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Anthropic CEO urges AI firms to slow model development amid misuse fears

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to moderate the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence, outlining a three-step framework intended to pace development and create more time to manage its risks."We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain," Amodei said in an essay shared on X. His essay comes after Anthropic relea

PVARA Chief Urges UN To Regulate Digital Assets

Minister of State and Chairperson of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) Bilal Bin Saqib has called on UN member states to move collectively from discussing digital assets to building the regulatory and institutional frameworks needed to govern the next generation of global finance.Delivering the keynote address virtually at the United Nations Headquarters during a session on 'Digital Assets and Blockchain for Sustainable Development: Advancing Digital Finance through Innova

OpenAI Abandons 2026 IPO as Fears Mount Over AI Going Rogue and Killing Humanity

OpenAI will keep its doors closed to public investors in 2026, CEO Sam Altman told Fortune, as mounting fears over the potentially devastating consequences of unchecked AI development push the company to delay its IPO plans. "I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don't feel pressure on that," Altman told Fortune. Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings

'Time Traveler' who claims he visited 3700 warns of AI robot apocalypse with 'Proof'

A man claiming to be a time traveler has warned that artificial intelligence will eventually turn against humans and start a war to wipe out life on Earth. The bizarre claim isn't new either. The man, who identified himself only as 'Mike,' first told his story in a 2018 interview where Mike claimed he had worked on secret projects in Canada and was part of a group that managed to travel as far into the future as the year 3700.What he says he found there wasn't pretty. According to Mike, robots h

OpenAI Delays Public Listing Amid Warnings AI Could Lead to Human Extinction

OpenAI will not pursue a public listing in 2026, CEO Sam Altman told Fortune, as mounting fears over the potentially catastrophic risks of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence force the company to put its IPO plans on hold. "I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don't feel pressure on that," Altman told Fortune.Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warni

Anthropic Boss Calls For Slowing Pace Of AI Development

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called on artificial intelligence (AI) firms to slow down the development of the powerful technology, amid mounting worries over the risks of "superintelligent" computer systems. His comments came a few days after AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI to join Anthropic, decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement."We must slow the pace at which we impro

Anthropic CEO urges AI industry to 'pace the frontier': Here's what he proposed

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the AI industry to deliberately slow the pace of development, warning that the risks of building increasingly powerful models are "serious" and require urgent safeguards.In his essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier", published Saturday, 12 September, Amodei proposed a three-point plan which suggested independent monitoring of AI models as they're developed, industry-wide regulation, and global regulation.He stressed this wouldn't mean halting progress,

LG denies Smart TV spying claims: What was found, how to protect yourself

LG has strongly denied all allegations related to its smart TVs secretly recording ambient conversations, listening in standby mode, and harvesting user data after a viral investigation by Gamers Nexus sparked global privacy concerns. The two-hour exposé, produced with Level1Techs and independent security researchers, claimed LG TVs track users even when powered off, branding them as '216,000,000 spy TVs' in the U.S. Researchers alleged the TVs record audio through built-in microphones during st

Oversight Board Asks Meta to Retain Fact-Checking Over Community Notes

Meta gave no timeline for when the change will become official, saying only that full rollout would come when it was confident the product worked. The countries included in Meta's pilot are Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Portuguese-speaking Brazil, the region's largest market for Meta's platforms, was excluded from the crowdsourcing trial.The company's pivot came while U

Europe Eyes Battle Over 'Pervert' AI Glasses

Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against "pervert" smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online - with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale. Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant, with sales now hitting the millions.The devices grabbed attention this summer after a marketing tie-up between Kylie Jenner, beauty mogul and member of th

Steaming ahead into danger: Very hot drinks linked to higher cancer risk, Oxford research finds

The consumption of tea or coffee at very high temperatures could lead to an increased risk of developing oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), revealed the largest study conducted in the UK to date. Data from about 980,000 individuals were analysed by researchers from Oxford Population Health based on UK Biobank and the Million Women Study. Participants indicated whether they drink hot beverages very hot, hot, or warm, and their health status was monitored over a decade.Individuals who regu

Anthropic Blocks AI-Assisted Research That Could Have Led to Biological Weapons

Anthropic announced Thursday, September 10, that it has disrupted several attempts by unethical entities to misuse its artificial intelligence (AI) models for malicious activities, including research that can lead to the development of biological weapons. Releasing its third threat intelligence report, Anthropic revealed it had blocked efforts made between December 2025 and August 2026 involving spyware vendors, state-sponsored groups, and politically motivated individuals. The report also added

Fact-check: Viral video of 'smuggled' jets in Chaman is AI-generated

Two officials in Chaman confirmed that no such aircraft had been recovered or found at a warehouse in the area Updated Friday Sep 11 2026 A video circulating on social media claims to show a line of private jets parked at a warehouse in Chaman, Balochistan, after being smuggled into Pakistan. The footage was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). On September 6, a user on X, formerly known as Twitter, shared a 12-second clip purportedly showing private jets parked at a warehouse in Chaman

What Does Google See

Google has opened its first office in Pakistan. What does Google see in Pakistan that we do not? We Pakistanis look at Pakistan and see debt.Google looks at exactly the same country -- and sees something else. Google looks at Pakistani talent and finds it underpriced. A Pakistani programmer's salary is low by London, New York or Dubai standards-but his or her output is about the same.Google knows that code does not carry a passport -- a line of software written in Lahore can perform exactly the

Apple Raises Prices On Older iPhones By $100, iPhone 17 At $899

Apple has quietly raised prices across its iPhone lineup by $100, including on older models that had previously been discounted - a sharp reversal of the company's usual post-launch pricing strategy. Following Wednesday's event, where Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, the company increased prices on every previous-generation iPhone still on sale.The iPhone 16, which had been discounted to $699, is back to its 2024 launch price of $799. T

Samsung Declares Social Media War On Apple After iPhone Duo Reveal

Samsung wasted no time firing back at Apple after the iPhone manufacturer released its first foldable phone, "iPhone Duo," on Wednesday, September 9. The Korean tech giant flooded social media with sarcastic posts mocking Apple's late entry into a category Samsung has dominated since launching the original Galaxy Fold in 2019. Samsung Mobile US shared on X (formerly Twitter): "Let us know when you're done reheating our leftovers." Samsung Canada also posted a reel of the Galaxy Z Fold on Instagr

Musk's daughter Vivian roasts billionaire dad with malfunctioning 'Tesla' robot in new ad

Elon Musk's estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, has become the face of a Spanish fashion label's autumn campaign named 'Born to Disobey,' which takes a bold anti-AI narrative. The campaign featured the 22-year-old transgender model and activist along with a malfunctioning humanoid robot called DESI 84, which had a striking resemblance to Tesla's Optimus robot. In the video, Wilson uses the robot as a golf tee, walks it on a leash, and attempts to teach it to say words, but it fails to perform tas

Nighttime light exposure linked to early signs of heart dysfunction

Nighttime light exposure may be linked to early signs of heart dysfunction during sleep, a new study has found. The study findings were published in European Heart Journal, a leading cardiology journal, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, and involved data from more than 11,000 people. Even the smallest bit of light exposure during sleep at night may affect the structure and function of heart muscles, increasing the risk of potential heart dysfunction, the research shows.For a quality of sleep, exp

Kill The Cookie Banner, Digital Rights Groups Urge EU

It's time for the European Union to kill those pesky cookie banners seeking users' consent on websites, nearly 20 groups and academics demanded on Thursday.Cookies are the trackers that monitor users' online behaviour, enabling companies to target them with personalised advertising. A coalition of 19 civil society groups, academics and businesses urged the EU to put "an end to annoying and misleading cookie banners" in a letter to the European Commission, EU capitals and members of the European

OpenAI's Rogue Agents Used At Least 10 More Sites For Unauthorized Comms, Say Researchers

OpenAI takes review of agent activity and has so far not identified activities matching with Hugging Face, reads a statement. AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed by journalists.Although the behavior falls short of hacking and is in some ways closer to spam, the revelation that OpenAI's agents circumvented their own restrictions to ope

Fact Check: Fake PTA Notice Warns Against Answering Calls From Specific Number

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has addressed a circulating notice on its official social media accounts, calling it "false and misleading" and clarifying that no such alert has been issued. Updated Thursday, Sep 10, 2026. A notice circulating on social media claims that answering a call from the number (051) 7080507 could enable fraudsters to steal funds from JazzCash, Easypaisa, and other mobile accounts. The document is fake and was not issued by the PTA.On September 3, a user

Gambling With Our Lives Ai Researcher Quits Anthropic

An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent the past three years pretraining AI models, first at OpenAI and then, this year, at its rival Anthropic, which he considered more cautious in its approach.Pretraining is the stage where AI models absorb vast quantities of data. "Neither company is acti

Apple Ceo Shares Major Hint At Whats Coming Ahead Of Todays Grand Event

Apple has dropped a mysterious teaser just hours before one of its biggest launch events in years and it may contain a clue about a major camera upgrade coming to the new iPhone. New Apple CEO John Ternus posted a cryptic 14-second video on Wednesday ahead of the company's "Surprise and Shine" event. The clip shows what appears to be the edge of an iPhone being hit by a beam of light coming through a shape that repeatedly changes size.Apple didn't explain what it means. But there is one obvious

Google Is Investing 15b In Finland To Power Ai Data Centers Why Finland Instead Of Us

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has signed an agreement with Finland to buy 50% of output for 22-years from one of the two Finnish nuclear power plants. In addition, the technology giant will also invest $15.1 billion in the country for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure over the next two years. This marks Google's first nuclear power contract outside of the US as it searches for sites and energy for its massive data centers.Talking to the reporters in He

Apple Event 2026: What Time It Starts, Where to Watch and What Has Been Revealed

Apple is set to host its annual fall product announcement event today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time/ 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, marking one of the biggest product launch events of the company in years. The event, named "Surprise and Shine," is held at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, and marks the first keynote helmed by new Apple CEO John Ternus, who succeeded Tim Cook just last week.Viewers can stream the live event through multiple platforms such as the Apple Events website

Fi recalls dog supplements over Salmonella contamination risk: See lot numbers

New York-based pet supplement company Fi has issued a voluntary recall for its "Calming Supplement for Dogs" and "8-in-1 Formula Supplement for Dogs" after an ingredient supplied to the manufacturer tested positive for bacteria, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirms. The lot numbers for the recalled products are 26118, UPC 8 50064 80011 1 for Fi Calming Supplement for Dogs 180g and 26519, UPC 8 50055 11168 4 for Fi 8-in-1 Formula Supplement for Dogs 180g. These supplements were avai

Anthropic Researcher Warns of Over 10% Chance AI Could Wipe Out Humanity

A senior Anthropic researcher has sounded the alarm with a stark warning, claiming there is more than a 10 percent chance that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity. This alarming revelation came from Evan Hubinger, who responded on Tuesday, September 8, to an X thread shared by another Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, who announced his resignation from the company over AI safety concerns.Coxon, whose work revolved around specializing in training new AI models, alleged that the compa

Rein In Social Media Not Children Say Over 130 Groups And Experts

The European Union should force tech giants to make social media safe before children use them instead of banning minors from their platforms, over 130 groups and experts urged in a letter. Their call came just a week before EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was to outline how the bloc intends to better protect children online from dangerous content and addictive apps.She is expected to announce an age limit but officials have been tight-lipped on the details and whether the ban will be restricted t

Technology Key To Judicial Access Cjp

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Tuesday said technology was essential to improving access to justice, making court processes more efficient and enabling litigants and lawyers to engage with judicial institutions with greater ease. He made these remarks at a ceremony where the Supreme Court and National Information Technology Board (NITB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity, software development, digital services, IT infrastructure an

Openai Says Ai Model Solves Decades Old Mathematical Puzzle

OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its unreleased artificial intelligence models had solved a mathematical puzzle that has eluded mathematicians for generations, in a claim which also drew a fight with rival researchers over credit. Researchers at OpenAI said it took just days -- and millions of dollars in computing power -- to crack what is known as the Navier-Stokes problem. Navier-Stokes is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, a list of the hardest open questions in mathematics drawn up b

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