The Great AI Slowdown?

The Great AI Slowdown?

Author: Morning Brew September 14, 2026 Duration: 21:41
Dario Amodei called for pacing frontier AI development, endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launched a streaming lobbying alliance, Anthropic told investors it's profitable again, and experts flagged legal risk in Apple Watch's always-listening features. Dario Amodei proposes steps for pacing the frontier: embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies, and global coordination with authoritarian governments (Dario Amodei) The Journal reports Musk, Altman, and Amodei rare display of unity on slowing AI development, with Altman weighing a delay to OpenAI's IPO and investor Brad Gerstner calling it the right balance between speed and safety (The Wall Street Journal) The Times notes Hugging Face's Clément DeLangue argues AI safety can't be solved behind closed lab doors, just as Nvidia agreed to buy his company for $12.9B, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang accuses Anthropic and OpenAI of stoking fear to entrench their market lead (The New York Times) Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by trade group TechNet, to advocate for "technology-neutral policies" (Axios) The Hollywood Reporter says streamers have lacked DC representation compared to Big Tech and Hollywood, with sports emerging as SACA's top fight as broadcasters push to keep exclusive NFL games free over the air (The Hollywood Reporter) Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs (Financial Times) Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections (Bloomberg) Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago (Business Insider) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.

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Crypto Takes An "L" In The Senate [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:29
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Trump Says: No Slowdown! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:47
President Trump dismissed AI-safety warnings as a "hoax" on a live call with Jensen Huang, a Google DeepMind researcher resigned warning AI "could kill us all," cybersecurity stocks led the S&P 500, and Apple rolled out…
It's A Doozy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:07
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The Man Who Quit The AI Industry [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:37
Researcher Jacob Coxon said he quit Anthropic over fears the AI race is uncontrollable, Automattic put Matt Mullenweg on leave after a board dispute, Apple unveiled a health app with "Health Age" scoring, and Apple Watch…
The iPhone Duo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:16
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Did AI Just Solve Math? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:41
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Tim Cook Ain't Goin Anywhere [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:14
Tim Cook's new pay package signaled he'd stay deeply involved at Apple, Travis Kalanick's Atoms drew a $100M Uber investment for robotaxi tech, OpenAI's chief scientist called for industry-wide AI slowdowns, and AI wiped…
Is Astra AGI? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:54
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, calling it a leap toward AGI, while reports surfaced that rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German wiki, Microsoft unveiled Project Zenith for local AI development, and Tesla's newly launched Cy…
Nvidia Buys Hugging Face For A Rabbit? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:32
Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, betting on its $399 Microduck robot as a physical-AI data engine, Meta rolled out Muse Spark 1.3 to rival Fable 5.1 and GPT-5.6 Sol, and Microsoft restructured its reporting…
Hey, Want Some Models? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:26
Anthropic shipped Claude Fable and Mythos 5.1 with a 75% cache-price cut, Google countered with Gemini 3.8 Flash, OpenAI teased Astra's public release, a judge spared Google's ad exchange from a sale, and the FBI probed…