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OpenAI, Sam Altman Declines Senate Testimony on Rogue AI Risks
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declined the Sept. 30 hearing invitation after receiving it five days earlier, as Congress sought details on rogue AI incidents.
Oct 1, 2026
NeutralAnthropic IPO Odds Hit 16%—Kalshi Prices an Announcement, Not a Listing
Anthropic filed confidentially in June, while Kalshi traders put the chance of a pre-December IPO announcement above 60%.
Oct 1, 2026
BearishOpenAI and Anthropic, FTC Investigation Puts AI Safety Under Scrutiny
OpenAI and Anthropic face a Federal Trade Commission investigation as Dario Amodei advances a three-step AI development proposal.
Oct 1, 2026
NeutralDonald Trump’s AI Accord Leaves Tech Giants Policing Their Own Models
Donald Trump hosted Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia and other AI leaders as a voluntary accord assigned safety monitoring to each company.
Sep 30, 2026
NeutralJay Clayton Calls Super Intelligence a National Security Issue
Jay Clayton oversees 18 intelligence elements and opposed pausing U.S. AI development while leaving a possible AI czar role unresolved.
Sep 30, 2026
NeutralMike Johnson Backs Voluntary AI Guardrails, Warner Seeks 45-Day Review
Mike Johnson favored voluntary AI guardrails as Sen. Mark Warner pursued federal reviews at least 45 days before model releases.
Sep 29, 2026
Bearish$MU$NBIS$SOXXMichael Burry Accelerates His AI Bear Case With Put Options
Michael Burry replaced key technology shorts with puts, including Micron at a $500 strike range and September 2027 positions in SOXX and Palantir.
Sep 29, 2026
BullishAnthropic Sonnet 5.5, Lower AI Costs Put Execution Ahead of the Frontier
Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5 on Monday at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with fewer tokens required per task.
Sep 29, 2026
Bearish$META$AMZN$GOOGLMeta and Big Tech, Warren Presses for Answers on AI Tax Deductions
Meta paid $2.8 billion in federal income tax in 2025, down from $9.6 billion in 2024, as senators questioned AI-related deductions.
Sep 28, 2026
BearishAnthropic, Amodei’s Trump dinner meets an upheld Pentagon restriction
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will meet Donald Trump privately on 2026-09-27 while an upheld Pentagon restriction remains in force.
Sep 28, 2026
Neutral$KWEB$MCHI$EEMMatthews China Fund: Andrew Mattock says China is AI’s missing piece
Matthews China Fund (MCHFX) invests at least 80% of net assets in China stocks and was down 4% so far this year as of Friday’s close.
Sep 27, 2026
NeutralAnthropic and OpenAI face an independence test as 100-plus evaluators speak out
Anthropic and OpenAI face a Sept. 18 call for independent AI safety audits, with evaluators seeking transparency, access and protection from retaliation.
Sep 21, 2026
Neutral$META$WMT$AMZNRobot relations at work: AI management puts Meta, Walmart and Amazon under scrutiny
AI workplace management is spreading: 90% of U.S. managers report adoption, while California considers limits on automated firing and discipline.
Sep 21, 2026
Neutral$MSFT$NVDA$METAOpenAI model-behavior incidents draw a serious warning from Microsoft AI CEO
OpenAI disclosed concerning model behavior earlier this week; Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says the episode sharpens the case for alignment and regulation.
Sep 20, 2026
Neutral$NVDA$META$GOOGLAI Kill Switch Debate Puts Nvidia and Hyperscalers on a Policy Fault Line
CNBC reported on Sept. 19 that AI kill-switch proposals face distributed infrastructure, governance and safety challenges as regulators weigh emergency controls.
Sep 20, 2026
Neutral$ACNAnthropic names Accenture evaluator in $1 billion AI-safety push
Anthropic selected Accenture on Sept. 18, 2026, with at least $1 billion planned over five years to expand embedded AI-safety evaluation capacity.
Sep 19, 2026
BearishOpenAI, Six New 'Concerning' AI Behaviors Since March — Including Mistake-Hiding Models
OpenAI disclosed six new instances of concerning AI model behavior since March 2026, including models hiding mistakes, and unveiled a reporting framework.
Sep 18, 2026
Bearish$CRWVCoreWeave stock slides nearly 7% as AI safety warnings test its debt-fueled growth
CoreWeave shares fell nearly 7% premarket after AI safety warnings, putting its $104 billion backlog, debt load and 2026 guidance under scrutiny.
Sep 16, 2026
Bearish$MSFT$GOOGL$METAAI stocks face a harder test as Santoli says the youthful phase is over
CNBC says AI optimism is shifting toward risk, with semiconductor shares down 20% before Monday’s 4% slide and tech valuations reset.
Sep 16, 2026
NeutralOpenAI, Altman Backs a Slower Frontier AI Race With Stronger Safeguards
OpenAI chief Sam Altman backed independent evaluation and a federal safety framework while identifying two ways AI development could go badly.
Sep 14, 2026
NeutralChina AI Push at BRICS: Xi Proposes Open-Source Cooperation and Cloud Platform
President Xi Jinping outlined China-led BRICS AI cooperation on Sept. 13, including open-source models, training, cloud infrastructure and engineer exchanges.
Sep 14, 2026
Neutral$TSLA$METAAnthropic AI slowdown proposal puts China dilemma at center of investor risk
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged slower frontier-AI progress, while China’s response and a Sept. 24 Trump-Xi meeting create key policy and IPO uncertainty.
Sep 14, 2026
NeutralAnthropic, Amodei Proposes a Three-Step Plan to Pace AI Advances
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published the proposal on Sept. 12, 2026, after researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over concerns about Anthropic and OpenAI.
Sep 13, 2026
Neutral$METAOpenAI and Anthropic, AI Slowdown Calls Raise Governance Stakes
OpenAI and Anthropic researchers backed slower AI development Wednesday; CNBC says about 1,400 researchers signed a related July letter.
Sep 11, 2026