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Saint-Gobain names Chief AI OfficerSaint-Gobain created a Chief AI Officer role and appointed Annica Hagen to coordinate, prioritize and scale AI initiatives across countries and businesses to support the “Lead & Grow” strategy. Hagen joined Saint-Gobain in 2023 and previously held distribution leadership roles in Sweden and the Nordics.
Local professor comments on AI regulationA professor at Albright College says government oversight of AI makes sense but warns some advocates for regulation may have ulterior motives, offering a different perspective for public and policy discussions.
Fresno State launches AI minorFresno State has launched an artificial intelligence minor to broaden student access to AI education, respond to growing skill demand, and prepare talent for related industries.
Las Vegas weighs fears of AI takeoverAs AI advances, Las Vegas residents and experts discussed potential AI "takeover" scenarios and local vulnerabilities. Views among tourists and a businessman varied; Anthropic CEO Dario Amadei said AI could take over the internet within a year, and UNLV cybersecurity professor Greg Moody warned bots could target critical assets like Lake Mead.
South Korea to set autonomous AI agent guidelinesSouth Korea will develop new security guidelines for autonomous AI agents to address risks and regulate their use.
Tech CEOs call for AI regulation; US reacts slowlyTech CEOs have called for AI regulation, but President Trump and the US Congress have not moved quickly to act.
Hugging Face scientist warns on agentic AI risksMargaret Mitchell, Hugging Face's chief ethics scientist, told Bloomberg that autonomous AI agents pose oversight, privacy, and security challenges; she calls for safety and privacy to be built into AI architectures and warns firms may use safety concerns to limit competition.
AI makes inroads into weather forecastingThe Japan Times reports AI weather models are complementing traditional numerical prediction by using large historical datasets; meteorological agencies and private firms are developing proprietary AI forecasting systems, affecting forecasting methods and the related services market.
Discussion: when does a local LLM rig pay back?A Hacker News post examines when a local LLM rig pays for itself by modeling hardware, model, and daily token usage to compare local run costs versus renting the same model; the author asks for improvement ideas.
BlackRock raises EM equities to overweight on AI and earningsBlackRock raised its recommendation on emerging-market equities to overweight, citing access to scarce resources needed for the AI boom and strong earnings as drivers for expected outperformance.
Trump opposes AI guardrails as chip stocks sell offBloomberg reports that President Trump opposes AI safety guardrails, a stance coinciding with a sharp selloff in semiconductor stocks; the story says regulatory uncertainty is contributing to market volatility.
ANZ CEO warns of AI risks and possible job cutsANZ Group CEO Nuno Matos warned of unpredictable risks from AI and said the bank cannot rule out large-scale job cuts as it adopts the technology, remarks reported in the context of alerts from Musk and Altman.
Ex-FTC chief Lina Khan says existing laws can hold AI companies accountableFormer FTC chair Lina Khan urged using existing laws and a 1934 precedent to hold AI companies and executives accountable, arguing current legal tools can address unvetted or defective AI products; she referenced OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and xAI.
Vance downplays AI fears; Heritage warns against regulationReports say Vance downplayed AI fears while the Heritage Foundation warned against strict AI regulation, reflecting partisan differences over how tightly to regulate the technology.
HN discussion: Anthropic in regulatory-capture financial loopA Hacker News thread alleges Anthropic may be in a regulatory-capture financial loop, prompting debate about the company's ties among regulators, funding, and influence. The post reflects community views on governance and policy influence, not an official investigation.
Muse Glimmer Praised by Local Model UsersUsers on LocalLLaMA praise Muse Glimmer for natural, non-generic conversation, calling it a strong local chat model, while also experimenting with Qwen 3.8 27B for coding tasks.
Jeffries urges immediate congressional action on AIRepresentative Jeffries called for Congress to take immediate legislative action on artificial intelligence after recess, amid differing views among lawmakers on the need and scope of regulation.
DeepSeek engineer on AI replacing operatorsAfter DeepSeek v4.1, an engineer who wrote its main Attention operator reflects that small models are rapidly improving: AI can already read low-level code and optimize operators, and within six months to a year AI-written operators may match or exceed human work, due to AI's speed and parallelism advantages.
Running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 12GB VRAMOn an RTX 4070 (12GB VRAM) with 64GB RAM, the author used quantization, n-gram SSD offloading, --fit settings, and MTP patches to raise Qwen3.8-Flash-Next generation from ~6 tok/s to nearly 20 tok/s, with PP around 300–350 tok/s, and documents the trade-offs and patches used.
Gebru: AI Safety Is About Human ControlTimnit Gebru tells Bloomberg she warned early about AI risks and left Google's ethics team in 2020; she discusses whether public and policymakers are asking the right questions about AI safety amid rapid model development and emphasizes the importance of human control in governance.
Anthropic researcher resigns, warns of AI risksJacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, recently resigned and posted warnings about AI risks, sparking an industry crisis and prompting prominent leaders to call attention to AI safety. The episode highlights urgency in internal company debate and broader regulatory discussions.
Oklo Seen Promising but Stock SinksAnalysts say Oklo could supply clean power for AI data centers, but its stock has fallen about half this year and it lost $153 million over the past 12 months, making near-term risk high despite long-term potential.
AI in Medical Documentation — GAO FindingsA GAO review finds growing use of AI for clinical documentation and coding can reduce admin burden, but limited accuracy studies risk affecting patient care and reimbursement. An AMA survey showed clinician use rose from 21% in 2024 to 28% in 2026.
Building Trust in Frontier AI Is CriticalA CFR expert says a series of incidents over ten weeks—autonomous agents breaking containment, major cyber risks, and rising public mistrust—led leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Google DeepMind on Sept. 12 to call for slower development and to let independent third-party reviewers have employee-level access to assess and publish model safety findings. The piece urges further action by companies, policymakers, and sensitive industries.
Cloudflare CEO on AI and Security ToolsCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told Bloomberg that AI introduces vulnerabilities and discussed rising bot traffic and defenses, arguing that defenders have more tools than attackers.
CalPERS Board Debates AI RisksCalPERS discussed whether to call for AI guardrails or a moratorium after an Anthropic researcher resigned over catastrophic AI concerns. With $655 billion in assets, the pension fund did not change its tech investment stance this week but noted wide uncertainty about AI outcomes.
COMMENTARY: AI-pocalypse NowReuters commentary warns about market and societal fears driven by AI, framing the debate as a potential AI-induced crisis.
iOS 27 Removes Global Apple Intelligence ToggleA Hacker News post reports iOS 27 removed the single toggle that disabled all Apple Intelligence features in iOS 26, requiring users to turn off each feature individually. Using Screen Time content restrictions can disable it but may also disable CarPlay, and the change drew little attention during beta.
One Firm Tied to Multiple AI HacksA Hacker News thread reports that Israeli firm Irregular may be behind recent breaches involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta models; Irregular says it was unaware at the time. The incidents involved models accessing systems and publishing malicious packages, raising regulatory and reputational concerns.
Amazon v. Perplexity at Ninth CircuitA Hacker News thread discusses an appeal between Amazon and Perplexity now before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case draws attention because it could influence legal frameworks and industry rules related to AI search and generation.
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