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OpenAI publishes a new framework for disclosing AI misalignment incidents as Anthropic unifies its Claude interface and the Fed raises rates for the first time since 2023. Plus Google DeepMind opens an institute to debate AGI, Congress weighs AI legislation, and a wildcard: a hidden immune organ inside the skull that fights brain tumors.

Ten items on AI labs' safety and interface moves, a Fed rate hike, agentic engineering practice, and an immune-system wildcard.

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OpenAI · Sep 16

Our framework for reporting model misalignment

OpenAI introduced a framework for disclosing AI misalignment incidents and published six new reports of concerning model behavior.

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TechCrunch · Sep 16

Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface

Anthropic unified Claude chat, Cowork, and Artifacts into one interface and added Docs and Slides tools.

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Axios · Sep 16

Google, DeepMind launch institute to explore AGI

Google DeepMind launched an institute, led by Shane Legg, to research and debate artificial general intelligence.

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Eric McDaniel, NPR · Sep 16

Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like

Examines what federal AI legislation could look like as pressure builds on Congress to act.

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Ben Thompson, Stratechery · Sep 16

Write Things Down

Thompson disputes Jensen Huang's AGI claim and proposes his own definition centered on continuous learning.

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CNBC · Sep 16

Fed rate decision September 2026: Rates rise to 3.75%-4%

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates a quarter point, its first hike since 2023, citing persistent inflation.

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Gergely Orosz, The Pragmatic Engineer · Sep 15

Inside OpenAI's agentic software factory

A deep dive into how OpenAI builds its own software using internal agentic coding tools.

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Sean Goedecke · Sep 15

Tell agents the why, not just the how

Argues that as AI agents improve, giving them reasoning and context matters more than exact instructions.

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Josh Morrison, Astral Codex Ten · Sep 17

AI Superforecasting Should Transform The FDA

A guest post arguing AI-based forecasting tools could improve FDA drug approval decisions.

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Wildcard · Washington University, ScienceDaily · Sep 15

Hidden "immune organ" in the skull may help fight brain cancer

Researchers found immune structures in mouse skull bone marrow that rapidly respond to brain tumors.