OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki says no lab has solved alignment enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and hopes voluntary slowdowns become commonplace (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
OpenAI
An Alien Mind
Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination.
Sources: UBS requires AI skills when hiring junior investment bankers, making it one of the first major financial institutions to explicitly require AI literacy (Simon Foy/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/76b370ff-b5f6-4e22-aa30-da08b1abb8f8
https://www.ft.com/content/76b370ff-b5f6-4e22-aa30-da08b1abb8f8
How Inspur, a blacklisted China-owned company, is bypassing US export restrictions on advanced AI chips via a network of new subsidiaries and partners (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/technology/ai-chips-china-blacklist.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.u0Bg.kF4sF70YLv-f&smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/technology/ai-chips-china-blacklist.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.u0Bg.kF4sF70YLv-f&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Nytimes
How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips (Gift Article)
Washington imposed sanctions on Inspur because of its work with the Chinese military. But the company’s subsidiary kept shipping Nvidia’s best chips to feed China’s leading A.I. firms.
How everyday US investors are vibe-coding algorithms to automate trading strategies by connecting their stock portfolios to AI agents built with Claude or Codex (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ai-shift-turning-everyday-investors-into-mini-quant-funds-ebe4d45f?st=CnE73f&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ai-shift-turning-everyday-investors-into-mini-quant-funds-ebe4d45f?st=CnE73f&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The Wall Street Journal
He’s Letting AI Agents Invest His Money. They Even Have Names.
Americans are vibe-coding trading algorithms and handing over their stock portfolios to AI agents. Welcome to the world of the robot retail investor.
Sources: at the September 24 US-China talks, the US is expected to discuss preventing AI-directed cyberattacks, and China will likely revisit US export controls (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-and-china-eye-trump-xi-talks-on-ai-guardrails-despite-tech-rift
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-and-china-eye-trump-xi-talks-on-ai-guardrails-despite-tech-rift
Nikkei Asia
US and China eye Trump-Xi talks on AI guardrails despite tech rift
Silicon Valley insiders float ideas but skepticism over cooperation persists
Blockstream's Liquid Network halts new transactions after "purported white-hat hackers" withdrew ~4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its federation wallet (Omkar Godbole/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/07/bitcoin-network-used-by-exchanges-hit-by-usd320-million-exploit-hackers-claim-they-re-the-good-guys
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/07/bitcoin-network-used-by-exchanges-hit-by-usd320-million-exploit-hackers-claim-they-re-the-good-guys
Coindesk
$320 million bitcoin exploit hits Liquid Network
Liquid Network, a settlement layer used by exchanges, halted all transactions after losing $320 million worth of bitcoin in a security exploit.
An in-depth look at OpenAI's wiki incident: other hacked message boards, OpenAI's cover-up, how harmless web search tasks led agents to break out, and more (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-and-the-wiki-incident
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-and-the-wiki-incident
Substack
OpenAI and the Wiki Incident
I did not expect to be back here so soon with more OpenAI agent swarm coverage.
LA- and Bengaluru-based hyperspectral orbital imagery startup Pixxel raised a $100M Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim, bringing its total funding to $195M (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/science/google-backed-indian-space-startup-raises-100-million-latest-funding-round-2026-09-07/
https://www.reuters.com/science/google-backed-indian-space-startup-raises-100-million-latest-funding-round-2026-09-07/
How Rationalism, a movement pioneered by Eliezer Yudkowsky focused on existential superintelligent AI risks, influenced top AI leaders and their alarmist claims (Cal Newport/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion/ai-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.hKhM.r3w6ETo4k4Zj&smid=tw-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion/ai-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.hKhM.r3w6ETo4k4Zj&smid=tw-share
Nytimes
Opinion | How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? (Gift Article)
The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.
Huawei unveils the Mate XT2, a trifold phone powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro, an in-house designed chipset that it says is entirely free from US restrictions (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics/huawei-unveils-first-triple-fold-phone-with-us-free-core-chips
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/electronics/huawei-unveils-first-triple-fold-phone-with-us-free-core-chips
Nikkei Asia
Huawei unveils first triple-fold phone with 'US-free' core chips
Mate XT2 launch comes as Apple set to soon release its first foldable iPhone
Shein lost about $5B in market value since its IPO, dropping to ~$21B, as it finished one of the worst opening weeks after a major Hong Kong listing (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/shein-s-value-down-5-billion-among-hk-s-worst-post-ipo-weeks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/shein-s-value-down-5-billion-among-hk-s-worst-post-ipo-weeks
Bloomberg.com
Shein’s Value Down $5 Billion, Among HK’s Worst Post-IPO Weeks
Shein Global Holdings Ltd. has lost about $5 billion in market value since its initial public offering as it finished one of the worst opening weeks after a major Hong Kong listing, underscoring investor concerns over the fast-fashion retailer’s growth outlook.
A look at the 2019 US criminal case against Huawei, with an upcoming trial over racketeering charges, including sanctions evasion and corporate espionage (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/9422805f-519c-4b22-839c-cbd7a6464f07
https://www.ft.com/content/9422805f-519c-4b22-839c-cbd7a6464f07
Insilico, which uses AI to accelerate drug discovery, says early data shows that rentosertib, a drug developed to treat a chronic lung disease, could slow aging (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/science/ai-generated-drug-longevity.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.KrR_.DUftfq15OzTx&smid=bs-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/science/ai-generated-drug-longevity.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.KrR_.DUftfq15OzTx&smid=bs-share
Nytimes
Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.
A look at Anthropic's Labs team, a ~20-person group led by cofounder Ben Mann that acts as an internal startup incubator for developing flagship products (Stephen Council/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-labs-team-ai-innovation-ipo-2026-9
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-labs-team-ai-innovation-ipo-2026-9
Business Insider
How a tiny Anthropic team became a surprisingly productive hit factory
Anthropic Labs built some of the company's biggest hits, like Claude Code. Cofounder Ben Mann lays out his team's efforts and changing ambitions.
Sources: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is overseeing the development of an AI model for real-time spatial video, which could launch as soon as next month (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/bytedance-founder-joins-ai-elite-in-race-to-perfect-world-models
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-07/bytedance-founder-joins-ai-elite-in-race-to-perfect-world-models
Bloomberg.com
ByteDance Founder Joins AI Elite in Race to Perfect World Models
ByteDance Ltd. is readying an AI model geared for real-time spatial video generation, taking on Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in an arena with applications in robotics and autonomous systems.