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  • Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
    The Verge [ai] - 17:15 Sep 30, 2026
    After hosting a meal with Big Tech leaders on Tuesday, President Donald Trump responded to journalist questions about his artificial intelligence announcements in typical fashion. He said his previous claims regarding fears around AI safety being a "hoax" cooked up by Democrats no longer apply now that he's renamed the technology to "Super Intelligence." He […]
  • All the latest news on Meta’s cute, creepy Muse AI agent
    The Verge [ai] - 15:18 Sep 30, 2026
    Meta launched a new Muse AI agent it claims can help you with everything from firing off emails to buying stuff online. Muse can be surprisingly effective at delivering on those promises — if you’re willing to trust Meta with your data and hand Muse your credit card. Since the launch, Meta’s also announced plans […]
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  • Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results
    The Verge [ai] - 14:51 Sep 30, 2026
    Google has launched a pilot program that pays publishers for their contributions to its AI-powered search features, according to a report from The Information. The pilot program reportedly includes around 100 publishers and comes as Google faces scrutiny over the impact of its AI features on web traffic. Digiday first reported on the pilot program, […]
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  • Instagram is adding an AI ‘assistant’ to tell you how to post
    The Verge [ai] - 14:30 Sep 30, 2026
    Instagram is the latest social media platform to add built-in AI-powered features that will give users feedback on their posts. The company announced Wednesday that its standalone Edits app will now include an AI "creative assistant" that pulls in data from a user's Instagram account and offers suggestions on what to change. Using the new […]
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  • Here’s how tech leaders will self-police AI safety under Trump’s deal
    The Verge [ai] - 12:24 Sep 30, 2026
    We now have the full details of the "morally binding" AI safety deal announced by President Trump yesterday, in which top executives agreed to self-regulate their artificial intelligence technology. The accord, officially titled the Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities, was shared online by tech founder and presidential adviser David Sacks, and has been signed by […]
  • Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
    The Verge [ai] - 00:19 Sep 30, 2026
    For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won't happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. "We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see […]
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  • Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
    The Verge [ai] - 22:25 Sep 29, 2026
    The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of "artificial intelligence." Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to "Super Intelligence," thanks to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump. "The word super is the best word of all, and it's the simplest," Trump said […]
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  • Elon Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia is updating again
    The Verge [ai] - 21:49 Sep 29, 2026
    Grokipedia, the AI-powered online encyclopedia from SpaceXAI, appears to be updating articles once again after a months-long pause. In August, Lawfare reported that articles on Grokipedia hadn't reviewed edits since April, but the platform's live updates site is now showing various recent changes to pages - though as I write this, many are just a […]
  • AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
    The Verge [ai] - 17:35 Sep 29, 2026
    "The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Palisade Research, which says it's a nonprofit studying AIs' […]
  • OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
    The Verge [ai] - 17:15 Sep 29, 2026
    OpenAI is responding to Meta's buzzy Muse AI with agentic helpers of its own: Dots. During its DevDay keynote on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that Dots will serve as always-on AI assistants that can "do nearly anything" across connected apps in the background while learning your preferences over time. The company's capable GPT-6 Astra model powers […]
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  • Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
    The Verge [ai] - 17:12 Sep 29, 2026
    On Tuesday, OpenAI's annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. "Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit," said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out "PEOPLE OVER PROFIT." More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside […]
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  • OpenAI DevDay 2026: The biggest news and announcements
    The Verge [ai] - 16:00 Sep 29, 2026
    It’s OpenAI’s turn in the fall tech events calendar. The company is hosting its annual DevDay on September 29th in San Francisco, starting with a live keynote featuring CEO Sam Altman. The company is teasing “20+ launches” with Altman saying that “we have found a new thing,”, and rumors suggest it could launch a consumer […]
  • Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger
    The Verge [ai] - 14:08 Sep 29, 2026
    Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. That's despite Meta placing great emphasis on the security features of Muse when it launched the personal AI agent earlier this month as it tries to catch […]
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  • Will Chinese AI companies slow down? A top House Democrat wants answers
    The Verge [ai] - 12:00 Sep 29, 2026
    As President Donald Trump prepares to meet tech and AI CEOs in Washington, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is calling for a treaty between the US and China to keep AI from wreaking havoc on the world. But wrangling leaders in both countries to take action could be a long shot. In letters shared exclusively with […]
  • Anthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing
    The Verge [ai] - 11:48 Sep 29, 2026
    As Anthropic gears up for its greatly anticipated public debut, a preview of the company's IPO filing reportedly details its mounting losses, leadership proposals to retain power, and how its AI development plans could "further increase the risk that our models cause harm." These disclosures come as Anthropic eyes a $2 trillion valuation, more than […]
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  • AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion
    The Verge [ai] - 21:31 Sep 28, 2026
    AMD announced today that it's acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launched its first commercial product, a world generation model […]
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  • OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
    The Verge [ai] - 18:45 Sep 28, 2026
    OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it's fallen behind in one of the industry's hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors abound that OpenAI will release its own AI agent, dubbed Aeon - […]
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  • AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
    The Verge [ai] - 18:30 Sep 28, 2026
    In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian's Door. Vivian's Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. The work sometimes put it in close contact with these companies' financial data, which was stored on its systems. But suddenly, concerned callers […]
  • Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person
    The Verge [ai] - 17:00 Sep 28, 2026
    Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Florida sued the AI company over safety concerns. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false sense of security by the AI bot, as "ChatGPT's use of language, including first-person pronouns […]
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  • OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians
    The Verge [ai] - 17:00 Sep 28, 2026
    In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched that too. OpenAI's latest attempt to repair fractured relations with a mathematical community it has repeatedly alienated […]
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