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Three US Intelligence Agencies Jointly Call Out Six Chinese AI Companies; Behind the Industrial-Grade Distillation Allegations Lies a War of Definitions

On September 8, 2026, the NSA, CISA, and FBI jointly issued a cybersecurity advisory accusing six Chinese AI companies of systematically extracting capabilities from US frontier AI models through large-scale knowledge distillation. The move reframes a commercial contract dispute within a national security framework, raising fundamental questions about how a legitimate technique became a geopolitical flashpoint.

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Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score

The update uses Apple Intelligence to make better sense of your health data.

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I Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets—and I’d Do It Again

After I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure.

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The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI

Apple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone.

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Everything Apple announced at its fall iPhone event, from the foldable iPhone Duo to an always-listening Apple Watch

The main event was the tech giant's highly anticipated first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo.

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Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Takes the Top Spot with 98.35 Points: 2026-09-10 Smoke Quick Test Data Briefing

In the 2026-09-10 YZ Index Smoke quick test covering 10 models, Gemini 3.1 Pro ranked first with a main-leaderboard score of 98.35. The daily 10-question Smoke test is suited to observing short-term signals and is not equivalent to the conclusions of the Full weekly leaderboard.

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Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change

Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.

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Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"

"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"

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Apple CEO John Ternus says the best AI device is still the iPhone

The company also argued that its on-device models offer consumers more privacy.

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Apple has a new way prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop

Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI.

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Shipt becomes the latest delivery app with an AI shopping assistant

Users can ask the assistant to do things like "Create a cart for my Saturday tailgate for 25 people and include some brunch items," or "Build a cart for easy school lunches and after-school snacks," Shipt says.

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‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.

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Viral AI assistant Instinct now has its own email address

Instinct’s new email feature lets the AI agent create and manage accounts, contact businesses, handle support requests, and do more on users' behalf.

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ControlAI’s Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it’s an adversary’

AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do?  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by&#160

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Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can’t reliably control what these systems do?  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by&#160

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Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks

Cymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.

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The Download: OpenAI’s turning point for math and a battery record

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math OpenAI says its agents have solved one of the most important open problems in mathematics. Under normal circumstances, that would…

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Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time

If you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there’s a limited set of options: Wait to go to the International Space Station, or partner with a handful of start-ups launching spacecraft that spend time in orbit before they return to Earth. But the vehicle that goes to space and comes back to […]

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A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage

Kepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.