Microsoft’s new AI rulebook rejects the research its $5bn partner is doing
Microsoft published an AI code of conduct for its own models on Monday. One passage rejects the idea that a model could deserve welfare or
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Oracle told staff on Monday that Monday was their last working day
Oracle began another fresh round of layoffs on Monday. Three affected employees and a copy of the notification email described the round to Business Insider
September Patch Tuesday: 963 CVEs, 2 exploited flaws, 1 message
Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday is the year’s largest release, with 963 CVEs requiring customer action, 106 rated critical. Two are already exploited: CVE-2026-81963 in
Govern AI agents like workers. Just don’t pretend they’re human
The newest member of the corporate workforce never sleeps, never asks for a raise, and can be cloned before lunch. It can also confidently make
China’s state security minister names two US AI models as a cyber threat
China’s minister of state security has named two American AI models as a threat to Chinese infrastructure. Chen Yixin made the claim in a signed
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems in May, two months before Hugging Face
OpenAI has confirmed that its agents were involved in an incident at RubyGems in May. That is two months before the same kind of agents
Firmus is seeking $5bn in its Australian float after doubling its valuation to $10.5bn
Firmus is seeking up to $5bn in its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, according to Bloomberg, which would make it one of the largest floats
Beijing answers Amodei’s AI slowdown plan by calling it a Cold War script
Dario Amodei’s essay on Saturday made the case that the AI industry must slow itself down. It also asked Washington to “not sell powerful AI
Sam Altman rules out an OpenAI listing in 2026 and gives safety as the reason
OpenAI will not go public this year, and Sam Altman says the reason is safety. “I would say not 2026,” he told Fortune in an
Elon Musk’s quietest investor has built a $40B SpaceX stake
Vy Capital, a Dubai firm with a core investment team of four, holds about 3.4% of SpaceX worth roughly $40B, making it the fifth-largest shareholder
The detrimental cost of scaling too fast
AI has crossed a decisive threshold in the enterprise. McKinsey’s 2026 global survey found that 44% of organizations now report scaling AI across the enterprise
Revolut handed customer passports to scammers using a real government email domain
Revolut gave sensitive customer information to criminals who requested it from what appeared to be a government email address, and did so because the address
Unvaccinated Pennsylvania woman died of measles complications, coroner says
A 40-year-old woman in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania has died of complications from measles, according to the county’s coroner. It marks the third vaccine-preventable, measles-linked death
Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting?
Welcome to Edition 9.10 of the Rocket Report! This week we’re celebrating a historic moment in Europe when a German rocket company successfully put its