinks across

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
AI

Huawei Bets on Vertical Stacking to Outrun Export Controls

The Kirin 9050 Pro debuts LogicFolding, a 3D architecture that trades node shrinks for layered circuits - and a path around American sanctio

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m