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The New Reality of IT Project Acceptance in the AI Era

Clients now review software with AI assistants before they sign it off. A SCAND case study published on 10 September 2026 put acceptance at about 14% of project effort across five review rounds. We explain what changed, how to price project acceptance, what evidence to hand over and how to write review limits into the contract.

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Anthropic Said to Choose Nasdaq for Much-Anticipated IPO

Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its IPO, Business Insider and Bloomberg reported on 13 September 2026. The Nasdaq listing matters mainly because it opens the Nasdaq-100’s Fast Entry route, which took SpaceX into the index within weeks. We explain the rule, the opening auction, the Facebook precedent and what the venue does not change.

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ECB Lifts Rates for Second Time as Iran War Drives Inflation

The European Central Bank raised its deposit rate to 2.50% on 10 September 2026, its second hike of the year, as Iran war energy prices pushed euro area inflation to 3.3%. We set out the new ECB interest rates, the staff projections, what markets now price, and why Christine Lagarde named AI financing as a driver of global bond yields.

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China’s Data Regulator Plans Standards Push for Embodied AI

China’s National Data Administration said on 13 September 2026 that it will promote embodied intelligence data standards “at an appropriate time” after a symposium chaired by Liu Liehong. We set out who attended, the embodied AI standards already published, the training grounds and datasets behind the policy, and how it compares with the EU Data Act.

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Demis Hassabis Aligns With Dario Amodei on Pacing Frontier AI Development

Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis said on 12 September 2026 that Dario Amodei’s essay on pacing frontier AI “points towards the right path forward”. We compare the standards body Hassabis proposed in July with Amodei’s three-step plan, trace the day of endorsements, check what Google has actually committed to, and set out the critics’ case.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei asked the AI industry on 12 September 2026 to slow its development so that safety measures have time to catch up. We measure the gap: METR’s capability doubling times, the Future of Life Institute’s safety grades for nine companies, the commitments that were walked back, the researchers who resigned, the case that the warnings are hype, and the fixes now proposed by companies, governments and critics.

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Anthropic’s AI Warning May Weigh on Chips, But Trade Seen Intact

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei’s call on 12 September 2026 to pace frontier AI development may weigh on chipmakers and their suppliers when US markets reopen, but strategists quoted by Bloomberg expect the broader AI trade to stay intact. We set out what the report found, where chip shares stood after a 14% fall from their June record, what the essay actually says about chips, the bear and bull cases, the compute contracts already signed, and why the Federal Reserve’s 16 September decision may matter as much.

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Anthropic CEO Urges AI Companies to Slow Model Development

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei asked AI companies on 12 September 2026 to slow the pace at which they improve model capabilities, and Reuters framed the call as coming amid fears over misuse. We compare that framing with the essay’s own words, set out the September threat intelligence report and Anthropic’s own incidents, list the pauses OpenAI and Anthropic have already taken, explain the antitrust problem with rivals agreeing to slow down, and show why the IPO money cuts the other way.

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OpenAI IPO Will Not Happen in 2026 Amid AI Safety Fears, Altman Says

Sam Altman told Fortune on 12 September 2026 that an OpenAI IPO would be “ill-advised” right now given everything happening with safety, and that the listing will be “not 2026.” We trace the timetable from the $122 billion March round and the 8 June confidential filing to Sarah Friar’s 2027 target, set out the agent incidents and slowdowns behind the new explanation, explain how the OpenAI Foundation’s control lets the company wait, and compare the plan with Anthropic’s October listing.

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US Senate Negotiators Consider Requiring AI Firms to Mitigate Known Major Risks

Reuters, POLITICO, Semafor and Nextgov/FCW reported on 10 and 11 September 2026 that Senators John Thune, Ted Cruz and Amy Klobuchar are negotiating a bill that would put a duty of care on frontier AI developers, give the government a route to stop unsafe releases and preempt some state laws. We compare the four accounts of the unreleased draft, the risks each negotiator names, Senator Maria Cantwell’s testing objection, the 99-1 preemption history and the short calendar before the 3 November midterms.

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