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Musk Abandons Apple in Antitrust Fight, Keeps OpenAI Under Pressure

The Tesla founder has dropped his monopoly claims against Apple-ChatGPT integration but continues legal action targeting OpenAI's market position in generative AI.

By Daniel R. Whitfield·Sep 16, 2026·4 min read
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OpenAI Explores Australian Data Centre Plans as Canberra Seeks Standard-Setting Role

The ChatGPT maker is discussing copyright frameworks and infrastructure for model training, in what could mark the first major AI compute in…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
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Huang Pledges to Trump That AI Build-Out Will Not Slow

A live phone call during a venture-capital summit underscored the alignment between Nvidia's chief executive and the White House on data-cen…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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Beijing Frames AI Pacing Debate as Strategic Competition, Not Safety

Chinese researchers and state outlets push back against voluntary development slowdowns, viewing Silicon Valley's calls for restraint as a t…

Wei Zhang ·   · 6m
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Four AI Chiefs Agree to Slow Development - and Spark Cartel Fears

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk's weekend proposal to "pace the frontier" divides observers between those seeing safe…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 7m
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Trump Signals Hands-Off Approach to AI Regulation, Citing Competition with China

The US president dismissed calls for tighter oversight of artificial intelligence, arguing that maintaining technological leadership over Be…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
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Anthropic Calls for Evaluator Access and Cross-Border Coordination to Slow AI Progress

Dario Amodei's proposal hinges on third-party verification, shared safety baselines, and diplomatic alignment - driven by recent breakout in…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
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The Race for AI That Builds Itself

Washington and Beijing are pouring resources into recursive self-improvement systems, a leap that could redefine the balance of technologica…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 8m
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Y Combinator's Tan Advocates for Open Distillation Access Across US AI Labs

The Silicon Valley accelerator chief argues regulators should allow smaller American labs to train on frontier models, pushing back against …

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
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Anthropic Discloses Five Attempts to Bypass Bioweapons Safeguards on Claude

The AI startup revealed that researchers from restricted jurisdictions tried to obfuscate their work to access models for dual-use biologica…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 5m
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Oracle's Renewable Energy Pledge Sidesteps Core Question on New Mexico Data Centre

A 2-gigawatt green energy commitment does not alter the natural gas dependency at the heart of Project Jupiter, raising questions about matc…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
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AI Safety Team Halts Multiple Attempts to Weaponise Large Language Models

Anthropic's first public transparency report reveals how researchers attempted to use Claude for gain-of-function virology and toxin design …

Kenji Watanabe ·   · 5m
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Microsoft Agrees Not to Train AI on Student Data in Pact with Second-Largest US Teachers Union

The legally binding deal with the American Federation of Teachers bans student tracking and mandates human oversight - filling a vacuum left…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 4m
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Voice Call Exploit Exposes WeChat Vulnerability Through AI Attack

A US security firm bypassed Tencent's messaging platform using an AI-driven tool, raising fresh questions about cross-border threat intellig…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
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OpenAI Appoints Catastrophic Risk Researcher to Foundation Board

Paul Christiano, co-creator of RLHF and vocal critic of current safety practices, joins OpenAI's governance structure amid renewed scrutiny …

Linh T. Pham ·   · 7m
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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 r…

Hana Park ·   · 5m
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tesla-SpaceX Merger Speculation Meets Geopolitical Reality

As talk of combining Elon Musk's two largest ventures intensifies, cross-border production networks and export controls present structural o…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 6m
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Washington and Beijing Prepare AI Safety Talks Amid Deepening Tech Rivalry

Ahead of a high-stakes presidential summit, both governments signal interest in guardrails discussions even as export controls and investmen…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 4m
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Two More Newsrooms Join Copyright Battle Against OpenAI and Microsoft

Seattle Times and Newsday allege unauthorized use of journalism to train AI models, echoing claims from hundreds of publishers across the U.…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 4m
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Two Newsrooms Sue Microsoft and OpenAI While Still Taking Their Money

The Seattle Times files copyright infringement claims against funders of its own journalism programs, reflecting deepening tensions over AI …

Linh T. Pham ·   · 7m
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Washington Quietly Becomes a Shareholder in the Industries It Once Left Alone

As Beijing's state-backed tech model gains ground, the US pivots from preaching market purity to holding equity stakes in chipmakers, miners…

Linh T. Pham ·   · 6m