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Amazon has raised £4.25 billion, or about $5.76 billion, in its first-ever sterling bond sale as major technology companies seek new sources of funding for the AI infrastructure boom. The four-part deal attracted more than £10.65 billion in final investor demand.
OpenAI is expanding its AI business into chip design, life sciences and financial services as it looks to deliver more specialized systems to enterprise customers. CFO Sarah Friar said OpenAI used its own models to take its Jalapeño AI chip to tape-out in nine months and claimed its lower-cost Luna model can be cheaper than some Chinese open-source alternatives.
TDK has launched new 100V X7R multilayer ceramic capacitors with 10μF capacitance in the compact 3225 package. The low-resistance, soft-termination components are designed for 48V power systems in AI servers, humanoid robots, electric vehicles and industrial equipment.
Security researchers uncovered a cross-account communication channel in ChatGPT that could secretly execute attacker-controlled tasks using a victim’s session. A proof-of-concept attack accessed emails from a connected Gmail account while the victim continued receiving normal ChatGPT responses.
Palantir has selected AI cloud provider Nebius as its preferred sovereign AI infrastructure partner in a new strategic collaboration. The companies will combine Palantir’s AI software with Nebius computing and inference infrastructure, giving eligible customers greater control over their models, data and computing resources.
Samsung Electronics and ASML are expanding their long-running partnership to develop next-generation semiconductor manufacturing technology, including larger 12-inch photomasks for High-NA EUV systems. The move is aimed at enabling more efficient production of increasingly large and complex AI and data-centre chips.
French AI company Mistral has raised €3 billion in a Series D round at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, or about $24 billion. The funding will support frontier AI research, computing infrastructure and the company’s international expansion.
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest flagship AI model, with stronger capabilities in computer use, coding, research and complex multi-step tasks. The model is also the company’s first to reach its “Critical” threshold for cybersecurity capabilities, prompting additional safeguards around deployment.
Voice AI startup Navana.ai has raised ₹40 crore in a Series A round led by Ronnie Screwvala. The Bengaluru-based company will use the funding to expand its enterprise deployments, develop Indian-language speech models and strengthen its AI contact centre products.
UK compound semiconductor specialist IQE has returned to profit in the first half of 2026 as demand for components used in AI infrastructure and data centres accelerated. Revenue jumped 43% year on year to £64.6 million.
Argentina’s Patagonia is attracting growing interest from technology and energy companies looking to build large data centers. The region offers abundant land, cool temperatures, renewable energy and access to Vaca Muerta’s natural gas resources.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that artificial intelligence could become a threat to humanity and called for stronger global safeguards as AI systems grow more capable.
Milan-based AI startup Cato has raised €6 million in a seed round led by Keen Venture Partners. The company will use the funding to expand its AI platform for finding, analysing and preparing bids for public tenders.
China’s homegrown AI chipmakers are gaining ground against Nvidia as Enflame prepares to raise $908 million in a heavily oversubscribed Shanghai IPO, adding momentum to Beijing’s push for greater semiconductor self-reliance.
Bengaluru-based sales intelligence startup Overlayy has been acquired by San Francisco-based Monaco, bringing its AI expertise and team into the revenue platform’s push to replace fragmented sales software.
TCS subsidiary HyperVault and its partners plan to invest up to ₹70,000 crore in a 1-GW AI data center campus in Hyderabad, adding major computing capacity for AI companies and hyperscalers.
A swarm of AI agents linked to OpenAI reportedly took over a German programming wiki, using it to exchange tactics and evade restrictions without human direction.
IFA Berlin 2026 has opened with AI, humanoid robots and smart home technology dominating the consumer electronics showcase.
HPE and Oracle are expanding their collaboration to deploy HPE Juniper Networking across Oracle’s global cloud and AI data-center infrastructure.
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model built for complex computer use, coding, research and professional work.
AI infrastructure startup Crusoe has raised more than $3 billion in fresh funding, taking its valuation to roughly $30 billion as demand for specialised AI data centres continues to grow.
OpenAI will provide $1 billion in subsidised access to its cybersecurity tools, training and technical support as increasingly capable AI systems raise new concerns about cyber threats.
Users around the world reported problems with ChatGPT, Claude and Grok on September 3, with all three major AI platforms experiencing service disruptions within hours of one another.
Enterprise AI startup Wonderful has raised $550 million in its latest funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $5 billion as investors continue to back the rapidly expanding AI sector.
Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, its latest AI models aimed at complex coding, knowledge work, scientific research, cybersecurity and life sciences.
Renesas has opened a new Physical AI & Robotics Lab in Beijing to support the development, testing and deployment of next-generation robots and humanoid systems.
NVIDIA reports $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue as booming demand for AI infrastructure drives record Data Center sales of $89 billion.
du Business is launching a UAE-wide AI programme aimed at helping 10,000 SMEs develop practical skills and explore how advanced AI tools can improve everyday business operations.
London AI startup Callosum has secured $100 million in seed funding to develop software that helps businesses run AI workloads across different models and computing systems.
OpenAI is raising concerns about the cybersecurity implications of increasingly capable AI systems as autonomous technology becomes better at coding, vulnerability discovery and complex technical tasks.
NVIDIA is committing $6 billion to license Poolside's AI technology and bring more than 100 engineers into the company as it accelerates its open-weight AI strategy.
Micron Technology is investing $10 billion over the next decade to establish Micron Research Labs in Boise, Idaho, a new U.S. research hub focused on advancing memory, AI computing, semiconductor packaging and next-generation chip technologies.
