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The following is the feed for Wednesday, September 2, 2026

1) OpenAI and Anthropic are risky for different reasons than their Chinese AI rivals

www.businessinsider.com | Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Selected Quotes: "Use a personal email address, a nonwork WiFi network, and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely...Cotra said that the level of "complicated science" these agents executed together proves that a rise in AI models' capabilities corresponds to increased risks...That being said, Cotra said that American frontier labs provide room and opportunity for AI agents to run amok."

*Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-anthropic-risky-different-open-weight-rivals-china-2026-9


2) If we want to implement AI successfully, we need to completely change how we do businesses

www.cio.com | Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Selected Quotes: "On the flipside, I’m also working with a healthcare company that has an existing center of excellence trying to oversee ALL AI projects at the business unit level...Common examples include employees pasting code into ChatGPT, uploading customer data to public web apps or using unvetted browser extensions to speed up daily work...That’s where the real work happens: close enough to daily operations to know what’s useful, and connected enough to turn that knowledge into practice across the business."

*Source: https://www.cio.com/article/4216547/if-we-want-to-implement-ai-successfully-we-need-to-completely-change-how-we-do-businesses.html


3) Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization

www.technologyreview.com | Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Selected Quotes: "Companies across industries continue to struggle to bring AI modernization to legacy technology stacks, increasing the risk of losing vendor support, degraded customer experience, and limited capacity for innovation...To be honest, legacy modernization initiatives are not new, and there has always been a strong desire to drive modernization across the entire technology landscape...And for the team, it was a confronting reality and a powerful reminder that modernization isn't just about technology imperative, it's actually a resilience one."

*Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/01/1142180/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization/


4) Q&A: Serval CEO describes building an ‘AI-native' alternative to ServiceNow

www.computerworld.com | Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Selected Quotes: "Admins talk to Catalyst, which can build any automation, like password reset workflows, onboarding, offboarding, reporting...When Serval is the system of record, not a layer on top of one, every ticket and workflow feeds directly back into better automation suggestions over time...With its latest product update, Catalyst — made generally available last week —  Serval promises to take on more of the work needed to build and deploy workflow automations."

*Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4216413/qa-serval-ceo-describes-building-an-ai-native-alternative-to-servicenow.html


5) Avoid AI rogue to ruin with control and accountability

www.cio.com | Monday, August 31, 2026

Selected Quotes: "When AI is used as a tool, there’s no question that middle managers will make better decisions, he says, because they’ll have access to a lot more data...Developing an effective AI training program starts by drafting an AI governance framework that clearly outlines accountability, risk controls, data standards, and decision authority...But as Tim Scannell explains here, using excerpts from his recent book, The Ultimate Disruptor, IT leaders are even more concerned about hasty deployments, false results, and ineffective leadership."

*Source: https://www.cio.com/article/4211023/avoid-ai-rogue-to-ruin-with-control-and-accountability.html


6) 'Sophisticated' AI swarm attacks are months away, OpenAI warns: What experts say businesses must do

www.zdnet.com | Monday, August 31, 2026

Selected Quotes: ""In the open letter, OpenAI recommended, rather abstractly, that organizations take measures such as "raising your security standards" and that they "make cyber defense an immediate leadership priority...In the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasingly capable..."We consistently observe AI-enabled attackers using social engineering techniques to get around weak authentication methods, making phishing-resistant authentication even more critical to stop these convincing attacks."

*Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-warns-malicious-agents-coming-recommended-action/


7) Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M | TechCrunch

by Kate Park | techcrunch.com | Monday, August 31, 2026

Selected Quotes: "Kang said Clipto can search across videos, audio, images, and documents, while products from Adobe, Apple, and Google generally focus on files stored within their own services...While other AI companies focused on generating new material, Clipto set out to help users find and reuse files they already had...Adobe already offers AI-powered search in Premiere, while Apple Photos and Google Photos allow users to find photos and videos using natural-language descriptions."

*Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/three-year-old-ai-media-search-startup-clipto-hits-a-250m-valuation/


8) Instagram is cracking down on AI influencers who don't self-identify as AI

www.businessinsider.com | Monday, August 31, 2026

Selected Quotes: "You could imagine the frustration of a real human who thinks they're complimenting a woman's photos when it turns out she's just AI (embarrassing!)...Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email...Meta says it will now proactively find suspected AI-generated profiles masquerading as human and flag their accounts."

*Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-ai-generated-slop-creator-accounts-profile-label-2026-8


9) At Hot Chips ‘26, all eyes were on AI costs, GPUs — and the future

www.computerworld.com | Monday, August 31, 2026

Selected Quotes: "Most presentations focused on eliminating bottlenecks in data movement, advanced chip designs and computing closer to or inside memory, he said...The Wildcat Lake chip has neural processing units (NPUs) and borrows features from Intel’s Xe3 graphics chip, which is also used in the company’s AI inferencing GPUs...System architecture changes were also a big part of the conversation at Hot Chips, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, who attended the show."

*Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/4216521/at-hot-chips-26-all-eyes-were-on-ai-costs-gpus-and-the-future.html


10) Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining | TechCrunch

by Kate Park | techcrunch.com | Sunday, August 30, 2026

Selected Quotes: "The company is also using AI to power software for scanning sites and generating digital twins in manufacturing to analyze operations, she said...And as machines become more autonomous, some operators may shift from controlling a single machine to overseeing multiple machines from a remote command center...Mineart said the company leans on experienced operators to help train AI systems, leveraging institutional knowledge built over decades."

*Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/30/caterpillar-is-bringing-to-ai-deployment-what-it-learned-from-automating-mining/