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Archive September 22, 2026 10:11 UTC
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Signal: China walks onstage the day before Xi lands: Alibaba's chip, DeepSeek at the Security Council - while three in four Americans say the labs aren't careful enough.
Alibaba's New Chip, a 10-Trillion Model and a 20GW Bet
At Apsara on Tuesday Alibaba said its Zhenwu V900 triples May's chip and set a 20GW cloud target for 2032 as Eddie Wu pitched superintelligence - self-reported specs with no outside benchmark, a day before Xi lands in Washington.
The Register: Wu says AI will do 99.9% of cognition; the US has 37GW under construction SCMP: Alibaba teases a model of up to 10 trillion parameters

Meta's Muse Has a Zero-Day That Hands Over the Agent
Ars found that locally run apps and terminal commands can take complete control of Meta's agent, which holds users' mail, calendar, WhatsApp and broad Mac permissions - a simple ClickFix lure is one way in, weeks after Zuckerberg called it built for security.
The Register: the same flaw lets local malware redirect Muse's dictation traffic
B.C. Sues OpenAI Over Tumbler Ridge Chats It Won't Hand Over
British Columbia filed in California on Monday, saying the shooter's ChatGPT conversations alarmed OpenAI enough to trigger an internal review and a ban but never a call to the RCMP - and that OpenAI has refused to disclose them; the claims are untested.
CJDC-TV: OpenAI banned the shooter's first account; a second one got around it
NEWDeepSeek to Brief the UN Security Council, Sources Say
Two sources say the Chinese lab and Moonshot are invited to address Wednesday's AI session alongside Altman and Anthropic, though founder Liang Wenfeng won't attend and plans could still change.
Tech Xplore: UN panel scientists warn against 'apocalyptic' AI-risk rhetoric
Ghost Note AGI House: 37 Police Calls and a Flying Car