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Anthropic picks Accenture for in-house AI safety evaluation

People visiting an Anthropic booth at the Moscone Center during the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco on Sept 17.

Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, there’s worry about damaging the publishing industry

Publishers argue that the tech companies violated copyright law by scraping millions of their stories off the internet and other databases, and using the text, without approval or pay, to train advanced AI systems.

OpenAI, Microsoft executives’ quotes on AI training threaten copyright defence, news outlets argue

OpenAI and Microsoft executives privately described their AI products as substitutes for journalism, according to court filings made public on Sept 17.

Why Trump will not yield to an AI slowdown

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei (left) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman say they want to slow the breakneck pace of AI development.

Microsoft joins AI firms calling for caution with cutting-edge models

The company released a 15,000-word manifesto on Sept 14 that it sees as a kind of constitution to guide development of its cutting-edge AI models.

Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement

The suit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped the newspapers’ websites and incorporated articles into datasets used to train and operate products.

Thailand freezes 49 data centres as resource fears escalate

A boom in artificial intelligence is setting off a data centre construction boom in Thailand and elsewhere in South-east Asia.

Microsoft reveals Azure cloud sales in financial reporting shift

Microsoft said that Azure had US$29.4 billion (S$37.4 billion) in sales in its most recently ended quarter and US$101.9 billion in sales in its most recent fiscal year ended June 30.

China removes Microsoft Windows at state users ahead of plan

The Chinese Ministry of State Security recently told some state-linked entities to uninstall customised Windows 10 software from their machines.

America Inc has a tight grip on allied governments

British politicians are urging the prime minister to implement a break clause in a contract between Palantir, an American analytics firm, and the National Health Service.

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