Technology
- Current and former officials: the US NSA plans major restructuring to form five new units for AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting, and global intelligence (Washington Post) September 14, 2026Washington Post: Current and former officials: the US NSA plans major restructuring to form five new units for AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting, and global intelligence — Gen. Joshua M. Rudd is retooling the massive spy agency to focus on priorities including AI, China and cybersecurity. — Summary
- Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social (The Information) September 14, 2026The Information: Source: Anthropic signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social — Anthropic has signed a computing deal worth $13.7 billion over six years with Rum Group, a company with roots in social media …
- Report: former EPA officials identify 30 federal actions since January 2025 that they say exacerbate health risks stemming from data center pollution (Justine Calma/The Verge) September 14, 2026Justine Calma / The Verge: Report: former EPA officials identify 30 federal actions since January 2025 that they say exacerbate health risks stemming from data center pollution — The Trump administration is sacrificing Americans' health to build data centers, former EPA officials warn.
- Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs (Financial Times) September 14, 2026Financial Times: Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs — Claude maker seeks to ease cash burn concerns before blockbuster IPO amid fears over pace of AI development
- Satya Nadella says "we welcome" the "deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right", and announces a "Code of Conduct" for Microsoft's MAI models (Satya Nadella/@satyanadella) September 13, 2026Satya Nadella / @satyanadella: Satya Nadella says “we welcome” the “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right”, and announces a “Code of Conduct” for Microsoft's MAI models — Any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's […]
- Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI (Leo Schwartz/The Information) September 13, 2026Leo Schwartz / The Information: Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI — Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been holding discussions about working together to create a standards body for the AI industry …
- Xi Jinping calls for a "consensus-based global AI governance framework" and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community (Joanna Ossinger/CNBC) September 13, 2026Joanna Ossinger / CNBC: Xi Jinping calls for a “consensus-based global AI governance framework” and says China will pioneer the establishment of a BRICS AI open-source community — China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing countries …
- Dario Amodei says the "toughest dilemma" about his proposal to "pace the frontier" is what happens if China does not do the same (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) September 13, 2026Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Dario Amodei says the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to “pace the frontier” is what happens if China does not do the same — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence …
- President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying "you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up" (Financial Times) September 13, 2026Financial Times: President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying “you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up” — President denounces demands for regulation as existential fears over technology move to the centre of US politics
- Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO (Katie Roof/Business Insider) September 13, 2026Katie Roof / Business Insider: Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO — – Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its upcoming IPO, following SpaceX's recent listing on the exchange — Nasdaq's tech IPO success continues, challenging NYSE's historical dominance in large listings.
- Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety and AI companies should take responsibility to ensure the safety of their products (Donica Phifer/Axios) September 13, 2026Donica Phifer / Axios: Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety and AI companies should take responsibility to ensure the safety of their products — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety.
- iPhone Duo will usher foldables into the mainstream, just as iPhone did with smartphones; sources: iPhone game controllers will launch under the Beats brand (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) September 13, 2026Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: iPhone Duo will usher foldables into the mainstream, just as iPhone did with smartphones; sources: iPhone game controllers will launch under the Beats brand — Also: The company prepares a retail store shake-up. — Apple's iPhone Duo will go down as one of the company's historic products …
- Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to "pace the frontier" and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework (David Sacks/@davidsacks) September 13, 2026David Sacks / @davidsacks: Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework — Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.
- Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times) September 13, 2026Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition — Low-profile venture capital firm Vy Capital has emerged as one of the rocket maker's largest shareholders
- Sources: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers to advance Trump's push for data centers on federal lands, despite a backlash (The Washington Sun) September 13, 2026The Washington Sun: Sources: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers to advance Trump's push for data centers on federal lands, despite a backlash — President Donald Trump's directive to accelerate data center development on federal lands is facing public backlash and legal hurdles.