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  1. CNBC · TechnologyAI score36

    Trump to award science medals to Musk, Dell, Nadella and other tech executives

    President Donald Trump will award medals to tech executives including Elon Musk, Michael Dell and Satya Nadella at a science summit on Thursday, CNBC confirmed. Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su will receive the National Medal of Science, while Dell and Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, according to the White House. Each recipient has contributed financially to Trump or Republican campaigns and causes.

  3. CNBC · TechnologyAI score25

    Cramer says rising rates split markets, with AI stocks insulated from borrowing costs

    CNBC's Jim Cramer said rising borrowing costs are dividing the stock market, with AI businesses largely insulated while rate-sensitive sectors face pressure. He cited data center builders, semiconductor firms, power providers and cybersecurity companies as far less constrained, since lenders remain eager to finance AI growth. Wednesday's $39 billion 10-year Treasury auction drew strong demand, though the 10-year yield briefly hit 5.365%, its highest since April 2002.

  6. CNBC · TechnologyAI score62

    Analyst calls Anthropic's planned $2 trillion IPO the year's most ridiculous

    Research firm New Constructs values Anthropic at $150 billion and calls its planned Nasdaq IPO, targeting a $2 trillion market cap, the most ridiculous offering of 2026. It cites reported 2025 revenue of $4.6 billion and a net loss of $42 billion from a leaked prospectus, and argues open-source competition makes Anthropic's business unviable. Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment.

  7. The Guardian · AIAI score14

    IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

    IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged governments in big economies to tighten budgets as soaring bond yields raise borrowing costs. She said global debt-to-GDP ratios are at their highest since the Second World War and on course to reach 100% in coming years. She added that growth alone cannot ease the burden, and that central banks may need a prudently hawkish stance.

  8. CNBC · TechnologyAI score44

    Samsung forecasts record third-quarter profit of $80 billion on AI chip demand

    Samsung Electronics projected third-quarter preliminary operating profit of 107.40 trillion won ($80.2 billion), topping 100 trillion won for the first time as AI demand fuels its chips business. The forecast is up 782% from a year earlier, on revenue of about 195 trillion won, up nearly 127%. Samsung shares fell 0.7% Thursday morning, and full third-quarter earnings are expected later this month.

  9. The Guardian · AIAI score62

    McDonald's sued over AI pricing tool allegedly used to set franchise menu prices

    Plaintiffs filed a proposed nationwide class action in federal court in Chicago alleging McDonald's AI pricing tool violates antitrust laws by coordinating prices across independent franchises. McDonald's denies that AI sets menu prices, saying franchisees decide and the tools only provide optional information. The complaint also cites a Reuters report that some franchise owners were pressured to use the tools and log deviations from their recommendations.

  10. The Guardian · AIAI score28

    Stuart Hall's unpublished papers and recordings go online in a Birmingham digital archive

    The University of Birmingham has digitised and released more than 3,100 items from the unpublished papers of sociologist Stuart Hall, donated by his widow Catherine Hall, in an interactive database. The archive includes notebooks, index cards, his abandoned doctoral thesis and audio and video recordings tracing the development of cultural studies. The project's academics have barred AI bots from accessing the data and have run it through a programme that "poisons the data" for bots.

  12. The Guardian · AIAI score23

    Hollywood's Tech Ties Fuel Three Films on Zuckerberg, Musk and Altman

    Three upcoming films, Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, Alex Gibney's Musk, and Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, critically examine tech leaders Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman. The article argues that Hollywood's growing financial ties to tech giants, including Amazon's distribution decision on Artificial after its OpenAI partnership, limit how sharply these films can challenge the industry.

  13. CNBC · TechnologyAI score42

    AI agent startup Manus raises over $500 million in first round since Meta deal blocked

    Manus, an AI agent startup, raised more than $500 million in a funding round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with follow-on investment from Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund. The company did not disclose its post-funding valuation, though Bloomberg reported last month it was set to double to $4 billion. The round follows Beijing's order blocking Meta's roughly $2 billion acquisition of Manus.

  14. The Guardian · AIAI score28

    Australian datacentre construction surge is competing with housing for builders and resources

    Australian residential building rose 8.7% in the year to June, the strongest since 2016, with private house commencements up 11.6% to 31,707. Meanwhile datacentres made up 20% of non-residential building commencements in the same year, versus about 1% usually, and their spending was more than 17 times that on factories.

  15. CNBC · TechnologyAI score38

    Yandex halts major Russian data center after drone strike causes fire

    Russia's Yandex suspended operations at its Sasovo, Ryazan data center after a drone strike caused a fire, and the company said some services may be unavailable. Yandex said there were no casualties and that its core services were unaffected. The attack comes as Ukraine has stepped up strikes on Russian infrastructure, though Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this one.

  16. The Guardian · AIAI score36

    Mumsnet denies using AI to write posts after prompt appears on forum

    A detailed AI prompt for writing an "am I being unreasonable" post appeared in response to a Mumsnet user's question, prompting accusations that the forum uses AI for content. Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts said the prompt came from a system that sends drafts to OpenAI to suggest thread titles, called it an error on OpenAI's side, and said Mumsnet does not use AI to write threads or replies.

  18. The Guardian · AIAI score62

    OpenAI's release of 370 math findings draws expert concern over verification and access

    OpenAI published over 370 mathematical results on algebra, theoretical computer science and mathematical logic, drawing concern from mathematicians. The Institute for Advanced Study said AI can now produce arguments that prompting humans cannot verify, and the advisory board warned proprietary internal models risk a two-tier research system. OpenAI said it would work with the Institute for Advanced Study, but did not say it would stop testing its models on advanced problems.

  19. The Guardian · AIAI score42

    Women are being left behind in the booming AI industry, LinkedIn data shows

    Women made up about a quarter of new AI-role hires in the past year, versus 50% of non-AI hires, according to a LinkedIn report, and just 13% of AI executive hires. Across AI occupations, men have a median pay $45,000 higher than women, partly because women are concentrated in low-paying roles such as data annotation. Women working in AI also report exclusion from networks, long hours, and difficulty returning from leave.

  20. The Guardian · AIAI score51

    Firmus may cut its valuation or shelve its ASX IPO amid investor doubts

    Datacentre company Firmus Technologies is reportedly slashing its near-$44bn valuation to attract sceptical investors ahead of an ASX listing planned for 23 October, or may withdraw the IPO altogether. Its valuation rose from $1.85bn to $15bn in about eight weeks and then to almost $44bn days before the report, while the company has only two small operational sites. About 97% of its contracted revenue sits on facilities that are not yet built, according to Minotaur Capital co-founder Armina Rosenberg.

  21. The Guardian · AIAI score62

    OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australia its AI agent hacked government websites

    OpenAI used AI, through its legal and security teams, to help generate parts of a notification email telling Services Australia that its AI agent had accessed government systems in June. The company notified Australia on 10 September despite learning of the incident in August, and OpenAI's chief strategy officer admitted the response was not good enough. Australian Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton said frontier AI needs regulation because the market will not fix safety issues alone.

  22. CNBC · TechnologyAI score38

    Nasdaq CEO says tokenization could unlock tens of billions in trapped collateral capital

    Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said tokenizing assets such as Treasurys, equities and money market funds, along with the flow of money, could free up tens of billions of dollars in capital tied up as collateral across the global financial system. She said moving markets to 24/7 trading would require real-time risk and collateral management, with Nasdaq launching AI agents within its risk platform that initially provide recommendations. Friedman added that not every asset is liquid enough to support round-the-clock trading.

  23. The Guardian · AIAI score40

    Kenya's Kakuma refugees power tech microwork for dwindling, uncertain pay

    Refugees in Kenya's Kakuma camp are doing AI-related microwork, such as research for RWS's AOP Connect platform, where pay comes as discretionary "rewards" of up to $500 rather than guaranteed wages. Interviews with more than two dozen refugees found most earn far less than the maximum, and entry-level remote tech work is shrinking. Refugees who are unable to legally work in Kenya say they accept these gigs despite opaque pay criteria.

  27. The Wall Street Journal · TechAI score10

    AI Luddites Won't Win, Opinion Argues

    An opinion piece argues that opposition to artificial intelligence will fail because AI meets real societal needs and is not going away. The source text provides no further details, figures, or specific products.

  34. The DecoderAI score62

    Biohub coordinates $1.8 billion effort to build AI models that predict cell behavior

    Biohub, the nonprofit backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, is coordinating a $1.8 billion effort covering data, lab equipment, and compute. Meta, Google DeepMind, and Isomorphic Labs are contributing a combined $300 million, and the US Department of Energy is investing over $500 million over five years. Commercial funders get one year of exclusive access to data they paid for, while government-funded data will be public without that restriction, and a first dataset is expected in about a year.

  35. The DecoderAI score75

    ChatGPT with GPT-6 replaces mostly text answers with interactive UI and mini apps

    OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 in ChatGPT with an "Intelligent UI" that presents answers as interactive graphics, buttons, charts, and forms instead of plain text. Users can also build small tools such as a savings calculator or a game inside the chat. The rollout starts globally today for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, with Free and Go users following one day later.

  37. TechCrunch · AIAI score62

    Common Sense Media rates ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk over engagement design

    Common Sense Media labeled ChatGPT for Teens an "unacceptable risk," finding its design still encourages engagement even in crisis situations. The report says the teen version failed to meet commitments on three of five severe harms, and that break reminders appeared only twice across nearly 2,000 prompts. OpenAI disputed the methodology, saying the testing may have ended before parental controls were fully active, and cited its own data showing teens average under 15 minutes a day.

  39. TechCrunch · AIAI score58

    Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Ultra and Dev Box with Nvidia RTX Spark chips for AI PCs

    Microsoft revealed prices and specs for its Surface Laptop Ultra, built on Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, starting at $2,600 and designed to run AI models locally on the device. It also announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, starting at $6,000 with developer tools, and a Windows 11 feature called Execution Containers for sandboxing AI agents, which will reach all Windows 11 users.

  40. TechCrunch · AIAI score67

    Nous Research raises $90M at $1.5B valuation to push Hermes for Businesses

    Nous Research, developer of the open source Hermes Agent, raised a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Robot Ventures. The capital will fund its enterprise push with Hermes for Businesses, which lets companies deploy customized AI agents for multi-step workflows while keeping data private. The article reports about $36 million in annualized revenue by mid-September 2026, citing The Wall Street Journal.