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Altman says OpenAI will not go public in 2026
Sam Altman said safety concerns make this the wrong moment for an IPO. OpenAI had reportedly filed confidentially earlier this year.
Read News · Science 1 min readA mapped fruit fly brain is now playing Doom
Google and HHMI Janelia mapped the nervous system of a male fruit fly. A developer then wired the map to Doom.
Read News · Leads 1 min readGPT-Live-1: a voice model you can interrupt, now in the API
OpenAI's voice model that listens while it speaks is now in the API. Yelp uses it to answer calls for restaurants and service firms.
Read News · Infrastructure 1 min readTSMC posts record August revenue, up 53% in a year
TSMC reported NT$514.8 billion in August revenue. AI demand has its 3, 4 and 5 nanometer capacity fully booked.
Read News · Payments 1 min readVisa, Mastercard and Ant set a shared ID framework for agents
Under the Know Your Agent framework, an AI agent registered with one payment network will not have to start over with the others.
Read News · Models 1 min readApple brings the full Siri AI with iPhone 18 Pro
At its September 9 event Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and its first foldable. Apple Intelligence expands to 16 languages.
Read News · Policy 1 min readGITEX holds its first Türkiye edition in Istanbul
GITEX AI Türkiye runs September 9-10 at the Istanbul Expo Center, hosted by the Presidency's Investment and Finance Office.
Read News · Models 2 min readMeta launches Muse, a personal AI agent for everyone
Muse books tickets, schedules appointments, fills in forms and shops for you. US only for now, with free, $20 and $100 plans.
Read News · Funding 1 min readMistral raises €3 billion at a valuation above €21 billion
French AI company Mistral announced its Series D on September 8, co-led by Samsung Electronics, the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund and PSG Equity.
Read News · Infrastructure 1 min readBroadcom's AI chip revenue tripled; the stock barely moved
Broadcom's AI chip revenue rose 221% to $16.7 billion. Guidance came in just under Wall Street's estimate and the stock stayed flat.
Read News · Models 1 min readOpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and declares an AGI era
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, calling it its most intelligent and aligned model. So far the benchmark numbers come only from OpenAI.
Read News · Models 1 min readGoogle releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and a cybersecurity model
Google updated its Flash line: 3.8 Flash improves at coding and agent tasks, and 3.8 Flash Cyber is limited to trusted defenders.
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