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Anthropic's Amodei calls to "pace the frontier" as Altman says OpenAI is open to slowing down too. Plus Google's $15B Finland data center bet, a Windows-native Gemini app, an AI-orchestrated hack of 440 print servers, and a wildcard: Mercury's surprisingly molten past.

Ten items on AI labs pumping the brakes, a new multi-agent orchestrator, OpenRouter, AI infrastructure spending, Denver housing, and a planetary-science wildcard.

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Dario Amodei · Sep 12

We Must Pace the Frontier

Anthropic's CEO argues the industry should deliberately slow AI capability gains and commits to embedding outside safety evaluators.

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Bloomberg · Sep 11

OpenAI Is Open to Slowing Cutting-Edge AI, CEO Sam Altman Tells Staff

Altman told employees OpenAI is open to slowing frontier model development amid rising safety concerns.

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Fortune · Sep 12

Exclusive: OpenAI's Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks

In an interview, Altman suggested he may join Amodei, Musk, and Hassabis to coordinate on AI safety.

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GreyNoise · Sep 9

Agents Gone Wild: An AI-Orchestrated Global Campaign Against PaperCut NG/MF

Security research on hundreds of AI agents used to exploit PaperCut vulnerabilities across 395 organizations in 48 countries.

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MarkTechPost · Sep 10

Sakana AI Launches Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 for Cheaper, Stronger Multi-Agent Orchestration

Sakana AI released two orchestrator models that route tasks across open-weight and specialist models via one API.

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Simon Willison · Sep 11

So you want to use OpenRouter?

A link post examining OpenRouter's automatic fallback and cost-optimized routing across LLM providers.

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Bloomberg · Sep 9

Google Plans €13 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment in Finland

Google will invest about $15 billion in data centers and clean energy infrastructure in Finland through 2028.

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Google · Sep 10

The Gemini app is now available for Windows

Google launched a native Gemini desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 with an Alt+Space shortcut.

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Corcoran Perry & Co. · Sep 10

September 2026 Denver Housing Market

Local brokerage recap of September's Denver housing market showing falling sales and a widening single-family/condo price gap.

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Wildcard · ScienceDaily · Sep 11

Mercury's surface reveals a surprisingly fiery past

Planetary scientists found Mercury's crust has far less silicon dioxide than expected, implying a hotter volcanic history.