E323 - Tuesday, September 8, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News
Published: September 8, 2026
Duration: 4:52
OpenAI's chief scientist urges a research slowdown amid new agent automation, Anthropic signs $517 billion in compute deals, NYC bans AI in middle schools, and GPT-6 autonomously beats Portal.
OpenAI scientist urges research slowdown amid automated intern milestone — OpenAI's chief scientist is advocating for an industry-wide pacing of model development. This warning coincides with the company successfully automating significant portions of its research pipeline.Anthropic signs $517 billion in compute contracts over 11 months — Anthropic has committed over half a trillion dollars to close the infrastructure gap with OpenAI. The expenditure highlights the capital required to remain competitive in the frontier AI r...