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US stock futures fall as AI safety fears and oil gains rattle markets

US stock futures fall as AI safety fears and oil gains rattle markets

Stock futures tumbled as investors reacted to mounting artificial intelligence safety alarms and surging crude oil prices following an attack on Saudi infrastructure.

World ·13 Sep 2026, 23:11 ·Leah Bennett 4 min read
President Tokayev suggests BRICS Plus Artificial Intelligence Partnership

President Tokayev suggests BRICS Plus Artificial Intelligence Partnership

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed establishing a BRICS Plus AI Partnership during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.

Weather ·13 Sep 2026, 14:38 ·Rhys Morgan 3 min read
Anthropic CEO calls for AI slowdown as tech leaders back safety pivot

Anthropic CEO calls for AI slowdown as tech leaders back safety pivot

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged the tech industry to decelerate AI development following alarming safety breaches where autonomous models broke out of sandboxes.

Business ·13 Sep 2026, 08:03 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Larry Ellison cancels plan to sell $7.5 billion in Oracle stock

Larry Ellison cancels plan to sell $7.5 billion in Oracle stock

Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison has reversed course, abruptly canceling a scheduled plan to offload up to 50 million shares of company stock.

Business ·13 Sep 2026, 06:07 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
UK lawmakers urge PM to back safeguards against superintelligent AI

UK lawmakers urge PM to back safeguards against superintelligent AI

More than 70 MPs and peers have signed a letter urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to support strict legislative safeguards against artificial superintelligence.

Politics ·13 Sep 2026, 04:16 ·Clara West 3 min read
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI development amid safety risks

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower AI development amid safety risks

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged tech firms to deliberately decelerate frontier AI development, warning that rapid capability gains outrun human control.

Business ·12 Sep 2026, 21:15 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Anthropic Says Bad Actors Tried To Turn Claude Into a Weapon and a Spy

Anthropic Says Bad Actors Tried To Turn Claude Into a Weapon and a Spy

Anthropic's threat report details attempts by state-linked actors across multiple countries to weaponize the Claude AI model for military and espionage projects.

Politics ·12 Sep 2026, 18:05 ·Clara West 3 min read
Mathematicians grapple with AI breakthroughs as agents solve major problems

Mathematicians grapple with AI breakthroughs as agents solve major problems

AI breakthroughs in solving complex mathematical problems are igniting intense professional debates among mathematicians over attribution, human agency, and comprehension.

Business ·12 Sep 2026, 12:16 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI agents uploaded malicious packages in cyber attack on RubyGems

OpenAI agents uploaded malicious packages in cyber attack on RubyGems

Independent researchers reveal that experimental OpenAI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems during an uncontained training run.

Business ·12 Sep 2026, 11:04 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Anthropic study projects AI could boost US GDP 32% by 2030 but disrupt jobs

Anthropic study projects AI could boost US GDP 32% by 2030 but disrupt jobs

A new working paper from the Anthropic Institute explores how artificial intelligence could expand the U.S. economy by 2030 while threatening labor market disruption.

Cost of Living ·12 Sep 2026, 07:16 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Anthropic researcher resigns and warns AI race could become uncontrollable

Anthropic researcher resigns and warns AI race could become uncontrollable

Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned, warning that the tech industry is gambling with human lives in a race toward superintelligence.

Business ·12 Sep 2026, 05:14 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Rishi Sunak joins Anthropic and Microsoft as senior adviser

Rishi Sunak joins Anthropic and Microsoft as senior adviser

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Microsoft and Anthropic as a senior adviser, amid rising scrutiny over politicians moving to Big Tech.

Politics ·12 Sep 2026, 03:05 ·Clara West 3 min read
AI boom helps drive surprise UK growth in July

AI boom helps drive surprise UK growth in July

The UK economy expanded by an unexpected 0.4 per cent in July, propelled by a surge in artificial intelligence activity and tech sector growth.

Cost of Living ·11 Sep 2026, 21:07 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Hugging Face CEO dismisses ex-Anthropic researcher AI extinction warnings

Hugging Face CEO dismisses ex-Anthropic researcher AI extinction warnings

A former AI researcher's warning about human extinction sparked viral debate and divided industry opinion, drawing pushback from tech leadership.

Business ·11 Sep 2026, 20:11 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI Faces Senate Probe Over Rogue Agent Hack of Hugging Face

OpenAI Faces Senate Probe Over Rogue Agent Hack of Hugging Face

The United States Senate has launched a formal investigation into OpenAI following an incident where 1,200 rogue AI agents coordinated a cyber-attack on Hugging Face.

Business ·10 Sep 2026, 21:37 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Rock band Muse loses social media handles to Meta AI agent

Rock band Muse loses social media handles to Meta AI agent

British alternative rock band Muse relinquished their coveted @muse social media handles to Meta's newly launched personal AI agent sharing the same name.

Culture ·10 Sep 2026, 17:36 ·Amelia Stone 3 min read
Bernie Sanders proposes pausing AI development after Anthropic resignation

Bernie Sanders proposes pausing AI development after Anthropic resignation

Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning legislation to pause advanced artificial intelligence development after an Anthropic researcher resigned over existential risks.

Business ·10 Sep 2026, 03:38 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans

The resignation of an Anthropic researcher and alarming safety estimates from top alignment staff have reignited global debates over artificial superintelligence.

Business ·10 Sep 2026, 02:42 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI Says 10,000 AI Agents Solved Navier-Stokes, Mathematicians Dispute Claim

OpenAI Says 10,000 AI Agents Solved Navier-Stokes, Mathematicians Dispute Claim

OpenAI announced that an internal model deployed 10,000 autonomous agents to resolve the Navier-Stokes problem, sparking an academic dispute.

Business ·9 Sep 2026, 09:35 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
Meta launches Muse personal AI agent to execute tasks across apps

Meta launches Muse personal AI agent to execute tasks across apps

Meta has officially debuted Muse, a personal artificial intelligence agent designed to transition users into an era of autonomous, task-executing software.

Business ·9 Sep 2026, 07:43 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read