Benedict's Newsletter: No. 660

Q: Anthropic and OpenAI leaders are publicly debating AI safety, with Anthropic's safety chief putting

Anthropic and OpenAI leaders are publicly debating AI safety, with Anthropic's safety chief putting a 10% chance on AI killing everyone and Dario Amodei endorsing a slowdown.

Q: Meta launched Muse, a standalone consumer AI-agent app that can book trips and send emails, with $20

Meta launched Muse, a standalone consumer AI-agent app that can book trips and send emails, with $20/$100 monthly plans.

Q: Microsoft plans to expand data-centre capacity to 38GW by 2032, tripling current capacity and assign

Microsoft plans to expand data-centre capacity to 38GW by 2032, tripling current capacity and assigning a third of it to AI-specific chips.

·Tuesday, September 15, 2026·9 min read

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AI Summary

This issue covers the latest AI safety debates, including Anthropic incidents and calls for slowdown, OpenAI's controversial AI-driven maths breakthrough, and Meta's launch of Muse consumer AI agents. It also reports on Microsoft's data centre expansion, Mistral's record €3bn raise, and Apple's new iPhone launch.

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✓Anthropic and OpenAI leaders are publicly debating AI safety, with Anthropic's safety chief putting a 10% chance on AI killing everyone and Dario Amodei endorsing a slowdown.

✓Meta launched Muse, a standalone consumer AI-agent app that can book trips and send emails, with $20/$100 monthly plans.

✓Microsoft plans to expand data-centre capacity to 38GW by 2032, tripling current capacity and assigning a third of it to AI-specific chips.

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