Sources: TikTok rejects ads from Meta that call on competitors to join Meta in settling with US state attorneys general in a landmark child safety lawsuit (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/tiktok-meta-ads-children-safety-settlement
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/tiktok-meta-ads-children-safety-settlement
Axios
Scoop: TikTok rejects Meta ads amid settlement pressure campaign
Part of Meta's historic multibillion-dollar settlement is contingent on its peers also agreeing to settle.
Polymarket names Warren Jenson its first CFO as the company aims to grow in the US; Jenson served as finance chief of Amazon, EA, NBC, and most recently Nielsen (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/polymarket-appoints-first-finance-chief-amid-u-s-growth-plans-882f8160
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/polymarket-appoints-first-finance-chief-amid-u-s-growth-plans-882f8160
The Wall Street Journal
Polymarket Appoints First Finance Chief Amid U.S. Growth Plans
Warren Jenson, who previously served as finance chief of Amazon, Electronic Arts, Delta Air Lines and NBC during the ‘90s and early 2000s, has been named Polymarket’s first chief financial officer.
Garry Tan says "I would do nothing" about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/y-combinator-garry-tan-says-do-nothing-about-distillation.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/y-combinator-garry-tan-says-do-nothing-about-distillation.html
CNBC
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech
At Y Combinator’s annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.
Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised $150M, an extension of its $500M Series E in March 2026 (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
https://www.techmeme.com/260911/p9#a260911p9
https://www.techmeme.com/260911/p9#a260911p9
Techmeme
Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised $150M, an extension of its $500M…
Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised $150M, an extension of its $500M Series E in March 2026
A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/linkedin-beats-browsergate-lawsuits-over-scanning-users-chrome-extensions/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/linkedin-beats-browsergate-lawsuits-over-scanning-users-chrome-extensions/
Ars Technica
LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions
Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn't allege any real privacy violation.
Sources: Moonshot AI told investors it topped $1B ARR in August, up from $300M in June, driven by its Kimi K3 release; it aims to hit $2B ARR by the end of 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/china-ai-star-moonshot-eyes-2-billion-annualized-sales-in-2026
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/china-ai-star-moonshot-eyes-2-billion-annualized-sales-in-2026
Bloomberg.com
China AI Star Moonshot Eyes $2 Billion Annualized Sales in 2026
Moonshot AI is targeting a manifold jump in annualized revenue to $2 billion by the end of the year, using the breakout success of its Kimi K3 model to dial up the heat on rivals from Anthropic PBC to Z.AI Co.
Source and draft press release: the Trump admin will lend $100M to Africell, Africa's only US-owned telecom company, aiming to counter Huawei's Africa expansion (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-administration-lend-100-million-africell-countering-huawei-africa-2026-09-11/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-administration-lend-100-million-africell-countering-huawei-africa-2026-09-11/
OpenAI says it's no longer sponsoring Caltech's math hackathon, where participants use AI to solve research problems, following criticism of "slop mathematics" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-caltech-ai-math-hackathon-backlash-anthropic-2026-9
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-caltech-ai-math-hackathon-backlash-anthropic-2026-9
Business Insider
OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop'
Caltech mathematicians said the event, which is sponsored by AI companies, "is likely to have destructive impacts for the mathematical community."
Source: former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo joins the board of directors at AI infrastructure startup Nscale; Simo will continue as a part-time advisor to OpenAI (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-fidji-simo-to-join-board-of-cloud-provider-nscale-ahead-of-ipo-3b452424
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-fidji-simo-to-join-board-of-cloud-provider-nscale-ahead-of-ipo-3b452424
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | OpenAI’s Fidji Simo to Join Board of Cloud Provider Nscale Ahead of IPO
Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo has joined the board of directors at Nscale, a startup that has raised billions to build data centers for AI.
A US court sentences Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware attacks (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-gang-member-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ransomware-gang-member-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison/
BleepingComputer
Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022.
Threat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to develop guidance software for missiles (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/anthropic-says-yemen-group-used-claude-in-missile-development
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/anthropic-says-yemen-group-used-claude-in-missile-development
Bloomberg.com
Anthropic Says Yemen Group Used Claude in Missile Development
Anthropic PBC uncovered a group in northern Yemen — where Iran-backed Houthi militants operate — using its Claude AI model to support the development of missile and rocket systems, highlighting growing concerns over the use of advanced AI in military programs…
Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/09/10/marc-andreessen-trump-biden-ai-opinion-01045516
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/09/10/marc-andreessen-trump-biden-ai-opinion-01045516
POLITICO
Opinion | What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump
Setting the record straight about the venture capitalist’s meeting with us in the Biden White House.
GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal providing a 50% discount from October 1, with access to GPT-6 Astra (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/openai-gives-us-agencies-50-off-models-ending-1-per-year-deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/openai-gives-us-agencies-50-off-models-ending-1-per-year-deal
Bloomberg.com
OpenAI Gives US Agencies 50% Off Models, Ending $1 Per Year Deal
OpenAI is ending a pilot program that allowed government agencies to use its models for only $1 per year and moving to a usage-based pricing system that will give federal workers access to the technology at a 50% discount from standard prices, according to…
Meta says it is making changes to prompts suggested by Meta AI after a viral video showed it posing invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/993974/meta-ai-prompt-invasive-suggestions
https://www.theverge.com/tech/993974/meta-ai-prompt-invasive-suggestions
The Verge
Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
Meta says it “missed the mark.”
Meta says it is making changes to prompts suggested by Meta AI after a viral video showed it posing invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-horrified-meta-ai-family
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-horrified-meta-ai-family
Futurism
Mother Horrified When Instagram's AI Scours Social Media for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters
Kalie Robins shared a video of her and her daughter singing. Meta AI started prompting her to investigate information about her family.
Roblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/roblox-is-making-it-easier-to-build-games-with-ai-and-play-them-outside-roblox/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/11/roblox-is-making-it-easier-to-build-games-with-ai-and-play-them-outside-roblox/
TechCrunch
Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox | TechCrunch
At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC capabilities, and the ability to make games available across platforms, including the web.
Internal note: Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is "time for me to move on and try new things" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/993791/microsoft-frank-shaw-leaving-head-of-comms
https://www.theverge.com/news/993791/microsoft-frank-shaw-leaving-head-of-comms
The Verge
Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years
Frank Shaw has been supporting Microsoft’s communications for nearly 30 years.
Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/mike-johnson-house-recess-ai-doom-warnings
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/mike-johnson-house-recess-ai-doom-warnings
Axios
Scoop: Mike Johnson urged to cancel House recess over AI warnings
A letter to Johnson says "urgent action" is needed to address risks posed by AI.
Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation (Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-ai-firm-cohere-in-advanced-talks-to-raise-up-to-3-billion/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-ai-firm-cohere-in-advanced-talks-to-raise-up-to-3-billion/
The Globe and Mail
Canadian AI firm Cohere in advanced talks to raise up to $3-billion, sources say
Deal would value the company at $20-billion and rank as the largest on record by a private Canadian startup
The UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations (Tom Rees/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/ai-shows-tentative-signs-of-lifting-britain-out-of-its-slump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/ai-shows-tentative-signs-of-lifting-britain-out-of-its-slump
Bloomberg.com
AI Shows Tentative Signs of Lifting Britain Out of Its Slump
No one in the City of London saw Britain’s summer growth spurt coming.
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics (Terence Tao/What's new)
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-severe-misalignment-of-ai-in-mathematics/
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-severe-misalignment-of-ai-in-mathematics/
What's new
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…