AISep 15, 2026Ars Technica
Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh
Volvo’s refreshed XC60 and XC90 plug-ins jump to a 37.9 kWh usable pack — and both get Gemini on a new 11.2-inch Android Automotive stack.
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AISep 14, 2026The Verge
Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?
Amodei’s three-step “pace the frontier” pitch won rival CEOs’ nods — and immediately drew cartel and safety-washing accusations that only measurable teeth can settle.
AISep 14, 2026TechCrunch
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’
On speakerphone at All-In, Huang told Trump “you’re right” — they won’t let an AI slowdown happen — as the president branded the scare a hoax.
AISep 14, 2026The Verge
What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development
Amodei’s “pace the frontier” essay triggered a quote storm — Altman and Hassabis nodded, Musk said he’s right, and Trump called the scare a China-helping conspiracy.
AISep 14, 2026TechCrunch
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
WSJ reports OpenAI paid over $300 million for Glass Imaging — ex-Apple Portrait Mode engineers using neural nets to beat tiny phone camera physics.
AISep 14, 2026The Verge
Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world
Onstage at the All-In Summit, Jensen Huang put President Trump on speakerphone — and Trump called AI slowdown fears a “hoax” while promising robots won’t take over.
AISep 14, 2026Ars Technica
OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out
Musk dismissed Apple from his antitrust case with prejudice — and kept the same monopoly claims aimed at OpenAI as the fight heads toward trial.
AISep 14, 2026Ars Technica
Apple releases iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 with Siri AI and Liquid Glass refinements
Apple’s 2026 OS wave ships Siri AI as the flagship — on-device and cloud AFM 3 models — while Golden Gate becomes the last macOS with Rosetta.
AISep 14, 2026MIT Technology Review
The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?
Amodei called for a brake, and Altman, Hassabis, and Musk piled on — but the slowdown still lacks a definition, and transparency is the missing piece.
AISep 14, 2026NVIDIA Developer
Accelerating Dropless MoE Training in JAX with NVIDIA Transformer Engine
NVIDIA says Transformer Engine plus JAX lifted DeepSeek-V3 MoE training from 103 to 1,068 TFLOPS/GPU on GB200 — a 10.4× jump — while keeping dropless routing.
AISep 14, 2026TechCrunch
Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans
Microsoft published an MAI code of conduct with absolute bans on cyberattacks, nukes, and deepfakes — and a hard line against models that evade human shutdown.
AISep 14, 2026Google AI Blog
DevFest is back
Google’s community DevFest season returns Oct 1–Dec 31, 2026 — nearly a million developers expected across 800+ events, themed for the “agentic era.”