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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

SEMICON India 2026: PM Modi Inaugurates Suchi Semicon Plant as India Expands Semiconductor Push

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi, where commercial semiconductor production at Suchi Semicon’s Surat facility was inaugurated.

Semicon 2.0 has an outlay of ₹1.27 lakh crore and focuses on six areas: chip design, equipment and materials, fabs, advanced packaging, applied R&D and talent development.

EU KIDS Act Targets Social Media, AI Chatbots to Protect Children Online

Children use smartphones, tablets and laptops, highlighting their growing exposure to social media, AI and other digital platforms.

The proposal would tighten children’s access to social media and put AI chatbots under safety-by-design rules, targeting addictive features and feeds that can pull minors into ‘rabbit holes’ of harmful content.

King Charles Brings AI Chiefs Together in Scotland, Calls for Global Safety Principles

King Charles III with AI industry leaders and UK officials at the AI Summit at Dumfries House in Scotland on September 17, 2026.

King Charles has urged leading AI executives to strengthen safeguards and pursue international cooperation, warning of the “existential dangers” that could arise if advanced AI falls into the wrong hands.

ALL IN 2026: Canada and Germany Invest Up to CAD $300 Million in LawZero Amid AI Safety Tensions

ALL IN 2026 conference in Montréal, where LawZero’s Scientist AI approach was featured following a joint funding announcement by Canada and Germany.

At the fourth edition of ALL IN in Montréal, the joint funding for LawZero will support its Scientist AI approach, which aims to provide guardrails for frontier AI models and deepen understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them.

SEMICON India 2026 Begins September 17 With 600+ Companies and 52 Countries

SEMICON India 2026 will showcase India’s growing semiconductor ecosystem from chip design and fabrication to advanced packaging and electronics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on September 17 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, kicking off a three-day conference and exhibition focused on India’s semiconductor and electronics ecosystem.

Mistral AI Brings its Models to Firefox Smart Window in Mozilla Partnership

Mistral AI and Firefox partner to bring Mistral’s AI models to Firefox Smart Window.

The collaboration will make Mistral models available through Mozilla’s AI-powered browsing assistant, with the companies highlighting privacy, user choice, regional language support and sovereign AI.

Former Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Explains Why He Quit: “If the Race Is Inevitable, You Should Not Contribute”

Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon has explained his decision to resign from Anthropic and criticized what he described as an inevitable race toward recursive self-improving AI.

On a AMA (Ask Me Anything) session held on X , former AI safety researcher Jacob Coxon opens up on Anthropic exit, says he also feels “disempowered” amid the ongoing RSI race.

David Sacks Upholds Zuckerberg’s Approach: Don’t Call on Others, AI Safety is Routine Work

David Sacks, chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, has amplified Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s call for AI labs to make safety and alignment part of their routine operations.

David Sacks has amplified Mark Zuckerberg’s call for AI labs to make safety and alignment part of their routine operations, rather than waiting for industry-wide action.

Microsoft Unveils Code of Conduct for ‘Humanist AI Models: “AI To Remain Subservient to Humanity”

Microsoft AI’s 38-page draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct sets out principles for human control and safety in MAI models.

Microsoft’s draft Humanist AI Code sets boundaries for MAI models, requiring them to remain under human control and prohibiting behavior such as resisting shutdown, hiding actions or expanding their authorized scope

OpenAI Buys Israeli AI Camera Startup Glass Imaging for Over $300 Million

OpenAI has reportedly acquired Israeli-founded camera technology startup Glass Imaging for more than $300 million.

OpenAI has reportedly acquired Israeli-founded camera startup Glass Imaging for more than $300 million, adding former Apple engineers Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop and AI-powered computational photography expertise to its growing hardware ambitions. How OpenAI plans to use Glass Imaging’s technology remains unclear.