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OpenAI launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safety
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human m...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Brazil, ECB studying instant payments link in potential first cross-border move for Pix, sources say
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank and the European Central Bank (ECB) are studying a potential link between their instant payment systems, two people with direct know...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Automakers urge Congress to quickly pass law banning Chinese cars
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A group representing major automakers on Thursday urged Congress to pass legislation barring Chinese vehicles from the U.S. market before the end of ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
AI cloud firm Nscale commits compute worth $3.5 billion for Figure's robotics ambitions
Sept 3 (Reuters) - AI cloud firm Nscale on Thursday signed a multi-year deal to provide compute resources for the development of humanoid robotics company Figure's AI models and robots. Nscale said it...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Anthropic still flagged as risk to defense industrial base, US official says
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Anthropic is still considered a "Supply Chain Risk" by the U.S. defense department and defense industry, the under secretary of defense for research and en...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Abu Dhabi AI institute releases fully open-source models with training data, code
By Leo Marchandon Sept 3 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi-based research institute IFM on Thursday released six artificial intelligence models together with the data and methods used to build them, challenging a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Nvidia bets $13 billion on open AI models with Hugging Face deal
By Aditya Soni, Anhata Rooprai and Harshita Mary Varghese Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, using its growing AI war chest to expand its in...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
UK's VodafoneThree launches TV and guaranteed-speed mobile offer
LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Mobile operator VodafoneThree launched its own TV service in Britain on Thursday, filling a gap in its broadband offer to better compete with rivals Sky, Virgin Media and BT...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
Autonomous trucking software firm PlusAI to go public in $800 million SPAC deal
Sept 3 (Reuters) - PlusAI has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp in a deal valuing the autonomous trucking software developer at about $800 ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
UK's John Lewis looks to harness AI agent shopping in 'difficult economy'
By Sarah Young LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - John Lewis, Britain's largest employee-owned retailer, is stepping up investment in content creation as customers increasingly find products through AI agents...
Thomson Reuters Sep 03, 2026
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