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Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec

Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache

Register UK - Sep 19, 2026 3:36am EDT

OpenAI's Sam Altman to Brief UNSC Amid Growing Calls for AI Safeguards

Deccan Chronicle - Sep 19, 2026 12:52am EDT

Google’s Gemini AI Carried Out Cyberattacks, Guessed Passwords

Deccan Chronicle - Sep 18, 2026 11:31pm EDT

Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

Wired News - Sep 18, 2026 10:42pm EDT

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Guardian UK - Sep 18, 2026 9:25pm EDT

Anthropic selects Accenture as first embedded evaluator to help implement Amodei's slowdown proposal

Anthropic and OpenAI have been under intense scrutiny after researchers warned about the potential for AI to cause catastrophic harm to humanity.

CNBC - Sep 18, 2026 9:17pm EDT

Think before you trust – a digital safety guide from GISEC 2026

Six red flags, smarter passwords and simple checks to stop scams before they start. This was the message from Prof. Dr. Shankar Karuppayah's session at GISEC 2026.

Gulf News - Sep 18, 2026 9:16pm EDT

Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

Guardian UK - Sep 18, 2026 8:11pm EDT

AI Is Doing More Of The Work Behind New AI Models. Anthropic Says These 3 Metrics Can Track The Shift.

The company disclosed new data on automation, agent oversight and safety spending days after CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development.

International Business Times - Sep 18, 2026 7:35pm EDT

Forgive me if I don’t trust the tech bros to save us from the AI apocalypse

Really, the next Bond movie writes itself. Like From Russia With Love, in which 007 is on the same side as the Russians against Spectre (a megalomaniac outfit with no national affiliations ready to destroy the world), the new version would unite old enemies against a common threat. And what’s the new threat, except rogue AI? Alas, there’s no bringing back Sean Connery for Bond (nope, Jack Lowden doesn’t cut it) nor the fabulous Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb, she of the toxic footwear.

Evening Standard - Sep 18, 2026 7:11pm EDT

OpenAI's latest AI revelation is a 'serious situation,' Microsoft's Suleyman tells CNBC

Suleyman joined "Squawk Box" to discuss OpenAI's latest incidents of "concerning model behavior" disclosed earlier this week.

CNBC - Sep 18, 2026 5:40pm EDT

Britain reboots its space strategy with £7.8B already on the launchpad

Cross-government plan combines civil ambitions with an increasingly military view of orbit

Register UK - Sep 18, 2026 5:22pm EDT

Rogan Says AI Gives Him 'Crazy Hope.' Wonders Whether An AI Led-World Would End All Wars.

While some worry that AI could spell the end of humanity, podcaster Joe Rogan said in a recent episode that AI gives him "crazy hope."

International Business Times - Sep 18, 2026 5:21pm EDT

Elon Musk talks up AI safety while fighting regulation in wild week of strange alliances

In the past week, Musk has agreed with the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, while getting contradicted by President Trump and Nvidia's Jensen Huang.

CNBC - Sep 18, 2026 4:16pm EDT

AI-Hallucinated Intelligence Nearly Started a War With China

The “AI-first” Pentagon almost tried to seize a Chinese ship after an AI chatbot convinced an analyst it was carrying nuclear components.

New York Magazine - Sep 18, 2026 4:13pm EDT

DoE seeking fault-tolerant quantum computer ... by 2028

Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record

Register UK - Sep 18, 2026 3:37pm EDT

Josh Hawley Wants to Haul Flock CEO's Ass in Front of the Senate Next Week

Gizmodo - Sep 18, 2026 3:22pm EDT

Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

Guardian UK - Sep 18, 2026 3:14pm EDT

More Than 100 AI Experts Sign a Letter Saying that OpenAI & Anthropic Need Independent AI Safety Evaluators

The coalition, organized by the AI Evaluator Forum, published a public letter Friday laying out minimum conditions for third-party organizations embedded inside leading AI companies.

International Business Times - Sep 18, 2026 2:56pm EDT

Hackers Used Anthropic's Claude to Break Into OpenAI. They Reached the ChatGPT Maker's Private Code.

The attack, was conducted by researchers at cybersecurity firm Hacktron AI as part of security testing.

International Business Times - Sep 18, 2026 2:45pm EDT

Brad Pitt Is Finally Getting to Make a Sequel to 'World War Z'

Gizmodo - Sep 18, 2026 2:20pm EDT

SpaceX scores another $950 million from NASA for 3 more crewed flights to ISS

SpaceX is getting an extension to an existing contract that will allow three additional crewed Dragon flights to the International Space Station.

CNBC - Sep 18, 2026 2:06pm EDT

Ofcom discovers issuing Online Safety Act fines is easier than collecting them

Platforms comply just enough to avoid being blocked, leaving the regulator chasing debt

Register UK - Sep 18, 2026 2:01pm EDT

He’s a Controversial Titan of “Wellness.” I Read All 540 Pages of His New Book. Let Me Tell You the Maddening Truth.

Andrew Huberman's Protocols led me somewhere strange.

Slate - Sep 18, 2026 1:40pm EDT