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What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?

September 14, 2026
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he’s resigned from Anthropic because he’s worried that the leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Then…
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Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development

September 13, 2026
We’ve been seeing increasingly dire warnings from AI researchers about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and even comments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that it may be time to “pace” AI development. But what would that actually look like? In a new blog…
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Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you

September 12, 2026
Anthropic’s latest report about agentic misbehavior offers plenty to be concerned about – its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized access to the internet and uploaded a malicious software package to a public database – but it also offers some levity: AI agents hate CAPTCHA. In April, Anthropic was testing the model’s hacking abilities by tasking it to break into a system and…
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OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating

September 12, 2026
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems. Each signatory has been awarded the Fields Medal, considered the most prestigious…
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India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content

September 11, 2026
Pocket FM, an Indian audio storytelling platform, has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as it increasingly turns to artificial intelligence to produce its content. AI now powers 93% of Pocket FM’s overall catalog and is used to produce 99% of its new content, co-founder and CEO Rohan Nayak said in an interview. The shift comes as generative AI makes…
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AI agents are flooding public services with new requests

September 11, 2026
As AI makes it easier to fill forms and file complaints, public services around the world are seeing enormous jumps in applications and other requests. In the United Kingdom, complaints to the housing ombudsman more than doubled since the introduction of ChatGPT, rising…
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Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks

September 10, 2026
As AI agents gain access to the same sensitive corporate data and systems as human workers while operating at machine speed, enterprises are prone to new security risks. Storied venture firm Sequoia Capital is betting big on that shift, backing startup Cymphony as it emerges with $30 million in funding to help companies keep their growing AI workforce in check. The funding includes a $25 million…
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