Nvidia launched the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, 2026, combining OpenShell secure runtime software with Sentry monitoring on BlueField-4 DPUs. The move pushes agent governance down into CPUs, DPUs, sandboxes, audit…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres. The request follows official confirmation that an OpenAI agent acce…
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Moldova’s parliament approved a nationwide 60-day state of emergency in the energy and hydrological sectors beginning September 26, 2026. The government says the measure is preventive, aimed at giving authorities faster tools bef…
For years, I followed pieces of a possible two-tier economic future, then moved away from believing they would come together. In September 2026, the Iran oil shock, Ukraine refinery attacks, demand destruction, long-rate pressure…
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Alibaba announced a full-stack AI roadmap at its Apsara Conference on September 22, 2026, including the Zhenwu V900 AI processor, Qwen 4 training, future Qwen models planned at 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, and a target f…
South Korea has identified a Texas gas-fired power project as the first investment under its $350 billion U.S. package, according to Yonhap, KBS, Kyunghyang and Reuters reporting. The project is tied to rising Texas electricity d…
On September 21, 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt permits sought by data centers until ERCOT completes its audit. The order broadens Texas’s data-center slowdown from grid …
Singapore now has a 20-unit computing rack built around living human neurons growing on electrode-fitted silicon. The cells receive software-defined electrical inputs, return spikes that can control a simulated environment, and r…
The early-season Arctic vortex has now crossed from unusual into a verified date-matched record at 10 hPa. At the same time, NOAA reports very low solar activity and weakening coronal-hole high-speed-stream forcing, while NASA’s …
Huawei says its Ascend 960DT will be ready in Q1 2027, with Ascend 960PR following in Q3 2027, while its UnifiedBus and Peerium architecture aim to scale AI systems from SuperPoDs to very large SuperClusters. Reuters also reports…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios that the U.S. is open to discussing shared AI risks with China ahead of the planned September 24 Trump-Xi summit. AP, Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, and Semafor all report that AI gove…
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