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Anthropic heads for a second straight profitable quarter
Anthropic told investors its adjusted operating income will be positive for a second straight quarter. Second-quarter revenue was $11.5 billion.
Read News · Infrastructure 1 min readNvidia announces CUDA-Q Logical for quantum
Nvidia added a layer to its open-source CUDA-Q platform to make building applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers easier.
Read News · Policy 1 min readTrump dismisses calls for AI guardrails
Trump pushed back hard on Amodei's call to slow down, writing that the only control AI needs is a strong and smart president.
Read News · Policy 1 min readAnthropic, OpenAI and Google discuss AI testing body
The three labs have met in a working group since July. On the table is an independent body that would test and audit models before release.
Read News · Policy 2 min readDario Amodei calls on AI labs to pace the frontier
In an essay published September 12, Anthropic's CEO argued that capability gains are outrunning safety work. Sam Altman backed the call the same day.
Read News · Funding 1 min readAltman 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.
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