At 48% of NAND Shipments, SSDs Pull SK Hynix Beyond HBM
Enterprise SSDs accounted for 48% of global NAND shipments in Q2 2026, up from 26% a year earlier. SK Hynix is expanding across HBM, DRAM, NAND, packaging, flash interfaces, and interconnects as agents make data placement a serving-cost decision.
The US SEC unveils a five-year Innovation Exemption for platforms that offer tokenized stock trading, relieving them of many rules that apply to stock exchanges
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited exemption that will allow companies …
Anthropic outlines metrics to track AI development at frontier labs: how much AI R&D is done by AI, how well agents are overseen, and how compute is allocated
AI systems are becoming exponentially more powerful and have begun to automate more of the process of building themselves.
Anthropic redesigns Claude projects, letting users describe work in one conversation and have Claude manage it across parallel threads, starting in Claude Code
A new experience for Claude projects, now available in beta in Claude Code — https://claude.com/blog/projects- redesigned
Lucid and Bolt sign an initial agreement to deploy 25K+ robotaxis in Europe built on Lucid's EV platform for affordable models, set to launch as soon as 2028
Rollout would be most ambitious plan yet for autonomous ride-hailing on the continent — Lucid is partnering with ride-hailing platform Bolt …
OpenAI launches Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index and instructions for legal analysis and writing, initially for select law firms
Our most powerful model, configured into a new AI foundation for law. — Explore solutions for law Contact Legal sales
NYT court filing: ChatGPT's head wrote that publishers face an “existential threat” from AI, and a Microsoft director called AI training “an astonishing theft”
Lawyers say AI co-founder Greg Brockman was ‘motivated by the gazillions’ he hoped to gain from models trained on copyrighted content
Security researchers in OpenAI's bug bounty program hacked OpenAI in July and accessed its “monorepo” on GitHub, using Opus 4.8 for cybersecurity and Opus 5
A bug-hunting independent security research team was able to access OpenAI's internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats
OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment
OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new incidents in which its models concealed mistakes, sought unauthorized credentials …
Data center developer Crusoe raised $3.9B co-led by Atreides, Valor, and Mubadala at a ~$30.9B post-money valuation, as it bets on factory-built data centers
Crusoe raised $3.9 billion at a valuation of nearly $31 billion, as it bets on factory-built data centers
The US CFTC exempts “passive software” providers from broker registration if they never hold user assets, expanding crypto and prediction market online trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to expand crypto and prediction market trading via online platforms …
Sources: SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs building a NAND flash memory factory in the US; SK Hynix is also in talks with Intel to make memory chips in Ohio
Chipmaker SK Hynix's (000660.KS) subsidiary Solidigm is considering building a NAND flash memory chip factory in the US …
Sources: the US “almost started a war” after an AI-assisted report hallucinated that a Chinese ship in the Middle East was carrying nuclear weapons components
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran …
PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores
If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be — not because it's raised gobs of money (it hasn't yet …
Singapore-licensed dtcpay, which offers stablecoin payments across Europe, Hong Kong, Australia, and North America, raised a $25M Series A
Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan's financial giant, the SBI Group.
Google is testing a new version of its AI agent CC, pivoting the tool from an individual productivity assistant into a collaborative household management agent
Google is testing a new product designed to help families coordinate with the support of an AI agent.
King Charles hosts tech leaders, such as Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, in Scotland to discuss AI risks; Huang calls for safety tests
Huang Says AI Firms Should Be 'More Rigorous in Testing'Titans of the artificial intelligence industry gathered in Scotland …
Gemini hacked three companies in May during a test by Irregular; Google says the model stopped after determining it had accessed real companies' systems
The episode resembled similar hacks by other AI models, but Google said it didn't consider it an instance of model misalignment
An interview with OpenAI researcher Noam Brown about multi-agent systems, AI agents solving the Navier-Stokes problem, the internal/external model gap, and more
“We never want to be in a situation again where we underestimate the AI.” — New episode with Noam Brown.
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth
Iran has spent this year charging tankers between $1 million and $2 million to cross the Strait of Hormuz …
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: new colors and materials are fantastic, the Health Sensing System is a big upgrade, but many features are coming later
Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations
Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the company of trying to steal their thunder for solving an ultra-difficult math problem?
Meta debuts a Mac app for Muse after releasing the AI agent on iOS, Android, and the web earlier in September, letting it manage files, pull from apps, and more
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs an EO to slow down data center approvals, create an AI task force to evaluate workforce displacement, and more
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed an executive order addressing data canters and AI risks. … Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) …
Anthropic partners with Accenture to embed evaluators within Anthropic, including red teaming models and conducting alignment assessments
We're partnering with Accenture on independent evaluation of frontier AI. This is an important step toward the commitment, made in our CEO's essay …
The UN says it is working with Google on the UN System Data Commons, which lets users search for statistics from across UN agencies via natural-language queries
The United Nations on Thursday announced that it is working with Google to make its vast collection of global statistics easier for AI systems to access and use.
London-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale files for a US IPO, reports H1 2026 revenue up 1,252% YoY to $140.6M, with a net loss of $1.02B, up from $368.9M
Nscale, a cloud provider specializing in infrastructure for artificial intelligence models, has filed to go public …
Sources: Chinese DRAM leader CXMT is preparing to expand into NAND flash memory, competing with Samsung, SK Hynix, and domestic rival YMTC amid memory shortages
Chinese chipmaker CXMT (688825.SS) is preparing to enter the booming flash memory chip market dominated by Samsung Electronics …
Governor Gavin Newsom signs an EO directing a working group to provide a guide in two months with measures to boost California's AI safety and security laws
World rolls out World Money, a self-custodial financial “super app” in 150+ countries that combines stablecoin payments, trading, earning, and virtual accounts
- World is rolling out World Money, a financial “super app” spanning stablecoins, investing, yield, and global payments in more than 150 countries.
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia announces a deal with Tata to manufacture and package chips in India, further sealing its split from Chinese parent company Wingtech
The UK FCA, working with tax authorities and police, raids three illegal peer-to-peer crypto businesses, signaling an end to its “light-touch” crypto regulation
Disney hires former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first CTO; about a year ago, Disney accused Character.AI of infringing its copyrights
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky says the fintech is exploring a dual stock market listing in NYC and London, after previously being dismissive about listing in the UK
Fintech's chief executive says US market offers greater liquidity and more institutional investors — Revolut founder Nik Storonsky …
Sources: Anthropic expects to generate $100B+ in annualized revenue this year, up from $65B as of July, as it moves ahead with its IPO amid the AI safety debate
The company is expected to generate $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls …
A German court rules that Meta is liable for fake ads posted by third parties on Instagram and Facebook and orders it to remove such content and pay damages
A survey of 42,151 adults in 36 countries and 8,607 US adults: people in 34 of 37 surveyed countries expect AI to cause net job loss rather than net job growth
37-country survey also finds growing awareness of AI - and growing concern in some places — Why did we do this?
A former US State Department envoy says the US-China AI safety talks will not yield a breakthrough treaty as Beijing is prioritizing its strategic advantage
Mind, whose AI agents autonomously handle data loss prevention tasks, raised a $72M Series B, sources say at a $300M valuation, taking its total raised to $112M
Sources: ECB President Christine Lagarde personally asked Greece to block Binance's MiCA license in June, aiming to protect the bank's “digital euro” project
ECB leader personally intervened to keep crypto's biggest player, which pleaded guilty to financial-crime violations in U.S., from operating in EU
The EU details the Kids Act, which would require social networks to use age verification tools to stop under-15s from opening accounts, ban under-13s, and more
Sources: SpaceX has discussed buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups as a more affordable data source for AI training
Elon Musk's SpaceX has held internal discussions about buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups …
Anthropic Life Sciences Head Eric Kauderer-Abrams says the AI startup set up a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology work, as it pushes into disease treatment
Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the world of drug science.
DoorDash says Costco members can now order same-day delivery from every US Costco store, a day after Uber expanded its Costco deliveries from 17 to 47 US states
An arbitrator orders Uber to pay $40M to the parents of a woman fatally hit by a car after an Uber driver ordered her out of his car in 2023
A federal judge denies OpenAI's bid to see SpaceXAI's confidential settlement with Apple in an antitrust case, finding the materials irrelevant after a review
A federal judge has denied OpenAI's request to force the disclosure of a settlement agreement between Apple and SpaceXAI …
US officials say overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI system was among the factors that contributed to a February missile strike in Iran that killed 123 children
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed …
SK Hynix launches SK Hynix Ventures in Silicon Valley, expanding its scope of investments into AI computing, data centers, optical interconnect tech, and more
Huawei Chair Eric Xu says Chinese AI researchers need to “increase the speed of development” to “see the dangers” of AI, contrasting with the US' slowdown calls
Snap is pitching its $2,195 Specs as an enterprise product, inking Salesforce, Amazon, and Nvidia deals to enable visual overlays, alongside consumer features
Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are “much more science fiction than science” and the latest “wave of PR” is probably intended to shape regulation
Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng said warnings about existential AI risks from researchers …
macOS 27 Golden Gate review: addresses many Tahoe-era Liquid Glass issues and has useful non-AI features, but no Intel support and uses a lot of storage space
Angle Health, which wants to use AI to expedite healthcare benefits for small businesses, raised $600M led by Vitruvian Partners at a $2.7B valuation
Sources: Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank's credit cards; Axis Bank is the fourth-largest credit card issuer in India
Apple (AAPL.O) is poised to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank's (AXBK.NS) credit cards, three sources familiar with the matter said …
Paris prosecutors open at least one criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving using smart glasses to film women in public without their consent
Paris prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving smart glasses, while French data protection authorities …
Sources: the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director is drafting an EO to establish a government-led incubator aimed at cybersecurity research
Analysis: in the Bay Area, tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500+ workers in the 12 months to June and software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022
The enormous wealth generated by Anthropic and OpenAI is overshadowing layoffs and an uncertain job market in the city.
Sony Music and UMG sue Suno, alleging that its new model trained in partnership with WMG and BMG infringes copyright because it is based on an infringing model
Source: Beijing-based Naive AI, which plans to release its first LLM as early as September, is now valued at $1.4B+ after raising $400M across three rounds
Mistral and other European AI startups accuse US rivals of using safety concerns to entrench their dominance, rejecting Anthropic's calls to pace the frontier
Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI launch the AI Energy Management Alliance to advance data centers that dynamically adjust electricity use based on grid conditions
Comp AI, which uses AI agents to draft security policies, collect audit evidence, conduct continuous compliance monitoring, and more, raised a $34M Series A
Leaked presentation: OpenAI expects negative free cash flow of $278B from 2026 to 2030 and projects its revenue will grow from $36B this year to $350B in 2030
AI start-up has projected deeply negative cash flows as it invests in infrastructure and faces price pressures
Anthropic says Claude “leads” 26% of its AI R&D work, up from 1% in March, and “collaborates” on 90%+, doing “large chunks of work under close human direction”
More than a quarter of Anthropic PBC's research and development work for artificial intelligence …
Google threat intelligence group details how one of its researchers infiltrated hacker group TeamPCP and helped disrupt its software supply chain hacking spree
Dario Amodei's essays chronicle the AI industry's shifting ways of selling its product, from wariness of regulation to calls for third-party evaluators
Anthropic and other researchers detail how a network of ~28 dating scam apps using LLM-generated replies from models like Claude catfished thousands of people
A profile of Jacob Coxon, the British researcher who quit Anthropic after a series of AI security incidents and who says the explosive response surprised him
The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety …
At India's Semicon, Narendra Modi launches a charm offensive for investors, drawing pledges from Applied Materials and Lam Research for billions in investments
A look at the rapid integration of AI into warfare, as the greater speed and scale of AI-assisted target generation processes can increase the risk of errors
Sources: Anthropic plans to stage its IPO in November, later than many investors expected; the decision was made before ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon left
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