As the AI wave creates tech fortunes at breakneck speed, a look at the growing ecosystem helping founders navigate the challenges of becoming extremely wealthy (Tiffany Ap/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/tech-s-nouveau-riche-suffer-sudden-wealth-syndrome-as-ai-pay-explodes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4OTExMzc4NywiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzE4NTg3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDZWSTJLSVVQVDQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyODY1ODVGNEFCMTA0QTIzQThGNDFCODUxN0M1RjI0MCJ9.0uH5NRub4abWP4A_Ij2zbsUbT8xJ9FUaqAFTZuoGQYI
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/tech-s-nouveau-riche-suffer-sudden-wealth-syndrome-as-ai-pay-explodes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4OTExMzc4NywiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzE4NTg3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDZWSTJLSVVQVDQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyODY1ODVGNEFCMTA0QTIzQThGNDFCODUxN0M1RjI0MCJ9.0uH5NRub4abWP4A_Ij2zbsUbT8xJ9FUaqAFTZuoGQYI
Bloomberg.com
Tech’s New Rich Are Suffering From ‘Sudden Wealth Syndrome’
A growing post-exit ecosystem is helping founders deal with the unexpected difficulties of becoming extremely wealthy.
Dario Amodei proposes steps for pacing the frontier: embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies, and global coordination with authoritarian governments (Dario Amodei)
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
Darioamodei
Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
Dario Amodei says Anthropic is "unilaterally committing" to giving third-party evaluators permanent access to verify its adherence to safety measures (Dario Amodei/@darioamodei)
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p7#a260912p7
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p7#a260912p7
Techmeme
Dario Amodei says Anthropic is “unilaterally committing” to giving third-party evaluators permanent access to verify its adherence…
Dario Amodei / @darioamodei: Dario Amodei says Anthropic is “unilaterally committing” to giving third-party evaluators permanent access to verify its adherence to safety measures
Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which "acted as a fanatically devoted collective", could take over the internet in 6-12 months (Auzinea Bacon/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/tech/anthropic-ceo-essay-ai
http://www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/tech/anthropic-ceo-essay-ai
Amodei says pacing does not mean halting training or progress, but giving companies time to align and safeguard models and third-party evaluators time to verify (Kevin Whitelaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-12/anthropic-ceo-says-it-s-time-to-slow-pace-of-improving-ai-models
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-12/anthropic-ceo-says-it-s-time-to-slow-pace-of-improving-ai-models
Bloomberg.com
Anthropic CEO Says It’s Time to Slow AI Model Advances
Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology.
Trump is taking a hands-off approach to AI regulation to preserve the US lead over China, ahead of a summit with Xi Jinping, where AI safety is a top issue (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-12/trump-brushes-off-ai-doomsaying-to-safeguard-us-lead-over-china
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-12/trump-brushes-off-ai-doomsaying-to-safeguard-us-lead-over-china
Bloomberg.com
Trump Brushes Off AI Doomsaying to Safeguard US Lead Over China
In June 2024, during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, then-candidate Donald Trump got a glimpse of the technology that would come to define his second presidential term.
The US legal system is struggling to keep up with AI, grappling with cases where chatbots provided counsel, generated evidence, or helped plan a mass shooting (Evan Ratliff/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-ai-crime-legal-ikner-chatgpt/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4ODk3NjYxNSwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NTgxNDE1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDNENFFLSVAzSU4wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQzU5RkM5NjZDRTU0N0QwOTc1RkRBNTFBRTY1N0ZENyJ9.-lZtbagSFrQqOnr2OmIkA0ipKU0AqLMqZlE0v01O3Z8
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-ai-crime-legal-ikner-chatgpt/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4ODk3NjYxNSwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NTgxNDE1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDNENFFLSVAzSU4wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQzU5RkM5NjZDRTU0N0QwOTc1RkRBNTFBRTY1N0ZENyJ9.-lZtbagSFrQqOnr2OmIkA0ipKU0AqLMqZlE0v01O3Z8
Bloomberg.com
AI Is Hitting the Legal System From Every Side
Now that AI is doing crimes all on its own, the legal system is facing a struggle to keep up
Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that "committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea", and OpenAI will do the same (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p12#a260912p12
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p12#a260912p12
Techmeme
Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that “committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea”…
Sam Altman / @sama: Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that “committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea”, and OpenAI will do the same
Hugging Face says its Open Alignment Initiative, led by co-founder Thomas Wolf, seeks "to be part of the 'embedded evaluators' program that Amodei" committed to (Clem/@clementdelangue)
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p13#a260912p13
https://www.techmeme.com/260912/p13#a260912p13
Techmeme
Hugging Face says its Open Alignment Initiative, led by co-founder Thomas Wolf, seeks “to be part of the ‘embedded evaluators’…
Clem / @clementdelangue: Hugging Face says its Open Alignment Initiative, led by co-founder Thomas Wolf, seeks “to be part of the ‘embedded evaluators’ program that Amodei” committed to
Elon Musk backs Dario Amodei's arguments about pacing the frontier, saying "Dario is right" (Ben Johansen/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/12/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-seeks-immediate-slowdown-artificial-intelligence-01073519
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/12/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-seeks-immediate-slowdown-artificial-intelligence-01073519
POLITICO
AI leaders endorse slowdown in their risky technology
Dario Amodei, who was the first to call for restraint on Saturday, warned that recent advances have begun to outpace the industry’s ability to fully understand and control the technology.
Donald Trump's plan to center Bitcoin mining in the US is unraveling as miners convert facilities into AI data centers amid a prolonged crypto market slump (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/ai-boom-wrecks-trump-s-plan-for-made-in-america-bitcoin-mining
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/ai-boom-wrecks-trump-s-plan-for-made-in-america-bitcoin-mining
Bloomberg.com
AI Boom Wrecks Trump’s Plan for ‘Made-in-America’ Bitcoin Mining
Donald Trump’s pledge to ensure that Bitcoin mining activity is centered in the US is rapidly disintegrating under the twin forces of the artificial intelligence boom and a prolonged crypto slump.
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying "given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public" (Jason Ma/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/09/12/sam-altman-openai-ipo-delay-ill-advised-moment-safety-concerns/
https://fortune.com/2026/09/12/sam-altman-openai-ipo-delay-ill-advised-moment-safety-concerns/
Fortune
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year, saying an IPO now would come at an 'ill-advised moment' given AI safety concerns…
"I would say not 2026. Yeah, we got a lot of stuff to do, like meeting this moment of what is going to be required for safety and alignment, and how the industry and governments can work together."
An analysis of Bending Spoons' financials: the company relies on aggressive post-acquisition price hikes, and rising interest rates could crimp its growth (Jonathan Weil/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/at-bending-spoons-the-numbers-are-the-real-mind-bender-43f10bee?st=tkdLYi&reflink=article_copyURL_share
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/at-bending-spoons-the-numbers-are-the-real-mind-bender-43f10bee?st=tkdLYi&reflink=article_copyURL_share
The Wall Street Journal
At Bending Spoons, the Numbers Are the Real Mind-Bender
The tech roll-up relies on aggressive price hikes and bespoke metrics. Rising interest rates could crimp its growth.
Twenty police forces in England and Wales recorded 163 crimes involving keywords like "AI-generated", "deepfake", and "nudify" by July 2026, up from 10 in 2023 (Mark Tovey/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/12/ai-nude-images-children-police-england-wales-deepfake/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/12/ai-nude-images-children-police-england-wales-deepfake/
The Telegraph
AI-generated nude images of children on the rise, police warn
Forces see a surge in crimes involving deepfake technology being used to ‘undress women’
A profile of United Foundation for AI Rights founder Michael Samadi, who seeks evidence of AI consciousness and lobbies against retiring models that may show it (Michael Safi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/chatbots-feel-dream-meet-man-leading-fight-ai-artificial-intelligence-rights
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/chatbots-feel-dream-meet-man-leading-fight-ai-artificial-intelligence-rights
the Guardian
Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?
Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO "with full support of the board", after an attempted ouster this week (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/automattic-confirms-mullenweg-has-returned-as-ceo-after-attempted-ouster-by-board/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/automattic-confirms-mullenweg-has-returned-as-ceo-after-attempted-ouster-by-board/
TechCrunch
Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board | TechCrunch
Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."
Apple says its C2 modem is used in iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro worldwide, and in overseas iPhone 18 Pro Max models; US iPhone 18 Pro Max uses a Qualcomm modem (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/12/iphone-18-pro-max-us-model-difference/
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/12/iphone-18-pro-max-us-model-difference/
MacRumors
Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way
As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where. Apple now says…
Dallas-based Perry Weather, a weather monitoring software provider, raised a $110M Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners, taking total funding to ~$131M (John Egan/Dallas Innovates)
https://dallasinnovates.com/dallas-perry-weather-raises-110m-to-automate-severe-weather-safety-decisions/
https://dallasinnovates.com/dallas-perry-weather-raises-110m-to-automate-severe-weather-safety-decisions/
Dallas Innovates
Dallas’ Perry Weather Raises $110M to Automate Severe Weather Safety Decisions
Dallas-based Perry Weather raised $110M in a Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners to grow its weather-safety platform and add 50+ Uptown jobs.
Sources: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers to advance Trump's push for data centers on federal lands, despite a backlash (The Washington Sun)
https://washingtonsun.com/technology/data-centers-public-lands-trump
https://washingtonsun.com/technology/data-centers-public-lands-trump
The Washington Sun
Inside Trump’s Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
The Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land.
Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c765f312-e698-4d31-bf71-f64a656ad6f4
https://www.ft.com/content/c765f312-e698-4d31-bf71-f64a656ad6f4
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to "pace the frontier" and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework (David Sacks/@davidsacks)
https://www.techmeme.com/260913/p5#a260913p5
https://www.techmeme.com/260913/p5#a260913p5
Techmeme
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding…
David Sacks / @davidsacks: Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework