During San Francisco's Tech Week, AI founders and venture capitalists discussed the Trump administration's largely voluntary approach to AI oversight, including a 308-word safety pact signed last month that asks labs to self-monitor rather than follow binding rules. At an Andreessen Horowitz-organized event, PitchBook's Kyle Stanford highlighted that the U.S. government is allocating $1 trillion to defense, with $13.5 billion earmarked for autonomous systems and AI, framing it as a major investment opportunity.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-12
Anthropic announced an expanded version of its Claude for Startups program during SF Tech Week, offering eligible companies a free year of Claude Team with up to five premium seats and $1,000 in API credits. Participants also gain access to the Claude Marketplace for building plug-ins and can schedule virtual sessions with Anthropic's Applied AI team. Eligibility requires companies to have been founded within the last five years or funded within the last two years.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-06
Bjorn R. Watne, Interpol's global chief information security officer, told CNBC that AI is mainly accelerating existing fraud and scam tactics rather than creating new ones. He said AI lets scammers target many victims at once and use better translation and fake digital identities, making fraudulent interactions harder to spot.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-02
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