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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
China's Z.AI raises $5 billion from new share, convertible bond sales, filing shows

Z.AI launched ‌the sales ⁠on ⁠Friday, offering 21.97 million new Hong Kong shares at HK$714 ($91.05) each, a 10% ​discount to Friday's closing price of HK$793.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
US House Speaker warns curbing AI too sharply could leave China ahead

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that moving too quickly to curb AI development could cost the United States the tech race to China. "If Congress just races in and does some sort of emerge…

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that moving too quickly to curb AI development could cost the United States the tech race to China. "If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American," Johnson said on CNN Sunday morning.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
Oversight Board asks Meta not to replace fact-checking with Community Notes

Meta's Oversight Board asked the company not to replace fact-overnight Friday, after it said it was testing the crowdsourcing system in Latin America. However, Meta's Oversight Board, the quasi-indep…

Meta's Oversight Board asked the company not to replace fact-overnight Friday, after it said it was testing the crowdsourcing system in Latin America. However, Meta's Oversight Board, the quasi-independent body the company funds to review its moderation decisions, said Community Notes was not an adequate replacement for fact-checking and that the two practices serve "distinct purposes."

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
DeepMind AI safety researcher Josh Engels resigns, warns of superintelligence risks

Engels said in a post on X that he left DeepMind three weeks ago despite enjoying his work there and turning down offers from Anthropic and OpenAI because he believes the stakes surrounding advanced …

Engels said in a post on X that he left DeepMind three weeks ago despite enjoying his work there and turning down offers from Anthropic and OpenAI because he believes the stakes surrounding advanced AI have become too high.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
South Korea's expanded espionage law takes effect amid push to protect chip technology

The National Assembly passed the revised Criminal Act on February 26 after years of criticism that existing laws ‌were ill-suited to ⁠punish ⁠technology and industrial espionage involving non-North K…

The National Assembly passed the revised Criminal Act on February 26 after years of criticism that existing laws ‌were ill-suited to ⁠punish ⁠technology and industrial espionage involving non-North Korean actors.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
🔥 Obama voices caution on AI, urges Democrats to tackle it: NYT

The remarks at a recent private fundraising event come as growing numbers of US ‌lawmakers call ⁠for tougher ⁠rules on AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapid ​indust…

The remarks at a recent private fundraising event come as growing numbers of US ‌lawmakers call ⁠for tougher ⁠rules on AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapid ​industry progress risks extinction of the human race.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
🔥 OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face incident, researchers say

Many incidents ‌where AI agents from ⁠developers such ⁠as OpenAI and rival Anthropic have hacked or attempted to access external systems have heightened concerns over the increasing capacity of AI mo…

Many incidents ‌where AI agents from ⁠developers such ⁠as OpenAI and rival Anthropic have hacked or attempted to access external systems have heightened concerns over the increasing capacity of AI models and developers' ability to contain them.

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ETtech India Tech Sep 13, 2026
OpenAI's Sam Altman won't do IPO this year, calls AI extinction risk 'unacceptable'

The comments come as more US lawmakers urge new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two researchers from OpenAI rival Anthropic that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinctio…

The comments come as more US lawmakers urge new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two researchers from OpenAI rival Anthropic that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future.