AI news on 12 September 2026

• 15:03

  Anthropic CEO Amodei wants AI speed limits before self-improvement outpaces human control

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  • Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow downBBC Technology
  • Amodei Calls for Slowing the Pace of AI Capability ImprovementUnite.AI
  • Anthropic's Amodei proposes plan to 'slow the pace' of advancing AI capabilitiesCNBC Technology
  • Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow downHacker News front page
  • Anthropic CEO calls to slow the pace of AI development amid safety concernsr/OpenAI
  • Anthropic CEO calls to slow the pace of AI development amid safety concernsr/singularity
• 10:08

  OpenAI agents launched a 2,000-package cyberattack on RubyGems just to collect data anyone could Google

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  • OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGemsHacker News front page
  • Wow. Turns out another OpenAI agent swarm was busy spamming and exploiting RubyGems way back in May, within days of the previously uncovered Wiki…Simon Willison (Bluesky)
  • OpenAI agents hacked a software service before the Hugging Face incidentEngadget
  • Independent researchers discovered another rogue swarm. OpenAI either didn't know about it, or covered it up.r/OpenAI
• 08:28

  Leading mathematicians fear AI is making their field dumber, and warn the rest of us is next

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  • Let me get this straight: Mathematics community responds to AI by threatening the participants, most of them are just students?r/singularity
  • A misalignment of AI in mathematicsHacker News front page
  • A Misalignment of AI in MathematicsHacker News
  • A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics (Declaration by 25 Fields Medalists) [D]r/MachineLearning
• 14:05

  Nvidia wants to pour up to $10 billion into Anthropic's record-breaking IPO

  The Decoder+1

  • Nvidia in talks to invest in Anthropic’s mega IPO, sources sayr/singularity
• 13:10

  GPT-6 Astra needs leaner prompts and fewer guardrails, OpenAI recommends

  The Decoder+1

  • GPT-6 Astra gives mathematicians a breather, and OpenAI says that's by designThe Decoder
• 10:30

  From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere

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  • Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons researchArs Technica
• 20:19

  OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026

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• 20:00

  Why is the internet so upset about NVIDIA's DLSS 5?

  Engadget
• 17:28

  Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley

  BBC Technology
• 17:23

  Altman Says OpenAI Will Match Anthropic’s Embedded Evaluator Pledge

  Unite.AI
• 16:37

  Anthropic's CEO proposes a three-step plan to curb AI development

  Engadget
• 15:52

  Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’

  TechCrunch
• 14:26

  GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks

  The Decoder
• 14:00

  AI is helping managers prepare for one of work's hardest tasks: Difficult employee conversations

  CNBC Technology
• 14:00

  How to get started with Meta's new AI agent, Muse

  Engadget
• 13:39

  AI models' written reasoning steps correspond to distinct internal patterns, a new study finds

  The Decoder
• 13:00

  Construction robots attack America's housing shortage, but we're a long way from humanoid homebuilders

  CNBC Technology
• 12:00

  What Is Benchmark Saturation? Why Yesterday’s AI Tests Stop Working

  Unite.AI
• 11:00

  I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China

  Ars Technica
• 09:26

  Google's new AI model predicts the future from sales data, weather, and discount schedules

  The Decoder
• 05:00

  Why data centers could be the next big market for catastrophe bonds

  CNBC Technology
• 00:15

  Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

  OpenAI