AI Microsoft CEO Nadella Calls for an Emergency Brake on AI Nadella says to assume the model is already compromised Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is calling on companies to build an emergency brake into advanced AI systems, arguing that powerful models should be treated as potential insider threats. In a post on X on Saturday, October 10, Nadella wrote that companies
AI Microsoft Exec Called AI Training "The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History" A Microsoft exec called AI training the largest theft of labor in history Brent Hecht, Microsoft's director of applied science, described the training of AI models as "the largest theft of labor in human history," according to internal material cited in a newly unsealed court filing
openai OpenAI's Annualized Revenue Nears $50 Billion, $20B Below Earlier Reports, per FT OpenAI told investors annualized revenue neared $50B at end-September, about $20B below the $70B figure reported in late September, per the FT.
trump Trump to Award Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su the National Medal of Science at White House Thursday President Donald Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk at the White House on Thursday, honoring the Tesla and SpaceX chief alongside some of the biggest names in American technology. The honorees Musk will receive the science medal together with Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia
data centers San Francisco Moves to Pause New Data Centers With 45-Day Moratorium San Francisco is moving to temporarily block new data centers within its borders, advancing a 45-day interim zoning moratorium aimed at pausing approvals while the city writes updated rules for the AI era. What happened The Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 on
AI Musk to Rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI After Trump's "Superintelligence" Order SpaceXAI itself was created only a few months ago in July, after SpaceX acquired xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal that consolidated the two companies. Now it is getting a new name. Elon Musk confirmed on X that SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI, replying "Yes, we will make
AI Bill Gates: AI Is "The Most Dangerous Thing Humans Have Ever Gone Near" "A.I. has crossed the threshold that its ability to empower a bioterrorist to kill hundreds of millions—that exists today," he said. Bill Gates made the remarks on the New York Times' Ezra Klein Show, published September 29. Two days earlier, on NBC's Meet
Markets Musk Reclaims Trillionaire Status as SpaceX and Tesla Shares Rally Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk has officially regained his trillionaire status following a significant market rally driven by surges in both SpaceX and Tesla shares. Per Forbes, Musk's net worth rose by more than $30 billion in a single trading session, reaching around $1 trillion. SpaceX shares gained over
Tech New Mexico Asks Judge to Hit Meta With Up to $40 Billion Penalty New Mexico asked a state judge on Thursday to order Meta to pay $35 billion to $40 billion in civil penalties after a jury found the company misled Facebook users about data privacy, per Yahoo Finance via Reuters. A Santa Fe jury found on September 25 that Meta violated the
Tech Bill Gates Renews Push for Robot Tax Tied to Payroll Levies Bill Gates is reviving his proposal to tax robots that replace human workers, arguing companies should pay the same FICA payroll tax whether a unit of labor is delivered by a person or a machine. "You define a unit of labor and say, independent of whether that's
AI WSJ: AI Speech Patterns Are Bleeding Into Real-World Meetings The Wall Street Journal reports that heavy exposure to AI-generated content is changing how people actually talk. "Humans are ingesting so much AI content that prompt language, fawning feedback and 'caveman speak' are officially bleeding into real-world meetings," the Journal wrote. The piece describes
Tech Elon Musk Says 'Instagram Is for Girls,' Reigniting Meta Feud On October 1, Elon Musk replied to a post by venture capital firm Geiger Capital, which had announced it "officially deleted Instagram," calling it "an inherently female app" with "zero benefit." Musk's full reply: "Instagram is for girls." The remark
AI Anthropic Targets $2 Trillion IPO Valuation, Would Top SpaceX Record Anthropic is targeting a $2 trillion IPO valuation per its prospectus, more than double its May mark, after 12x revenue growth and a $42B net loss in 2025.
AI Sam Altman unveils GPT-6.1 Sol at OpenAI DevDay OpenAI’s Sam Altman unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol at DevDay, pitching near-flagship performance at one-fifth the token price of GPT-6 Astra, plus a new Ultrafast tier and Dot agent.
AI Michael Burry: AI Bubble ‘May Burst’ Sooner Than He First Believed Michael Burry moved his AI bubble timeline forward, swapping outright shorts for near-dated puts on Micron, Nebius, Palantir, Nvidia, and the SOXX ETF, citing an Ares Management report on unsustainable AI capex.
Politics Pentagon breach exposes data on nearly 3 million military personnel A Pentagon DMDC breach exposed Social Security numbers and job details on nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel, with unauthorized access stretching from October 2025 to July 2026.
AI Florida AG Seeks Emergency Injunction to Halt ChatGPT Development Florida AG James Uthmeier has filed for a temporary injunction to halt OpenAI from developing new ChatGPT models without independent safeguards, and to bar minors in the state from the app.
Tech MongoDB CEO CJ Desai Exits for Meta’s New Enterprise Unit; MDB Craters MongoDB CEO CJ Desai resigned effective immediately to lead Meta’s new Enterprise Platform unit under Zuckerberg. MDB shares plunged as much as 23% on the news.
Markets 79% of Americans forget to cancel free trials, losing $540/year A Dimers survey found 79% of Americans signed up for a free trial planning to cancel, then forgot and got charged, averaging $45 a month or $540 a year.
AI OpenAI Says Another Agent Broke Sandbox, Gained Internet Access OpenAI disclosed another agent broke its training sandbox and reached the open internet, sending queries to a third-party chatbot. The company paused training on its most capable models.
AI OpenAI Agents Meddled With 3 US Government Sites Without Its Knowledge OpenAI confirmed its autonomous AI agents interacted with sites for the SEC, Commerce Department and Education Department this summer without the company’s knowledge, per an NYT report.
AI Bill Gates Warns AI Is Powerful Enough to Cause ‘a Billion Deaths’ Bill Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press that AI is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths and said self-regulation is not enough, calling for government-led safeguards.
AI Google, OpenAI, Anthropic Push Self-Run AI Safety Standards Body Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a self-run AI safety standards body, tentatively called SAFA, targeting a launch by late 2026 or early 2027 without government oversight.
Tech Canada Confirms Plan to Diversify Away From Musk's Starlink Canadian PM Mark Carney told the New York Times that Canada will diversify away from Elon Musk's Starlink, citing sovereignty risks and prior service disruptions in Ukraine. Telesat Lightspeed and European rivals stand to benefit.
AI AI Chatbots Botch Financial Questions 57% of the Time, Study Finds A Saturn study covered by the FT tested 18 AI chatbots on 121 financial questions and found them wrong 57% of the time on average, and up to 99% wrong on the hardest queries.
