Kalshi’s Federal Exchange Hits a State Line
Kalshi says institutional trading volume is up 800% since November 2025, yet states can restrict its sports contracts. Its $1.1 billion weather-market forecast depends on verified settlement.
Getty's Image and the Sponsored Answer
Google expanded AI-made ad disclosures in July 2026, while sponsored placements in AI Mode already resembled answer citations. Getty’s image licenses are moving into the tools that make and display those answers.
Texas Makes Apple Accounts an Age Gate
Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing age-verification laws. Texas now makes adult confirmation or parental consent a condition of creating an Apple Account.
Trump announces a Super Intelligence Force, led by DNI Jay Clayton, along with FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, the DOD's Emil Michael, and OPM Director Scott Kupor
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will assume the newly created role …
Sam Altman says OpenAI and Anthropic still have a fundamentally different worldview on AI regulation, arguing that AI's benefits justify accepting some risks
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said there remains a fundamental difference in worldview between his company and rival Anthropic …
Sources: John Ternus is operating as Apple's design chief, working in the studio several times per week; the OLED touch-screen MacBook Pro will be much lighter
Also: A big update on the touch-screen MacBook Pro. — Apple's John Ternus is spending much of his time overseeing the company's hardware and software design work.
Extracted system prompts show Meta's Muse compiles “a page for every person in the user's life”, with facts, history, tips to improve relationships, and more
Millions have downloaded Meta's AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
NY-based Reflection unveils Beam, an open model it claims rivals GLM 5.2 on reasoning while using 3x-4x less compute and approaches Qwen3.8-Max on agentic tasks
Reflection AI, the startup billing itself as America's answer to open-source Chinese AI, is releasing its first model, called Beam.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and representatives from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Meta testified at a New York City Council hearing on AI safety
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned that the race to develop artificial intelligence poses risks that the industry itself …
In an X reply, Elon Musk says that SpaceX will rename its SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Trump's “super intelligence” push to replace “artificial intelligence”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI …
The CFTC proposes a federal framework for crypto exchanges to offer retail customers leveraged and margined spot trading, without requiring congressional action
The agency floated a new “crypto asset market” exchange category but said it can't require crypto to trade on CFTC platforms without Congress.
Google says free Gemini users will be limited to the 3.5 Flash-Lite model from October 9, while Plus subscribers will be limited to 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.6 Flash
To comply with the EU AI Act, OpenAI plans to add text watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU and an opt-in setting for API customers globally
- Starting today, API customers globally will be able to opt in to text watermarking for select models.
Sources: several Western open-weight models are set to launch in October, such as Reflection AI's first model, expected to rival top Chinese open-weight models
A closely watched Nvidia-backed startup called Reflection is preparing to shake up the AI race with a powerful open-weight system …
French conglomerate Schneider Electric agrees to acquire US engineering software provider PTC for $23.7B in cash, paying $205 per share, its largest acquisition
Acquisition would be French conglomerate's largest and enhance its products focused on manufacturers
OpenAI says it will begin testing a visual ad format in ChatGPT later in October in the US, displaying clearly labeled visual ads while users generate images
OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images.
Huawei agrees to a multiyear patent licensing deal with Qualcomm covering AI, 5G, computing, and networking tech, its first 5G licensing deal with Qualcomm
China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) said on Monday it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm (QCOM.O) …
OKX and ICE's joint venture OKXICE is seeking US SEC approval to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed companies, leveraging new rules on tokenized stocks
OKX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized-stock trading platform …
Analysis: Anthropic's subscriptions offer ~5x more API-equivalent value per month than OpenAI's for agentic workloads with Claude Opus 5.5 vs. GPT-6.1 Sol
Limit testing every AI subscription plan from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, SpaceXAI, MiniMax, Moonshot, Z.ai, Cursor, and Cognition
Q&A with Sam Altman on his kids, his rivalries, pronatalism, “prepping” for the apocalypse, new products, the IPO delay, Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, and more
In an exclusive video interview, the OpenAI CEO discusses ChatGPT and suicide prevention, safety breaches …
Q&A with Google SVP and DeepMind Institute co-director James Manyika on AI risks and why responsibility must be shared across industry, government, and society
The accord, which carries no legal weight, commits Anthropic, OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta, SpacexAI and Google to “robust internal processes” …
Survey: only 11% of 396 businesses could forecast AI spending; Microsoft finds lower-priced models cost more than higher-priced ones on 32% of 6,800+ tasks
Artificial-intelligence use is measured in tokens, but the models' use of tokens at any given task can be unpredictable
Ghost, which makes a $3,499 computer designed for AI agents and includes an RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed led by a16z
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for a while, he was one.
A look at Sean Parker's resurrection of Stability AI following Emad Mostaque's ousting, and its new focus on AI for music professionals, backed by major labels
To the music industry, Sean Parker has been many things. As co-founder of Napster, he was first an “outlaw renegade,” as he himself puts it.
In a first-of-its-kind pilot in the US, Nolla Health will use AI to diagnose and prescribe acne medications to Utah patients without direct human oversight
In a first-of-its-kind pilot, Nolla Health lets AI diagnose and issue prescriptions. — An AI-based healthcare startup on Monday …
SpaceX stock closes up 7.6% after Morgan Stanley called SPCX “cheap”, reaching its highest level since mid-June and returning Elon Musk to trillionaire status
SpaceX shares rose almost 8% on Monday, reaching their highest since mid-June, shortly after Elon Musk's company held its record initial public offering.
A look at Alpha, an invite-only Discord server of ~30 mostly Gen Z Polymarket traders who pool research and capital and have made an estimated $40M since 2024
In a private group chat, an elite crew of prediction-market bettors turn elections, wars and disasters into ‘free money on the floor’.
As AI automates parts of pure mathematics research, a look at formalization challenges and why human imagination remains key to deciding which questions to ask
Q&A with AI researchers Jacob Coxon, Daniel Kokotajlo, Alex Turner, and others on leaving AI labs, AGI's dangers, planned IPOs, AI safety, oversight, and more
Exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind. — On September 8, Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic employee …
Meta, TikTok, and X challenge UK's Ofcom over the amount of info it is demanding under the Online Safety Act, saying it creates unprecedented regulatory burdens
Meta (META.O), TikTok and X are challenging British regulator Ofcom over the amount of information it is demanding …
Sources: Anthropic's stock matching of employee charity gifts hit $660M+ from October 2025 to March 2026, likely to pass billions in 2027, diluting shareholders
When Anthropic shared financial figures recently with prospective investors in its planned initial public offering …
Sources: UK neobank Monzo is in talks with CVC and Advent to sell up to a 15% stake, after Nubank takeover talks collapsed over the ~£10B valuation Monzo sought
Eleven-year-old UK fintech searching for growth capital after bruising year of boardroom tussles
Sources: Firmus plans to allocate ~50% of its IPO shares to existing holders, as investor demand far exceeds the offer size in one of Australia's largest IPOs
Firmus Grid Ltd. plans to allocate about half of the shares in its initial public offering to existing shareholders …
An official says the DOD has stopped using Anthropic's tools; sources: Claude was in use as recently as last week, including in military operations against Iran
Technology reporter in San Francisco and — The US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic's AI tools …
Namespace, which offers cloud services and infrastructure for developers, raised a $42M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners and says it has 1,000+ customers
Namespace, developer infrastructure company and specialized cloud provider, raised a $42 million Series B led by Scale Venture Partners …
Sources: Apple and Google pitch state bills with self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits; Meta backs ones making app stores, not platforms, verify ages
Google and Apple lobbyists are engaged in a massive effort to press state lawmakers to adopt kids' online safety laws …
The IWF says it assessed 6,310 AI-generated images that met the legal definition of CSAM in H1 2026, 40% more than the 4,500+ images assessed in all of 2025
Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year's total
Change.org says it is investing ~$100M of its own money to rebuild its core petitions platform using AI and launches an AI copilot beta for petition creators
Change.org was founded as a venture-backed organization, before a 2021 restructuring that saw investors like Reid Hoffman …LinkedIn:Kajal Odedra.
Google freezes product flaw submissions to its OSS Vulnerability Reward Program over an influx of invalid AI-driven reports, plans an update by Q1 2027
An interview with CoreWeave Physical AI SVP Richard Ahlfeld on AI models failing real-world checks, the roles of synthetic data and physical tests, and more
Sponsored by … 🧩 Why physical AI breaks on missing data far more often than on the model
Munich-based RobCo, which makes robotic arms and automation software, sells $40M of shares at a $1B+ valuation, up from ~$500M after raising $100M in January
German company aims to capitalize on growing demand for autonomous industrial robots — German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares …
Q&A with OpenAI VP of Hardware Richard Ho on its Jalapeño inference chip co-designed with Broadcom, using internal OpenAI models to design the chip, and more
A look at China's gray market of token resellers, who use accumulated identities and USDT-funded cards to obtain Claude accounts and route them through proxies
In Beijing's Haidian District, a bustling hub for local universities and tech companies, six out of the roughly 30 tenants …
Billionaires Index: tech billionaires account for all of the $845B in wealth gains so far in 2026; those whose fortunes came from outside tech lost $62B total
TikTok debuts Shopping Assistant, a conversational AI agent that helps users find and buy products, and Buy Direct for one-click purchases from the For You feed
TikTok announced Monday that it's launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets users buy directly from brands.
DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi says his data center investment group will become SoftBank's “third-party infrastructure arm” after SoftBank's ~$4B takeover closed
Sources: Walmart's Flipkart faces sagging employee morale as Indian startup rivals power ahead with IPOs; at least eight VPs and SVPs have quit in recent weeks
CTS: Chinese logic and memory chipmakers have imported 343 ASML immersion DUV lithography scanners from 2012 to early 2026, many of which can make 7nm chips
Cohere launches North 2, an update to its enterprise agent platform with cross-session memory and a redesigned harness, available across cloud and on-premises
Former Groq engineers file a lawsuit in Delaware against Groq, alleging the $20B “non-exclusive” acqui-hire deal with Nvidia in 2025 short-changed employees
Employees of start-up say they were short-changed when the chip titan left them out of the ‘acqui-hire’ transaction
Valon, which makes software to help US mortgage companies cut red tape and costs, raised a $150M Series D from Ribbit, a16z, and others at a $2.3B valuation
Sam Altman says he's “very uncomfortable” with attributing “religious force” to AI, calling it “a real safety issue”, as Anthropic meets with religious leaders
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI …
Sources: Meta and Microsoft are working to cut their employees' use of Claude; Meta employees using Claude Code have dropped to ~30K from ~60K earlier this year
Meta Platforms and Microsoft, two of Anthropic's biggest corporate customers, are working to cut their employees' use of Claude …
Sources: Nico Caprez, son-in-law to Jensen Huang, rapidly ascended to become an Nvidia VP, serving as its main contact for neoclouds and Huang's “consigliere”
Q&A with Brian Chesky on Airbnb's plans for agent-to-agent interactions, why chatbots fail at travel e-commerce, the need for an AI-native OS, and more
Google prepares to defend a £1.2B UK class action lawsuit over claims it levied “excessive” charges on Android apps downloaded from Google Play since 2015
Toshiba plans to double HDD production capacity for AI data centers within FY2027 from its 2025 level, targeting a 30% share by storage capacity, up from ~10%
A profile of Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who is the company's first senior executive from Gen Z and has succeeded in building hype for Muse
Alexandr Wang drove Muse to the top of the charts, putting the company back in the AI race—even if he ruffled feathers inside the tech giant
Q&A with Sam Altman on President Trump, the midterms, AI extinction risk, Xi Jinping's state visit, self-policing vs. regulation, and Greg Brockman's donations
In an exclusive video interview, the OpenAI CEO discusses Donald Trump, the midterms, the real risk of extinction …