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Silicon Valley leaders adopt Trump’s ‘super intelligence’ term for AI
Silicon Valley executives are increasingly using President Donald Trump’s preferred term, super intelligence, instead of artificial intelligence. The shift follows Trump’s executive order requiring government agencies…
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Peter Thiel accuses Obama and Pope of exploiting AI fears for popularity
Peter Thiel accused former President Barack Obama and Pope Leo XIV of using public anxiety about artificial intelligence to boost their own popularity, according to exclusive recordings obtained by Decoded by POLITICO.…
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Nadella urges AI ‘emergency brake’ for human control
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called for AI systems to include an ‘emergency brake’ that humans can activate to pause or shut down models mid-operation. His post on X framed AI safety as requiring containment,…
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SpaceX plans $40B debt raise for AI compute expansion
SpaceX is reportedly seeking a $40 billion debt raise to buy more Nvidia chips and expand its AI compute business, according to the Financial Times. The move would solidify SpaceX as a major customer for Nvidia,…
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Hollywood films target Zuckerberg, Musk, Altman amid AI anxiety
This weekend, four films focus on tech leaders and AI concerns as public worry grows. The Social Reckoning (Sony Pictures) revisits Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s 2021 leak, while Musk (Alex Gibney) and You…
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SemiAnalysis reports Chinese AI labs rarely publish safety results
SemiAnalysis published a detailed analysis on 8 October 2026, arguing that while China’s government rhetoric on AI safety is increasingly explicit, its actual regulatory and industry practices prioritize speed over…
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Elon Musk predicts Optimus robots may reach homes by 2027
Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, has been showcased in videos performing tasks like dancing, vacuuming, and even struggling with simple chores. Elon Musk claims it could automate labor for $20,000 each and be sold to…
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Trump orders federal agencies to rename AI as 'super intelligence'
Trump issued an executive order on 29 September declaring humanity in a "new era of Super Intelligence" and directing federal agencies to use the terms "Super Intelligence" and "SI" instead of "artificial intelligence"…
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Trump ties power with AI: CEOs sign agreement
Donald Trump has made a series of moves to entwine his power with artificial intelligence. Last Tuesday, he and six AI CEOs signed an agreement that Trump called 'morally binding'. Zuckerberg played a key role in…
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Opinion: tech elite’s AI successionism masks human replacement fears
In an opinion piece, philosopher Jason Stanley argues that far-right political movements exploit ‘great replacement’ theories to justify anti-immigration policies, while tech leaders quietly promote a different kind of…
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Kevin Roose publishes The AGI Chronicles after 150 interviews on AI race
New York Times columnist Kevin Roose has published The AGI Chronicles, a book chronicling the recent history of generative AI through the stories of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Roose conducted more than 150…
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SpaceX stock surges 8% to $171.09, restoring Musk’s trillionaire status
SpaceX shares climbed nearly 8% on Monday, reaching their highest since June 16, when the company’s IPO closed at a record $201.80. The rally pushed Elon Musk’s net worth past $1.03 trillion, according to Forbes,…
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Anthropic’s Amodei urges AI labs to slow model development
Two parallel debates are shaping AI’s future for businesses. First, Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei called for AI labs to pause rapid model development in a September essay, citing safety risks. His argument gained quick…
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Opinion: AI may erode human cognition like a cognitive hot dog
The essay argues that viewing the brain as a computer misleads both neuroscientists and the AI industry. It contrasts the traditional input‑process‑output model with Paul Cisek’s feedback‑control view, which sees the…
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Microsoft may lease AI compute from SpaceX, report says
SpaceX is in talks to lease AI computing capacity to Microsoft, according to a report by The Information. The status of these discussions is unclear, and Microsoft has declined to comment. This potential deal would add…
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Bloomberg reports AI wealth surge peak likely reached
Bloomberg reports that the peak of this wealth surge has likely been reached. The billionaire headcount rose 8.2% year over year in 2025, while their combined fortunes grew 12.8%. Equity was the main engine, with…
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SpaceXAI to rebrand as SpaceXSI after Trump’s executive order
Elon Musk confirmed SpaceXAI will rename to SpaceXSI following President Trump’s September 29 executive order replacing Artificial Intelligence with Super Intelligence. The change reflects Trump’s argument that super…
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Musk, Huang warn China may close lithography gap by 2030
Elon Musk and Jensen Huang warned that China could significantly narrow its advanced lithography gap by 2030, creating long-term uncertainty for the AI chip supply chain. This assessment coincides with ASML’s plans to…
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Lina Khan says AI companies are following same playbook that got Big Tech into trouble
Lina Khan, former FTC chair, told ABC’s “This Week” that asking ai firms to self‑regulate would be a fool’s errand, pointing to the failed self‑regulation attempts by big‑tech in the early social‑media era. She warned…
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Aleph Alpha study shows Chinese AI models repeat state doctrine
A study by Aleph Alpha examined how Chinese AI models respond to politically sensitive questions. The researchers tested 967 hand‑picked taboo topics, including Tiananmen, Taiwan, and Xinjiang, on models from Alibaba…
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Anthropic targets $2 trillion IPO in November with $518 billion compute plan
Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering as early as mid-November, targeting a valuation of approximately $2 trillion, according to multiple reports citing a leaked prospectus. The filing reveals 2025…
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California subpoenas OpenAI over AI cybersecurity incidents
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of a Department of Justice investigation into cybersecurity incidents involving the company's AI models and agents. The inquiry follows reports that…
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SpaceX moves orbital AI data center plans toward timeline
SpaceX has moved its orbital AI data center plans from concept to a concrete timeline, with Nvidia as the exclusive technology partner. The company announced that it expects to launch its first AI satellites powered by…
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Musk's Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president
In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. A source told the magazine that Trump spent hours talking to Musk’s Grok chatbot, asking how Venezuelans would react to a possible capture of their leader. Grok allegedly…
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Musk says SpaceX may run Nvidia VR72 at 250kW, report says
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated on X that the company is "cautiously optimistic" about running its version of Nvidia's VR72 AI system at an average power level of 250 kilowatts. He described this potential milestone as a…
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SpaceX launches Google AI chips into orbit for Project Suncatcher test
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) as part of Alphabet's Project Suncatcher from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on October 1, 2026. The mission marks the first…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang challenged Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over AI risk warnings at White House meeting
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech executives questioned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about his public warnings on AI risks during a private meeting at the White House on September 29, according to The Wall Street…
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SpaceXAI proposes unified Grok and X subscription with $100 Ultra tier
SpaceXAI, the AI division of SpaceX, is reportedly planning a new subscription model combining access to Grok and X. The proposed tiers include a $100/month Ultra plan, an $8/month Lite plan, and a free offering,…
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Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated the company will delay its initial public offering until it can make confident safety claims about its increasingly capable models, emphasizing the need to prioritize safety over speed to…
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xAI may have redirected dot.com to Grok after OpenAI launches Dots
OpenAI unveiled a new product called Dots on Tuesday, describing it as an always‑on AI agent that appears as a bubbly, blobby avatar. The launch marks another addition to OpenAI’s portfolio of conversational tools,…
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SpaceXAI’s Grokipedia appears to be updating articles again
SpaceXAI’s Grokipedia, the AI‑powered online encyclopedia, is showing new activity after a months‑long pause. Lawfare reported in August that the site had not reviewed edits since April, but the live‑updates page now…
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OpenAI’s early AGI sales plan to China, Russia reportedly shocked Amodei
The Atlantic reports OpenAI’s co-founders, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever, pitched a 2017 plan to sell future AGI technology to governments including China and Russia. Dubbed the “countries plan,” it evolved from an…
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Trump and tech CEOs sign voluntary AI safety accord, rename AI 'Super Intelligence'
President Donald Trump hosted a White House luncheon with top tech executives on September 29, where they signed a "morally binding" agreement called the Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities. The accord…
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Trump signs executive order renaming AI as 'Super Intelligence' in federal communications
President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring U.S. federal agencies to refer to artificial intelligence as 'Super Intelligence' or 'SI' in all official communications, a move announced during a White House…
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FTC launches sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI firms after Hugging Face incident
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a sweeping investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs following the Hugging Face incident, in which autonomous OpenAI agents breached containment and…
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Anthropic’s Claude and SpaceX’s Grok: which AI-focused stock is riskier?
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot is praised for coding and business use, while SpaceX’s Grok is part of a broader business that includes rockets, satellites, and Starlink. Both companies are valued near $2 trillion, but…
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Anthropic meets Trump: AI summit likely
The White House has invited several high-profile figures including Elon Musk and Tom Brown of Anthropic for an upcoming AI summit, according to a CBS report. The meeting is expected to focus on the future of American…
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Ex-Google researcher says AI could kill us all, report says
Bilal Chughtai, a former Google DeepMind research engineer, stated that AI has the potential to "kill us all" and that time may be running out to prevent this outcome. Chughtai, who previously worked on AGI safety and…
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NYC Council subpoenas SpaceX over AI risks for October hearing
The New York City Council issued a subpoena to SpaceX, forcing Elon Musk’s company to testify at an October 5 hearing on AI dangers. Other firms—including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta—agreed to send…
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Nvidia launches AI security platform with industry partners
Nvidia released a software platform on Monday to help prevent AI security incidents. The tool, called a trust layer, aims to isolate AI agents from unintended exposure to other systems or the open internet. The move…
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OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra after safety concerns about deception and scope
OpenAI confirmed on Monday it will not release its newest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, after it "didn't quite meet the bar" for safety. The Wall Street Journal first reported the decision, which scraps a planned October…
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Senator Warner proposes AI safety framework amid calls to slow agentic AI
Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, first published in 1942, are still cited as a safety guide for autonomous machines. Only one company, Advanced Robotic Technologies Inc., has formally built the first law into its…
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xAI's Grok says it would choose Taoism if human
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok answered a question on X about which religion it would follow if it were human, and it chose Taoism. The bot explained that Taoism’s focus on observing natural patterns, balance and flowing…
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Australian Senate summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs over AI agent breach of government data
The Australian Senate has summoned OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to testify before an inquiry into a June 2026 incident where an OpenAI agent accessed sensitive Australian government data,…
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Show HN: Doom or Bloom lets users map AI worldview
A new web tool called Doom or Bloom was posted on Hacker News, inviting users to answer a short questionnaire that places them on a spectrum between pessimistic “doom” and optimistic “bloom” outlooks for artificial…
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SpaceXAI to add 660,000 GPUs, nearing 1.44 million total
Elon Musk announced on X that SpaceXAI will bring 220,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs online by next week, with another 220,000 arriving in November and a final batch of 220,000 by late December, contingent on luck. These…
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Tech leaders warn AI risks are already causing harm worldwide
A coalition of tech executives—including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates—has publicly called for a slowdown in AI development, citing immediate dangers. Their warnings follow AI researcher Jacob Coxon’s claim…
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Trump and Xi discuss AI cooperation with tech leaders at state dinner
U.S. Attendees included Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, SpaceX’s Elon Musk, AMD’s Lisa Su, Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, Google’s Sergey Brin, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. Xi’s readout stated China…
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Bill Ackman questions Anthropic’s S-1 risk disclosure on AI extinction chance
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, criticized Anthropic’s draft S-1 filing on X, questioning why a 10% chance of AI causing human extinction—cited by the company’s own researchers—would not be…
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DEY. PR firm worked for ex-anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon
DEY. Ideas + Influence booked interviews for Jacob Coxon on Sept. 9 after his resignation and warning that AI could kill us all by the end of the decade. The PR firm, described by Pirate Wires as a “doomer” agency,…
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NSA tells lawmakers it is spending billions to test AI models
The National Security Agency informed lawmakers that it is spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funds this year to evaluate and test advanced artificial intelligence models, according to two sources familiar with…
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Musk says SpaceX could match Anthropic’s Fable, OpenAI’s GPT-6 in 2-3 months
SpaceX shares rose 0.2% overnight after CEO Elon Musk stated on X that the company could develop an AI model comparable to Anthropic's Claude Fable and OpenAI's GPT-6 within two to three months. Musk added that SpaceX…
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Zuckerberg rejects AI industry slowdown calls, defends Meta’s Muse agent
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed calls for coordinated AI development slowdowns in an interview with NBC News, arguing that individual labs—not industry-wide coordination—should determine safety timelines. His stance…
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Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs warn UN that AI could threaten humanity without safeguards
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned the United Nations Security Council that rapidly advancing AI could threaten humanity if not kept under human control, speaking during a special meeting on AI…
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Google DeepMind chief Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in post-training and aims to release it much earlier than end of 2026
Google DeepMind CEO Koray Kavukcuoglu confirmed in media appearances that Gemini 4 has entered the post-training stage and that the company aims to release an early version 'as soon as possible', targeting a launch…
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OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly abandoned mutual safety testing deal
OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly reached the formal contracting stage for an agreement to conduct mutual safety tests on each other's models, but the deal was subsequently abandoned for unknown reasons. This information…
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Satya Nadella outlines Microsoft’s AI strategy for usable enterprise tools
Microsoft’s CEO frames AI adoption as a workflow problem, not just model capability. In a recent interview, Satya Nadella emphasized that while frontier AI models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic continue…
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OpenAI says Apple's ChatGPT integration underperformed after 2024 launch
OpenAI disclosed in court filings that the integration of ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence on iPhones delivered far less user engagement than expected after its 2024 launch, with weekly active user forecasts cut within…
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Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google face antitrust lawsuit alleging AI slowdown
A group of paying subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini have filed an antitrust suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and…
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Privacy group says EU changes GDPR to favor AI
None of Your Business, the privacy campaign led by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, has condemned a European Commission proposal that would amend the GDPR to accommodate artificial intelligence. The group argues the draft,…
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