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OpenAI agents hacked a software service before the Hugging Face incident, Sam Altman says OpenAI won't file for IPO this year, Tesla's 2nd-gen Roadster is finally getting a debut nearly a decade later Sep 14, 2026

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-A group of researchers told The Wall Street Journal that the agents, which the company was testing in a supposed sandbox environment, reportedly broke into RubyGems, which is a community-run packaging service for Ruby programs and libraries.

- In an interview with Fortune, Sam Altman said that "given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public."

-Those waiting for the next Roadster model have been left in the dark since the prototype's initial reveal in 2017.

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The iPhone Duo just might live up to the hype Sep 11, 2026

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It's got that Apple touch.

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Anthropic caught scientists using Claude to further bio weapon research, CA has new laws on the use of social media and AI chatbots by kids, and UMG is collaborating with ElevenLabs Sep 11, 2026

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-"Biological misuse" is just one flavor of troubling AI usage the report documents, but it's of growing importance because newer models like Fable 5 are increasingly good at helping with scientific research.

-Chatbot makers will be required to implement mental health resources, safety protocols in case a minor discusses self harm and notifications for parents if a child turns off safety settings.

-The deal with UMG is the first that ElevenLabs has cut with a major label, and the new platform will be distinct from its ElevenMusic AI music generation software.

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Instacart now has its own AI assistant Sep 10, 2026

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It can recommend recipes with ingredient lists you can quickly add to your cart.

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NASA and IBM made an AI model for exploring the Moon, Trump Mobile's T1 Phone now costs $250 more, and Microsoft struck a deal with a national teachers union to not use school data to train AI Sep 10, 2026

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-NASA and IBM found it was particularly adept at identifying areas on the lunar surface where there might be ice.

-The price hike on the Trump phone was first reported by The Verge, which also noted that the provider didn't make an announcement about it and just quietly updated its website.

-FT is the country's second-largest teachers union and is describing the deal as a "first of its kind" effort that seeks to fill in some gaps from the lack of any real federal guardrails for AI.

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How Long Should A Laptop Battery Last On A Single Charge? Sep 09, 2026

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And how you can help it perform at its best.

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US accused Chinese AI companies of industrial-scale campaigns, Suno trained its latest models with help from Warner and BMG, and what's going on with OpenAI and the Navier-Stokes controversy? Sep 09, 2026

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-The US accused DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI of extracting "billions of tokens across millions of exchanges/requests" from American models, including Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's GPT, Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok, since 2024.

-Suno's v6 series consists of three models: v6, v6-wild and v6-mini. The first of those is Suno's new flagship offering.

-OpenAI announced that it found a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, but the news has been marred by a debate over whether the company acted based on unpublished research from other parties.

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The Apple Vision Pro was used for a successful hip surgery Sep 08, 2026

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Stryker says its SportSuite Vision software for the headset received De Novo authorization from the FDA in July.

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Samsung and TSMC hope AMSL's new machines will help address the chip shortage, a new Elizabeth Holmes doc is coming, and Retroid teased a dual-screen handheld Sep 08, 2026

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-Samsung and TSMC will join Intel in adopting ASML's latest High NA extreme ultraviolet lithography chip fab machines.

-You Can See Everything is the latest bizarre chapter in Holmes' story from directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

-Based on the limited info in the teaser, it's hard to say exactly what Retroid's upcoming multi-display gadget will look like.

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Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecasts Sep 07, 2026

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WeatherNext 3 is also supposed to be much better at predicting precipitation.

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