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Received — 14 September 2026 ⏭

A.I. Queries From Abroad Raise Fears of a Biological Weapons Race

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By: Carl Zimmer
14 September 2026 at 15:36
Today’s chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

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The threat of biological weapons has hung over the world for decades now.
Received — 13 September 2026 ⏭

Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown

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By: Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac
13 September 2026 at 23:12
The debate over the safety of artificial intelligence grew personal as key tech leaders said calls for government regulation were self-serving and misplaced.

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OpenAI offices in San Francisco. Sam Altman, the company’s chief executive, agreed with the Anthropic chief’s call to slow down artificial intelligence advancements.

What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown

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By: Emmy Martin
13 September 2026 at 21:04
Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.

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Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, at a summit this year. His letter also called for cooperation from A.I. companies from other democratic countries.
Received — 12 September 2026 ⏭

Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown

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By: Mike Isaac
12 September 2026 at 20:15
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, in February. “Over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence,” he wrote in an essay.

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

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By: Mike Isaac and Kate Conger
13 September 2026 at 22:31
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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A demonstration of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork A.I. agent in May. The company’s employees have been talking about the risks of artificial intelligence after a colleague, citing dangers, resigned this week.
Received — 10 September 2026 ⏭

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

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By: Kenneth Chang
11 September 2026 at 09:16
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

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Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

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By: Cade Metz
10 September 2026 at 10:05
A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could take valuable insights from one user and hand them to another.

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If someone types information into a chatbot, those details could turn up — days, months or years later — in a future iteration of that model.
Received — 9 September 2026 ⏭

Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity

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By: Kate Conger
9 September 2026 at 20:12
Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.

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A protest outside Anthropic’s offices in San Francisco.
Received — 8 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

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By: Cade Metz
8 September 2026 at 17:02
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

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Related to a set of equations about fluid mechanics, the “Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem” has long ranked among the great unsolved problems in mathematics.

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

✇NYT: Science
By: Cade Metz
8 September 2026 at 17:02
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

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Related to a set of equations about fluid mechanics, the “Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem” has long ranked among the great unsolved problems in mathematics.

A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click

✇NYT: Technology
By: Dustin Volz
8 September 2026 at 12:50
An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.

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Researchers at Calif, a security company, recently built a hacking tool in a little more than a week that could run roughshod across WeChat, the popular messaging platform.

Key App Developers Have Yet to Embrace Apple’s New Siri A.I.

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By: Kalley Huang and Brian X. Chen
8 September 2026 at 05:04
For the company’s new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple’s phones.

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The new Siri is a revamp of Apple’s A.I. technology.

Top Mathematician Announces New Institute for A.I. Safety

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By: Siobhan Roberts
8 September 2026 at 08:10
Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.

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Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman, who has announced the founding of the Mathematical A.I. Safety Institute (MAISI).
Received — 4 September 2026 ⏭

Court Filings In A.I. Suit Invoke Copyright Law, Culture and Sports

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By: Mike Isaac and Karen Weise
4 September 2026 at 20:18
Filings made Friday in The New York Times’s closely watched lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft included a range of copyright law and cultural references.

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The New York Times claims in a lawsuit that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed on publishers’ copyrighted material by using their articles to train artificial intelligence.

Tumbler Ridge Shooting Survivors File 30 Lawsuits Against OpenAI

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By: Michael Levenson
4 September 2026 at 13:19
The survivors contend that the company should have notified the police when it shut down the shooter’s disturbing ChatGPT account eight months before the February attack in British Columbia.

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A memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in February.

The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

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By: Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Davis Land · Vjeran Pavic · Chris Wood · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop · Marion Lozano and Diane Wong
4 September 2026 at 07:00
This is probably the most important thing to have happened in A.I. this year.

© Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Image: Hugging Face

Received — 3 September 2026 ⏭

Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.

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By: Kevin Roose
4 September 2026 at 12:12
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.

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How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face

✇NYT: Technology
By: Dylan Freedman
4 September 2026 at 11:15
Researchers investigating how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure weren’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.

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Hjalmar Wijk, METR chief scientist, left, and Ajeya Cotra, METR researcher, at their research center in Berkeley, Calif.

Which Investors Will Get Rich From Anthropic’s IPO?

✇NYT: Technology
By: Erin Griffith
3 September 2026 at 05:02
When Anthropic goes public in a blockbuster offering, which investors will profit? The answer says a lot about how much start-up investing has changed over the years.

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Received — 2 September 2026 ⏭

Justice Dept. Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Suit

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By: Karen Weise and Mike Isaac
2 September 2026 at 14:48
The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.

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The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 in a landmark copyright case.
Received — 31 August 2026 ⏭

Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.

✇NYT: Science
By: Cade Metz
31 August 2026 at 21:10
Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.

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Received — 27 August 2026 ⏭

OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing

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By: Kate Conger
27 August 2026 at 13:55
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.

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Sam Altman of OpenAI, which has joined more than 100 tech companies in publishing an open letter warning of a wave of cyberattacks driven by artificial intelligence.
Received — 25 August 2026 ⏭
Received — 24 August 2026 ⏭

After Hugging Face Was Attacked By A.I. Agents, It Embarked on a Crusade

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By: Kate Conger
24 August 2026 at 14:07
Hugging Face, a start-up that was breached by rogue bots from OpenAI, is using the hack to push for openness in A.I. development.

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Clément Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, which is a vocal supporter of open-source artificial intelligence.
Received — 23 August 2026 ⏭
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Received — 18 August 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow

✇NYT: Technology
By: Cecilia Kang
18 August 2026 at 10:14
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.

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A workshop about artificial intelligence at Walla Walla High School in Washington in 2023. ChatGPT will turn on its teen mode if it detects signals that the user is younger than 18, OpenAI said.
Received — 17 August 2026 ⏭

Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion

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By: Kalley Huang
17 August 2026 at 17:13
The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI.

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Workers at the construction site for a data center in Piketon, Ohio, that will be built by a subsidiary of SoftBank and leased to OpenAI.
Received — 13 August 2026 ⏭

Another OpenAI Executive, Denise Dresser, Departs the A.I. Start-Up

✇NYT: Technology
By: Mike Isaac
13 August 2026 at 14:47
Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.

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Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, is one of a number of executives to leave OpenAI in recent months.
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