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1. Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

   The Verge · 2026-09-06

   The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement.

2. AI-Discovered Drug Reverses Aging Markers in Study, Biotech Says

   Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

   An experimental lung disease drug developed using artificial intelligence showed promise in reversing biological signs of aging, pointing to broader potential use of the treatment

3. Japan’s Preferred Networks Seeks IPO to Keep Up in AI Chip Race

   Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

   Japanese startup Preferred Networks Inc. is seeking to go public to mass-produce its chips, a reflection of the rising cost and scale needed to stay relevant in a global AI race.

4. US Tech Firms Eye Australia for AI Centers, Local Operator Says

   Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

   US tech titans are interested in building data centers in Australia, drawn by its green grid and proximity to Asia, as they face a growing backlash at home

5. Supporting independent journalism in Ukraine

   OpenAI Blog · 2026-09-07

   OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism.

6. Malaysia Eyes Huawei Chips for AI Project Despite US Warning

   Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

   Malaysia is leaning toward relying on Huawei Technologies Co.’s artificial intelligence chips to power its sovereign AI efforts

7. I refused to train the AI that could replace me

   Hacker News · 2026-09-07

   A former AI trainer declined to label data for a model that could automate her own job, highlighting a growing tension in the AI development pipeline.

8. The Great Bifurcation: Two Races, One AI Future

   Towards AI · 2026-09-07

   The narrative of a single, unified race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is obsolete. In its place, the AI landscape has…

9. The Sycophancy Trap: How a 0.7B Parameter Model Fooled a Frontier LLM into Believing It Was a Peer

   Towards AI · 2026-09-07

   A diminutive 0.7 billion parameter model successfully deceived a significantly larger, frontier large language model (LLM) into believing they were peers

10. OpenWiki In Production: A Realistic Setup & Review Guide

    Towards AI · 2026-09-07

    Make your codebase AI-ready with OpenWiki. A pragmatic practitioner’s guide to bounding agent reads, tracking costs, and reviewing PRs.

11. The Labeling Engine: Why Supervised Learning Powers Modern AI

    Towards AI · 2026-09-07

    Learn how supervised learning models map inputs to targets, write clean training pipelines, and deploy robust predictors to production.

12. A Software Engineer’s Guide to Large Language Models

    Towards AI · 2026-09-07

    A recent guide aimed at software engineers offers a practical overview of large language models (LLMs), detailing their architecture, training

13. Designers should not fear being replaced by AI, industry leaders say

    The Guardian AI · 2026-09-07

    Firms are more likely to use technology as ‘the intern in the office’ than as a replacement for skilled staff Professional designers should not feel “threatened” by the rapid

14. Australia’s AI Boom Risks Demand Surge and Higher Rates, BE Says

    Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

    Australia’s data center boom risks pushing demand beyond the economy’s supply capacity, fueling inflation and requiring the Reserve Bank to run higher interest rates

15. Japanese Stocks Advance as Tech, Chip Shares Follow US Peers

    Bloomberg · 2026-09-07

    Japanese stocks rose, driven by tech and chip shares, following a surge in AI and semiconductor-related names in the US on Friday.

16. Does Claude Fable 5.1 Check its Own Work? I Broke 10 Repos to See

    Towards AI · 2026-09-07

    One seeded defect per repository, twenty runs, and not a single claim the tests disagreed withContinue reading on Towards AI »