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AI news on 2 September 2026

13:54
Anthropic Joins AI Price War With Release of Fable 5.1
AI Business▴1321+6
- Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1Hacker News front page
- Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 arrive with a 75% cost reduction for Fable cache readsVentureBeat
- Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 \ Anthropicr/ClaudeAI
- Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1r/singularity
- Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 promises better coding and research at up to 45 percent lessThe Decoder
- Anthropic Debuts Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 With Split SafeguardsUnite.AI
17:09
U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
TechCrunch+3
16:18
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google DeepMind▴781+2
- Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash CyberHacker News front page
- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyberr/singularity
12:28
World Labs unveils Atlas, a single AI model that generates, reconstructs, and simulates 3D worlds from just a few photos
The Decoder+2
- World Labs just dropped Atlas: An omni world model that simulates space-time and accelerates physical AIr/singularity
- Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs debuts Atlas, a world model showcase for advanced spatial intelligenceSiliconANGLE
23:00
Uber launches first robotaxis in London (with human supervisors)
Engadget+1
- Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in oneBBC Technology
18:50
NYC bans the use of generative AI tools in public schools for students through eighth grade
Engadget▴113+1
- Mamdani Bans AI in NYC SchoolsHacker News front page
18:13
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks
Ars Technica+1
- Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash With Cybersecurity VariantUnite.AI
15:40
Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises
Google AI+1
- Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprisesGoogle DeepMind
15:01
HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments
TechCrunch+1
- HiddenLayer Raises $100M Series B to Expand AI Agent Security PlatformUnite.AI
14:23
Protests against AI data centers play into China's hands, Trump says
The Decoder+1
- Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'CNBC Technology
12:09
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting
TechCrunch+1
- Tumbler Ridge shooting survivors launch 30 new lawsuits against tech company OpenAIr/OpenAI
23:01
The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch
22:49
How Equinix has found a niche in the multitrillion-dollar AI data center boom
CNBC Technology
22:44
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say
TechCrunch
22:24
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals
TechCrunch
22:21
Broadcom delivers strong earnings view as CEO touts growth with AI labs
CNBC Technology
22:20
Nvidia boss presses G20 ministers to build AI infrastructure
TechXplore
21:55
Frontier AI research moves into cyber defense as attackers gain speed
SiliconANGLE
21:33
AWS Opens GPT-5.6 Access on Amazon Bedrock From Australian Regions
Unite.AI
21:08
OpenAI Tells House Democrats It Is Building Automated Shutdown Capability
Unite.AI
21:05
Enterprises put non-Nvidia chips 14 points ahead of Nvidia's next-gen GPUs on their evaluation lists
VentureBeat
20:59
Broadcom Posts Record Q3 Revenue as AI Chip Sales Reach $16.7B
Unite.AI
20:40
Researchers develop cost-efficient method for detecting hallucinations in large language models
TechXplore
20:34
AI-assisted mushroom hunting is a recipe for a bad trip
The Register
20:28
Snowflake spikes 22% on healthy results and AI coding momentum
CNBC Technology
20:25
Wonderful raises $550M at $5B valuation for its AI automation platform
SiliconANGLE
20:19
OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts
TechCrunch
19:42
Meta Launches Muse Spark 1.3, Citing Gains in Coding and Agentic Tasks
Unite.AI
19:40
Why did your robotaxi stop? New system helps predict self-driving car mistakes
TechXplore
18:24
US Department of Justice backs fair use for AI training in landmark copyright case
The Decoder
18:20
Curiosity, frustration and antipathy: How kids play with AI toys
TechXplore
18:20
These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words
WIREDlimited
18:14
Continuous identity becomes the new front line for AI agents: theCUBE’s Fal.Con 2026 day two keynote analysis
SiliconANGLE
18:04
A Closer Look at the AI Adoption Stages Behind Enterprise AI Success
Unite.AI
18:00
Storage leaders target AI’s unstructured data challenge
SiliconANGLE
17:58
Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing
Ars Technica
17:51
Stolen Claude session cookies can reach corporate Gmail through grants no IT admin can revoke
VentureBeat
17:18
Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’
TechCrunch
17:09
We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO
TechCrunch
17:09
LivePerson Stockholders Sign Off on SoundHound AI Takeover
Unite.AI