Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture?
Accenture is about to take on its most high-risk consulting engagement ever.
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Who to watch in Congress on AI policy
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Who to watch in Congress on AI policy Fears over artificial intelligence’s rapid development sent Congress into a tailspin this week, as dozens of lawmakers joined the debate on how to regulate the technology. © Greg Nash The frenzy in Washington has included policymakers who have long engaged…
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were driving us toward Google Zero, and they did it anyway.
World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets | TechCrunch
Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually building.
A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers | TechCrunch
Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence.
Disney's first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters | TechCrunch
The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer.
Jim Cramer Says AI Could Make Okta’s Security Software More Essential
Jim Cramer highlighted Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) on the September 16 episode of Mad Money, mentioning that artificial intelligence is not making the identity-...
Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to 'Pace the Frontier' but…how? | TechCrunch
Watch as Equity digs into Dario Amodei’s plan to slow AI development, Automattic’s boardroom drama, May Mobility’s SPAC, and DoorDash’s $425 million deal with Wonder.
Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.
What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings
Some of the entertainment industry’s biggest labor unions aren’t buying the AI doomer narrative.
More than 100 AI industry experts wrote a letter calling for independent evaluation of frontier models.
Academics, evaluators, and AI leaders signed a public letter calling not just for embedded third-party evaluators at top AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, but for conditions that allowed for transparency by those evaluators, like “limiting the scope of non-disclosure agreements.” I wrote an in-depth feature about the battle over the need for embedded evaluators this week for The Verge. [Link: Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996563/ai-safety-research-metr-redwood-openai-anthropic | The Verge]
ICYMI: Apple is charging up to $60 a month for Apple Intelligence features on HomeKit cameras.
You’ll have to pay at least $9.99 a month for Apple Home’s new AI-powered features, including video summaries, for just one camera. If you want access on up to five cameras, it’s $59.99 (included in the 12TB iCloud Plus plan). Is this a sign of more subscription fees on the horizon for Apple’s smart home? [Image: Apple Intelligence can provide written summaries of activity captured by your HomeKit Secure Video-compatible cameras. But it will cost you. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/IMG_7845.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI
It took researchers just a few days to hack OpenAI using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.
Researchers used Anthropic's Claude to hack into OpenAI | TechCrunch
Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws.
The AI revolution could become a national security disaster if we aren't careful
America hosts 75% of global high-performance compute, but moratoriums on AI data centers risk ceding that strategic advantage to China and rivals.
AI guardrails can’t wait — vote Republicans out in November
It astounds me that Republican lawmakers prefer what may be a 10 percent chance of a world-wide catastrophe to the risk of the president saying something mean about them on social media, but here we are.
AI fears spark a partisan slugfest, helping no one
The AI debate is just heating up. President Trump must acknowledge the public’s concerns and help the industry land on a safer path.
Who gets to decide how quickly AI moves?
The biggest AI companies want to slow development together. The real question is what power they gain in return.