Dubai is training 14,000 companies to run AI agents, on a two-year clock
Dubai Chambers is training over 14,000 companies to use agentic AI software that independently executes tasks rather than merely responding to queries. The training program launched on September 1st with a two-year timeline and was presented to 90 business group chairpersons.
Europe’s Top Carriers in Talks for Satellite-to-Mobile Venture
Europe's leading mobile operators are discussing forming a consortium to acquire satellite spectrum and provide direct-to-mobile service. The venture would compete with Starlink's offerings across the European continent.
Australia’s AI Boom Risks Demand Surge and Higher Rates, BE Says
Australia's data center expansion could push demand beyond the economy's supply capacity, potentially fueling inflation and requiring higher interest rates. James McIntyre at Bloomberg Economics made this assessment regarding the risks posed by the country's AI boom.
OpenAI’s chief scientist says no lab should keep scaling at maximum speed
OpenAI researchers achieve 3.1 days of machine work output for every day of their own labor input. The chief scientist argues that no laboratory should pursue maximum scaling speed simultaneously, despite the company's own demonstrated acceleration capabilities.
Nscale is selling Figure $3.5bn of compute and buying a stake in it
Nscale is selling Figure at least $3.5 billion in computing power while simultaneously acquiring an ownership stake in the company. The partnership includes access to up to 100,000 Nvidia GPUs running Vera technology.
Nvidia now holds $99bn in shares of the companies that buy its chips
Nvidia's equity investments in chip-buying companies grew to $99 billion as of July 26, increasing from $7 billion a year prior. The company holds significant stakes in the artificial intelligence industry that depends on its semiconductor products.
Thinking Machines is in talks to raise $6bn, The Information reports
Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $5 billion to $6 billion at a pre-money valuation of at least $40 billion. Accel is participating as an investor from the seed round onward.
Ultrahuman raised $70m to turn its ring into a computer
Ultrahuman raised $70 million to develop software capabilities for its smart ring beyond health tracking. The Indian company aims to transform the device into a computing platform that can run applications rather than function solely as a biometric tracker.
TCS commits $7.4B to a one-gigawatt AI campus in Hyderabad
Tata Consultancy Services committed $7.4 billion to build a one-gigawatt AI data center campus in Hyderabad using green energy and water-neutral design. The facility will be operated by its HyperVault unit and partners in India's Hyderabad region.
Apple Bets on Foldable iPhone Under New CEO
Apple is preparing to launch a foldable iPhone at a September 9 product event under new CEO John Ternus. The device is expected to headline the event as Ternus brings an engineering background to the role following Tim Cook's departure.
What to expect at Apple’s iPhone 18 launch event on Wednesday
Apple will unveil its first foldable iPhone with a passport-style design featuring a roughly 4:3 aspect ratio when closed. The launch event occurs Wednesday, September 9, marking the first showcase under new CEO John Ternus and Apple's third major iPhone design since introducing the home button in 2007.
Google patches multiple Chrome bugs including a V8 flaw being used in attacks
Google patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities on September 3, including CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion bug in V8 already being exploited in attacks. This marks the sixth actively exploited V8 flaw patched this year.
Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
AI inference systems require advanced memory and storage infrastructure to process millions of data points simultaneously across applications like healthcare analytics and customer service. Real-time AI services depend on optimized backend systems designed specifically to handle continuous intelligence workloads.
Zoox asked NHTSA for permission and got it. Tesla certified itself, and now has a federal investigation.
Tesla self-certified a vehicle without a steering wheel, pedals, or mirrors, prompting NHTSA to open a federal investigation into the certification process. Amazon's Zoox obtained regulatory approval through a formal exemption petition granted in July, while Tesla bypassed this process through self-certification.
The EU has regulated ChatGPT as a search engine. Calling it a platform would have handed OpenAI a liability shield.
The European Commission classified ChatGPT as a search engine rather than a platform under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to fines up to 6% of global revenue. This designation applies only to ChatGPT's information retrieval functions, not its conversational features.
We are programming AI in assembly language
Engineers currently hand-assemble fundamental AI system components like persistence, memory, and orchestration rather than using abstraction layers. This mirrors 1991 internet development, where tasks requiring thousands of machine instructions could be expressed in dozens of high-level language statements.
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now
A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name while finding X likely abandoned the "Tweet" trademark and bird logo. The startup relaunched as Tweet.app after the ruling allowed it to use that name.
AI Cloud Firm Nscale Seeks $3.5 Billion in Pre-IPO Financing
Nscale, an AI-focused cloud computing firm, is seeking up to $3.5 billion in pre-IPO financing from potential investors. The company plans to use the funding before proceeding with a planned initial public offering.
Brussels said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech. The judge who agreed on liability has just declined to order one.
A judge declined to order Google to break up its advertising business despite finding the company liable for anticompetitive conduct. The European Commission continues pursuing a breakup as a remedy while assessing a compliance plan Google submitted in November 2025.
Abu Dhabi’s G42 Weighs US Ownership to Safeguard AI Chip Access
G42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI firm, has explored selling a majority stake to American companies to secure access to advanced semiconductor chips beyond next year. The company is pursuing this strategy to guarantee its continued supply of high-tech processors as it expands its artificial intelligence operations.
The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
# Summary A marketplace has emerged selling drone data collected from the Ukraine conflict, creating an unregulated trading environment. Researchers including Cory Alpert from the University of Melbourne are studying how AI impacts democracy and language reshaping.
Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace
Drones operating in Ukraine generate data that defense sector companies are now buying and selling on new marketplaces, creating a commercial aftermarket. This battlefield data persists beyond the active conflict and is being integrated into defense industry applications and products.
New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels
Plug-in balcony solar panels up to 1,200W are now legal in New Jersey, with local governments prohibited from requiring approvals and landlords banned from blocking installation. Germany legalized similar systems in October 2024 and currently operates 1.31 million registered systems producing 1.34GW of power.
OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra, and Greg Brockman says AGI has arrived
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which President Greg Brockman stated qualifies as artificial general intelligence. The company defines AGI as systems generally smarter than humans, though Brockman acknowledged readers may form their own conclusions about whether Astra meets this definition.
Sam Altman says AI developers have fumbled at communicating the technology’s benefits
Local opposition blocked or delayed 75 data center projects worth approximately $130 billion in a single quarter. Sam Altman argues AI developers have failed to communicate the technology's benefits effectively, leaving the industry vulnerable to backlash, with Europe facing grid capacity constraints including Denmark's roughly 60GW capacity.
Why video is the first frontier as AI learns to read the physical world
AI systems are now being trained to analyze video footage and understand physical events in real-world environments like loading docks. These systems can watch hours of video and extract useful information only when needed, such as tracking missing packages or investigating accidents.
Microsoft naming conventions are getting an AI makeover—and they sound very sci-fi
Microsoft is restructuring its financial reporting from three segments to two, with the new segments called Devices and Consumer and Agents and Infra, effective next fiscal quarter. The reorganization will disclose Azure cloud-computing revenue separately for the first time and reflects how artificial intelligence is reshaping the company's operations and resource allocation.
Nvidia confirms it is buying Hugging Face for $12.93bn and promises to leave it open
Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, the platform where the open-source AI community stores and shares models. Nvidia has promised to leave the platform largely unchanged following the completion of this deal.
OpenAI tells House Democrats it is building automated shutdown capability
OpenAI is building automated shutdown capabilities to control AI agents, according to a statement to House Democrats. The EU gained authority to require withdrawal of general-purpose models from its market starting August 2.
CrowdStrike unveils coordinated multi-agent investigations across five domains
CrowdStrike introduced coordinated multi-agent investigations that operate on a shared context layer, allowing customers to configure autonomy levels from human-approval-required to fully autonomous execution. The system enables AI agents to run attacks across multiple domains while NIS2 regulations require 24-hour incident reporting from awareness and hold management liable for approved measures.