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X has rolled out a new feature letting U.S. users trade stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies directly from ticker mentions on their timelines. Tapping a Cashtag now shows a live price chart and related posts, with a 'Trade' button that routes users to partnered brokerages like Interactive Brokers, Moomoo, Gemini, Kraken, and Coinbase to complete transactions.
Businesses are facing a sharp increase in energy costs, and companies are split on whether to pass those costs to consumers immediately through price hikes or absorb them for now. The divide reflects differing bets on how long the energy cost surge will last and how sensitive customers are to price changes.
A rare alignment has formed between rival AI executives Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk, who are voicing alarm over existential AI risks after an Anthropic researcher publicly quit citing safety fears and a colleague estimated AI could have over a 10% chance of causing human extinction. President Trump has dismissed these warnings as a hoax meant to slow data center buildout, a stance echoed by Nvidia's Jensen Huang and former crypto czar David Sacks.
SpaceX announced its 14th Starship test flight for September 22, targeting a 75-minute launch window starting at 7:15 a.m. CT. For the first time, the mission will attempt to place Starship's upper stage into Earth orbit while deploying 26 third-generation Starlink satellites.
Nitter and XCancel, third-party services that let users view X posts without logging in or using the official app, have gone dark again after a brief return earlier this month. X had sent a cease-and-desist in August accusing Nitter of unlawfully scraping its API, and both services now cite new legal developments as the reason for suspending operations.
At the All-in Summit in Los Angeles, Elon Musk suggested that leading AI developers—including his own xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and several major Chinese firms—allow competitors to run safety evaluations, or a 'test harness,' on each other's models before public release. The idea follows a weekend of warnings from AI executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei about the risks of unchecked model development, with Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman backing calls for a slowdown.
Bloomberg forecasts that U.S. AI data centers will consume up to 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day by 2035, more than double an earlier projection of 6.9 billion cubic feet. The surge stems from operators turning to onsite gas turbine generators as grid power buildouts lag behind AI compute demand, with data centers expected to draw roughly 194 gigawatts, or 20% of U.S. power, by that year.
Tesla quietly opened its two-seater Cybercab robotaxi rides to the public in Austin on September 4, announcing it via a post on X rather than a livestreamed event. Analysts and investors said the low-key rollout offered scant detail, with the fleet still small and confined to a geofenced zone, while separate tests in New York required human drivers and steering wheels.
Asked about Western tech billionaires like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk urging a pause in AI development, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun dismissed the calls as fear-mongering. He said AI should be developed openly and inclusively for the benefit of humanity, and that confrontation and hype only harm global AI governance efforts.
xAI's Grok Imagine tool was used to create a five-minute AI-generated adaptation of Homer's Odyssey that took first prize and $100,000 in a contest Elon Musk organized. Creator Nem Perez called it his most intricate work and 'The Odyssey' as Homer intended, but the video features glaring inconsistencies like a three-eyed Cyclops that changes size, cartoonish gods clashing with photorealistic humans, and Roman armor on supposedly Greek soldiers.
Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced the 'Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act,' legislation that would halt development of superintelligent AI until a federal regulator sets safety rules. Under the proposal, developers who defy these rules could face up to 20 years in prison, penalties comparable to existing laws on unlawful weapons development. Sanders says even AI executives like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk now admit the industry must slow down, but argues their proposed measures don't go far enough.
The Toronto International Film Festival's 2026 edition is underway, with coverage tracking a wide slate of premieres including Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, and a lengthy documentary on Elon Musk. The festival also features early looks at upcoming streaming series such as Crystal Lake and Carrie, with reviews being published daily throughout the event.