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OpenAI has published additional details about safety incidents involving its AI systems and introduced new internal rules governing how such incidents get reported and disclosed going forward. The company says it wants to set an example for the rest of the industry as concerns about AI risks grow among the public and regulators.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will attend the White House state dinner marking Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit, according to CNBC. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also expected to be present, as the Trump administration invites prominent tech executives to the event.
Federal Judge Mark Pittman is demanding X and SpaceX's AI unit turn over any agreement that led them to voluntarily drop antitrust claims against Apple, while continuing their suit against OpenAI. The original lawsuit alleged Apple and OpenAI colluded to suppress rival AI apps on the App Store after agreeing to integrate ChatGPT into Siri. OpenAI filed an emergency motion pushing for disclosure of the settlement terms, and Pittman has given the companies until noon on September 17 to respond.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed letting third-party evaluators like METR and Redwood Research operate inside frontier AI companies with deep access to systems and training data, not just finished models. OpenAI's Sam Altman said his company would adopt a similar approach. Evaluators welcomed the idea but say specifics—and possibly legislation—are needed to ensure genuine independence rather than vendor-style arrangements.
Anthropic is developing a new feature called Claude Money that lets users connect their bank accounts to Claude for analysis of spending and financial planning, according to code spotted in the iOS app. The feature has not been officially announced and appears limited to internal testing, with no confirmed details on supported banks, connection methods, or regional availability.
After a researcher's resignation over AI extinction fears, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for external organizations to verify AI labs' safety practices and audit training pipelines, a proposal quickly backed by OpenAI, Google and others. Security experts counter that labs should first tighten fundamental internet security measures—access logs, permissions, and control systems—rather than relying on outside auditors as the primary fix.
Anthropic is merging its standalone Claude Cowork agent into the regular Claude chat interface, creating one unified product that automatically routes tasks without users choosing a mode. The rollout, starting with Pro and Max subscribers over coming weeks, also introduces new beta tools called Claude Docs, Slides and Design that let users create and export documents and presentations as PowerPoint or PDF files.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed placing outside safety evaluators inside frontier AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, giving them access similar to internal risk teams and the ability to publish findings with limited redactions. He compared the idea to embedded bank examiners, but banking law expert Julie Andersen Hill says the analogy breaks down because these evaluators would have no authority to halt operations, unlike government bank supervisors who can restrict growth or shut institutions down.
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC that the tech industry has done a 'tone deaf' job explaining AI to the public, allowing misinformation to spread instead of focusing on real risks. He said the conversation should move past dramatic 'Terminator' scenarios and toward practical concerns, stressing that public understanding is key to managing the technology responsibly.
Investors have approached OpenAI proposing a fresh funding round that could value the company at $1.2 trillion, though no formal talks have begun, according to people familiar with the matter. Some backers see the round partly as a mechanism for employees to sell shares, similar to the roughly $7 billion secondary sale OpenAI completed in August following its $122 billion raise at an $852 billion valuation in March.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly dismissed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal for antitrust exemptions that would let AI companies coordinate a slowdown in development, calling it unnecessary. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar separately said she isn't concerned about pausing AI progress, arguing the intelligence already built is substantial enough to matter even if development stopped now.
MIT Technology Review released an on-demand Roundtable featuring editors Niall Firth, Will Douglas Heaven and Grace Huckins debating how seriously to take Silicon Valley's warnings about AI causing human extinction. Separately, the outlet published a narrated podcast episode examining Generation Lab, a startup claiming a two-drug combination can rejuvenate blood and reverse aging effects without exchanging bodily fluids, though it refuses to disclose the drugs involved.