Chinese AI Chipmaker Enflame Mints Two Billionaires As Stock Surges 180% In Shanghai Debut

Market euphoria has vaulted Shanghai Enflame’s cofounders into the world’s billionaire ranks, raising questions about how long the rally can last.

State-By-State Laws Governing AI Mental Health Chats Spur Worrisome Jurisdictional Model Drift

U.S. states are enacting AI laws on mental health chats. AI makers are dealing with jurisdictional model drift. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

NYT Pips Answers For Friday, September 11

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OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal

AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.

Today’s Wordle #1910: Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday September 11

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Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All?

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.

Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents
Baseten buys Blaxel, a startup that builds sandboxes for AI agents

AI inference company Baseten has acquired Blaxel, a startup that builds secure execution environments, or sandboxes, for AI agents. Baseten co-founder and chief technology officer Amir Haghighat told Axios Pro about the deal, which the outlet reported …

Motive pulls its IPO filing after raising $1.3bn from General Catalyst
Motive pulls its IPO filing after raising $1.3bn from General Catalyst

Motive has secured more than $1.3bn in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, the company announced on Thursday. Because of the financing, Motive has withdrawn its previously filed S-1 registration statement for an initial public…

Visa, Mastercard and Ant International team up on ID checks for AI agents
Visa, Mastercard and Ant International team up on ID checks for AI agents

Ant International, Mastercard and Visa have begun working together on a shared Know-Your-Agent framework. It covers AI agents that make purchases on behalf of users. The three companies announced the collaboration on Thursday, Singapore time. Reuters a…

BNP says AI borrowing will end the credit bull market, and it is lending to AI too
BNP says AI borrowing will end the credit bull market, and it is lending to AI too

BNP Paribas expects the years-long rally in corporate bonds to break as hyperscalers flood the market, forecasting some $400B of their bond sales next year and a record $3.7T of net fixed income supply. The ECB reached a similar conclusion in August, f…