Gemini-3.8-flash was correct only 65% of the time on a single top guess (and 85% correct within its top five), with several models mistaking deadly species for edible ones at rates as high as 48% for the fool’s funnel and 31% for the fatal dapperling.
Sep 2, 2026 ·
The Register
Dell reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $46.97B (+58% year-over-year) and adjusted EPS of $7.04 versus $4.92 expected, driven by AI-optimized server revenue of $16.4B and a raised FY27 revenue outlook to $192B from $167B (+69% year-over-year).
Sep 2, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
OpenAI’s Astra reasoning model is reported to use a technique called “recurrent depth” (also known as “opaque recurrence”), which loops over queries in a less linear way that could make a model’s chain of thought harder to monitor.
Sep 2, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
VC investment in quantum computing hit a record $2 billion in Q2 across 23 deals, PitchBook reports—about a third of the chips and datacenters vertical.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
DA Davidson says Apple would likely see revenue declines next year if the iPhone Ultra foldable launch and broad iPhone price increases fail to materialize.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The article says there are about 3,400 AI data center sites already operational in the US and another 2,000 planned, driven by demands for electricity, clean water for cooling, and land, alongside growing local opposition.
Sep 2, 2026 ·
CNET
A human ransomware attacker used AI agents to complete an enterprise intrusion in less than 10 hours and left the victim an 80-page security audit listing dozens of exploited findings.
Sep 2, 2026 ·The Register
Astera Labs posted $852.5 million in revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2025—up 115.1% year over year—with $219.1 million net income (25.7% net margin) and $281.8 million free cash flow.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now No. 1 on the DeepSWE leaderboard for complex software engineering problems while operating at a lower cost at the current discounted rate.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Protect Democracy sued four federal agencies seeking an order by September 30 requiring release of the unclassified text, participation terms, participant identities, and criteria in the Trump administration’s secret voluntary framework for pre-release safety testing of frontier AI models.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Ars Technica
A survey of 111 US national security experts found a median 33% estimate that humans will lose control of AI within a decade, with 87% placing that odds at 10% or higher.
Sep 2, 2026 ·The Register
Palantir reported a Rule of 40 score of 155% by combining 93% year-over-year revenue growth with a 62% adjusted operating margin, and Cramer argued it “shouldn’t have ever been down to begin with.”
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Enterprise software shares rotated sharply back after bearish hedge fund positions were forced to unwind, with Salesforce rallying up nearly 40% and Veeva Systems up 40%.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Pangram raised $9 million for its AI detection system and is working with Substack to label which authors use AI to write newsletters.
Sep 2, 2026 ·TechCrunch
EAIGLE’s computer-vision gate automation cut average gate dwell times from 7.5–18 minutes to under 30 seconds (sometimes under one minute) while the company reported 350% year-over-year revenue growth.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The Trump administration filed a 20-page brief arguing there is a strong national interest in allowing OpenAI to continue training its large language models on copyrighted material without permission to help the U.S. retain global AI leadership.
Sep 2, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Berenberg reiterated a Buy rating on Autodesk (ADSK) on September 1 and trimmed its price target to $333 from $335, citing 2Q results with revenue up 16% year over year to $2.05B and non-GAAP operating margin rising to 41%.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia invested $3.5 billion in MediaTek convertible bonds (not equity), and CEO Jensen Huang said the deal is “not circular” because “they do their own business and we do our own business.”
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Snowflake’s product revenue growth accelerated to 34% year-over-year in Q1 after rising from 30% the prior quarter and 26% a year earlier, with management calling it its “strongest sequential dollar growth in company history.”
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia led chip stocks higher as renewed confidence in AI spending lifted the sector.
Sep 2, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
