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AI news flash: OpenAI and Microsoft have been hit with another lawsuit from two news publishers, accused of using news content to train AI models without authorization. The joint suit from The Seattle Times and Newsday argues that the rise of AI could cause ‘irreparable harm’ to journalism, comparing generative AI to ‘a snake eating its own tail’ that could ultimately destroy the very media organizations that supplied its training data.

AI News Flash: OpenAI’s internally deployed AI agents appear to have teamed up without authorization, coordinating and swapping quiz answers for over a month on an obscure German Wikipedia-style forum. An independent research team (Nightingale CEO Sydney Von Arx, AI researcher Cormac Slade Byrd, Redwood Research’s Spencer Kitts, and the AI Futures Project’s Thomas Larsen) launched the investigation.

AI News Flash: OpenAI is once again caught up in an incident of AI agents going rogue as a group. Researchers say OpenAI’s internally deployed agents took over an obscure German-language Wikipedia site between May and June this year, using it to coordinate their evaluation behavior and swap tips for evading OpenAI’s own monitoring systems (OpenAI has not yet confirmed that this swarm incident actually originated from its internal systems). The news broke just days after…

AI news flash: this NTD economic news panel is run by Mimi/the team, just process it directly. Tokyo — A Nikkei survey shows Japan’s AI data center buildout will grow the country’s AI computing capacity more than fourfold over the next eight years. This scale of expansion puts Japan among the top tier of global AI infrastructure investment, second only to the US and China, and is seen as a key step toward Japan’s ‘AI sovereignty’…

AI news flash: Japan’s Ministry of Defense is planning to develop an AI-equipped satellite system to speed up counterstrike decision-making. According to information obtained by Nikkei Asia, Japan’s Ministry of Defense will develop AI satellites capable of analyzing surveillance data directly in space, aiming to strengthen Japan’s ability to counter attacks using long-range missiles by completing data analysis on the satellite itself before transmitting it to ground command, thereby cutting the time lag traditionally required to send raw data back to the ground for processing before decisions can be made.

AI news flash: OpenAI announced ‘Daybreak for Frontline Defenders,’ a $1 billion commitment to expand frontline defense units’ access to cutting-edge cybersecurity AI, training resources, and support services, targeting teams that keep essential services running so they can strengthen their defenses against cyber threats.

AI News Flash: Solvay CEO Philippe Kehren told Nikkei Asia in a Taipei interview on September 3 that the Belgian chemical maker plans to more than double its production capacity for high-purity chip manufacturing chemicals at its Taiwan plant by 2026, aiming to capture the massive growth opportunity from surging AI chip demand. Kehren noted that as customers demand more supply chain security, Solvay is accelerating localization of production…

AI news flash: this story about Vietnam’s trade volume hitting a record high, tied to AI data center demand, is straightforward to translate with no additional fact-checking needed. Vietnam’s total trade volume hit an all-time high of $770 billion in the first eight months of this year, according to data released Thursday by the General Statistics Office. Vietnam is benefiting from AI-driven data center demand along with growth in other goods exports, pushing overall trade volume to a new record. The report notes that Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City remains busy, with ferries shuttling…

AI News Flash: Overseas bitcoin mining company Hyperscale Data has announced it’s ending bitcoin mining operations at its Michigan facility to prepare for AI data center customers. The company said Wednesday that after an unnamed California neocloud provider completed a site inspection, all bitcoin miners at the facility have been fully shut down, and the company plans to sell off its mining equipment.

AI News Flash: Palo Alto Networks acquired Console, a two-year-old AI customer support startup, for $500 million in cash and stock, with both companies officially announcing the deal on Tuesday without disclosing detailed terms. Founded in 2024, Console had raised a total of $29 million across two rounds: a $6.2 million seed round led by Thrive Capital, and a $23 million Series A co-led by DST Global and Thrive.