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- 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) [19m]
- 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) [1h]
- 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) [1h]
- 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) [1h]
- Dario Amodei says Anthropic is "unilaterally committing" to giving third-party evaluators permanent access to verify its adherence to safety measures (Dario Amodei/@darioamodei) [2h]
- Dario Amodei proposes steps for pacing the frontier: embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies, and global coordination with authoritarian governments (Dario Amodei) [2h]
- 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) [3h]
- South Korea's espionage laws, broadened for the first time in over seven decades, take effect on Sept. 13 as foreign spies increasingly target its chip sector (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times) [6h]
- Q&A with AI researchers John Schulman, Beren Millidge, and Charlie O'Neill on steelmanning the case against RSI, Chinese labs' progress, long-horizon RL, more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast) [10h]
- Epsilon Health, which contracts with radiologists who use its AI to generate image reports faster, emerges from stealth with a $20M Series A led by AlleyCorp (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios) [11h]
- NYC-based Luminary, which develops AI-powered workflow tools for estate planning and wealth transfer management, raised a $22M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital (Davis Janowski/Wealth Management) [11h]
- Amazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [14h]
- Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [15h]
- Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B (Reuters) [17h]
- Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago (Ben Bergman/Business Insider) [17h]
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- South Africans join Thais and Americans in rejecting data centers as clashes over water and power resources mount [39m]
- “Not even Secretlab’s Titan Evo has these”: I’ve never tested a gaming chair with features like this Boulies model — and it beats key rivals on price, too [44m]
- How to watch South Africa vs New Zealand 4th Test for FREE: Live streams & TV channels for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry decider [44m]
- Verizon launches iPhone 18 Pro preorders with two ways to save — get a device included, plus an Apple Watch AND iPad [44m]
- How to watch Sabalenka vs Rybakina: US Open 2026 Women's Final FREE Live Streams, TV Channels [1h]
- Some of the best budget running headphones just got a big discount on Amazon — save $70 on the Shokz OpenRun Pro [1h]
- Apple iPhone 18 Pro preorders are live at T-Mobile with up to $1,200 off in savings — yep, enough to get a device included [2h]
- LG's denial over TV spying claims ‘does not address the full privacy picture’, experts say — after report accuses it of making ‘216,000,000 spy TVs’ [2h]
- ‘One of the worst outcomes for companies is reacting in a knee-jerk fashion before the rewards can be reaped’: How game engines, version control software, and AI are delivering new benefits and challenges to almost every industry [2h]
- The Instax Mini 13 was made for taking selfies — and my friends have never been happier with the instant memories I've captured [2h]
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis creative director confirms the game has difficulty levels for combat, puzzles, and traversal that can be individually tweaked — 'We have prepared it in a way that I'm pretty sure everyone can set it to their own pleasure [2h]
- The first images of Meta's Project Phoenix mixed reality headset have leaked — and there's a reason it's so thin and light [3h]
- Ghost Rider: release date and everything else we know so far about the new Marvel movie starring Ryan Gosling [3h]
- Today's Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max deals include big discounts — I'm rounding up the best preorder promotions right here [4h]
- Mark Zuckerberg's Muse personal AI agent is a work accessory designed by people who don't do real work [5h]
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