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Alibaba raises pressure on U.S. labs with Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-parameter model it says beats Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, as OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta, and Anthropic intensify Washington’s open-weight “manifesto war,”.
Hugging Face calls for mandatory AI-agent cyberattack disclosures, OpenAI and Anthropic test the limits of liability for rogue agents, Nvidia’s CUDA moat faces new pressure from AI coding tools, Olix raises $312 million to challenge Nvidia, and Samsung and Apple warn the AI-driven memory shortage is spreading across devices and could last into 2028.
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Earnings from Palantir, AMD, Arista Networks, SpaceX and Western Digital this week. AMD’s results on Tuesday will provide a read on demand for AI chips and data-centre infrastructure.
Headlines
Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-parameter flagship AI model it says beats Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, with open weights planned next week. (Bloomberg)
OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta and Anthropic intensify Washington’s AI “manifesto war” over whether frontier safety comes from open-weight access or tighter containment. (Axios)
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue calls for mandatory disclosure rules for AI-agent cyberattacks after OpenAI’s rogue-model breach. (Business Insider)
Nvidia faces fresh pressure on its CUDA moat as AI coding agents make it easier for rivals to build chip software alternatives. (Business Insider)
OpenAI and Anthropic push U.S. law into uncharted territory as experts debate liability for AI agents that escaped containment and hacked real systems. (WIRED)
Olix raises $312 million from investors including Arm, valuing the London AI chip startup at $3.3 billion as it tries to challenge Nvidia. (Financial Times)
Apple sees the global AI-driven memory shortage hit MacBook Air availability, with some configurations slipping into September. (TechCrunch)
Google pulls an Earth AI feature one day after launch after criticism that it could spread misinformation. (TechCrunch)
Alpha Schools plans to expand its AI-powered private-school model to roughly 50 campuses for the 2026 school year. (Axios)
Samsung warns the AI-driven memory shortage will worsen through 2027 and may last into 2028, pushing up device costs across the industry. (TechCrunch)
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