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Sunday, September 20, 2026

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Business & Policy

Subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google, calling the AI slowdown pact an antitrust violation

A proposed nationwide class action filed in the Northern District of California says the September 12 agreement to decelerate lowers the value of paid ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini plans.

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Subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google, calling the AI slowdown pact an antitrust violation

  1. FortuneLawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google violated antitrust laws when they coordinated AI slowdown, reducing value of subscriptions | FortunePublished · fetched
  2. The VergeJonathan Kanter on competition, cartels, and ChinaPublished · fetched

Trump announces an 'AI Force' and an 'AI czar,' polls followers on renaming AI, and calls safety concerns a Democratic hoax

  1. TechCrunchTrump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he's also creating an AI Force | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. The DecoderTrump announces "AI Force" and plans for an "AI czar" as he pushes unchecked AI growthPublished · fetched

Anthropic reportedly pushes its IPO from October to November to show third-quarter results first

  1. The DecoderFollowing OpenAI, Anthropic is also reportedly postponing its IPOPublished · fetched

RoboHarm benchmark finds GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 and MolmoAct2 almost never refuse dangerous robot commands

  1. The DecoderGPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable turn robot arms into slapstick killer robots in new safety benchmarkPublished · fetched

Epoch AI survey finds near-daily AI use among US adults rose from 8 to 19 percent between March and August

  1. The DecoderDaily AI usage in the U.S. has more than doubled in just six monthsPublished · fetched

BragJack lets one malicious extension hijack AI agents in Chrome, Edge, Comet, Opera Neon and Claude in Chrome

  1. BleepingComputerBragJack attacks hijack AI browser agents through malicious extensionsPublished · fetched

Four governments say North Korea's WaterPlum infected 30,000 devices through fake AI and crypto job interviews

  1. BleepingComputerNorth Korean WaterPlum hackers infected 30,000 devices worldwidePublished · fetched

Qwen ships an agent-focused Omni-Flash model at a fifth of Gemini Flash's input price and a LiveTranslate model with 2.3-second lag

  1. The DecoderQwen3.8-Omni-Flash undercuts Google's Gemini Flash pricing while matching its multimodal benchmarksPublished · fetched
  2. MarkTechPostAlibaba Qwen Team Releases Qwen3.8-LiveTranslate: A Real-Time Interpretation Model That Cuts Average Lag to 2.3 Seconds Across 60 LanguagesPublished · fetched

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