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Google patches multiple Chrome bugs including a V8 flaw being used in attacks

Google patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities on 3 September including CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion bug in V8 already being exploited, the sixth such flaw this year. Eight days later the Cyber Resilience Act starts requiring manufacturers to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of becoming aware. Google patched 12 vulnerabilities in Chrome on 3 September, […]

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Microsoft tells court Copilot rarely copies books while selling OpenAI’s most capable model

Microsoft moved for summary judgment in the New York AI copyright litigation on 4 September, arguing Copilot reproduced book passages 24 times in 8.2 million conversations. Two days earlier it began selling GPT-6 Astra through Foundry, a model OpenAI rates Critical for cybersecurity, and European law measures neither the output rate nor the sales pitch. […]

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The EU has regulated ChatGPT as a search engine. Calling it a platform would have handed OpenAI a liability shield.

The European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act, exposing OpenAI to fines of up to 6% of global revenue but covering only the parts of the tool that retrieve rather than converse. The article’s argument is that the alternative label, Very Large Online Platform, carried safe harbour, […]

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Luka’s new AI projector starts the drawing and leaves the rest to kids

Luka Kids has unveiled an AI drawing projector at IFA that converts a child’s spoken prompt into an outline for them to trace and finish themselves. The EU’s new toy safety regulation requires manufacturers to assess mental health risks in digitally connected toys and says AI toys must comply with the AI Act. Luka Kids […]

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Export controls went after China’s chips. They never touched the capital, and Moonshot is reportedly seeking $5bn.

Moonshot AI is considering raising up to $5bn in a Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Dong Cao, Julia Fioretti, Pei Li and Luz Ding sourced the account to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The Beijing lab […]

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Wacker weighs closing Tennessee polysilicon plant after Trump tariffs, Reuters reports

A German chemicals company is considering closing the American plant that Washington’s new polysilicon tariffs were supposed to protect. Wacker Chemie has lost its last two customers for the material since the measures were announced and is weighing the future of a factory in Charleston, Tennessee, that employs about 600 people, Reuters reported in an exclusive. […]

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US safety regulator says it is evaluating Tesla’s Cybercab rollout

America’s road safety regulator is looking into Tesla’s newest robotaxi just a day after it began carrying passengers. “NHTSA is in contact with Tesla and is evaluating the situation,” a spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said, according to Reuters. The service began on Thursday in limited areas of Austin. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s […]

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South Korea confirms chip investment talks with US as tariff threat grows

South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed. The confirmation was reported by Reuters, and it follows Washington signalling plans for targeted tariffs on semiconductor imports. Howard Lutnick has […]

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Texas Republicans are running against data centres, and both Senate candidates want the same water rules

Texas spent a decade telling data centre developers they were welcome. Now its Republicans are competing over who can regulate them most aggressively, a shift that Reuters reports has put Big Tech on notice in the state that hosts more data centres than any other. The change is showing up on the ballot. Data centres […]

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The FAA just let a pilotless cargo plane fly out of a working airport

An aircraft with nobody on board flew itself out of a working Louisiana airport last week. It carried spare parts, medical supplies and cans of water. Its route took it over people’s houses. Elroy Air said on Wednesday it had completed the first uncrewed autonomous flights under a federal programme. That programme exists to fold […]

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