Artificial Intelligence

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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Have Been in Talks on AI Safety for Weeks

OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane confirmed on 15 September 2026 that OpenAI has worked with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for several weeks, and said the firms need no antitrust waiver to coordinate. We trace the working group back to July, compare three legal routes for rivals that cooperate, and weigh the critics who call it a cartel.

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Gemini 3.8 Slugs Appear on Cloud Quota Page and Grok 4.7 Forecasts

TestingCatalog spotted Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking on Google Cloud’s console quotas page on 15 September 2026. We set out what a quota entry proves, where the model would sit in Google’s Live API lineup, how it compares with OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1, and what Musk’s posts and three prediction markets say about Grok 4.7.

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UN Calls for ‘Urgent Action’ to Rein In AI in Face of ‘Unprecedented Risks’

UN human rights chief Volker Türk sent frontier AI companies and governments an open letter on 14 September 2026 warning of unprecedented risks. We read the letter itself: 1,180 words, 14 requests, no company names, no deadlines, one precaution on recursive self-improvement, how it compares with EU and California law, and the same-day responses.

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