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TechCrunch AI 19 Sep 2026

Amodei Proposes 'Pace the Frontier' Plan for AI Safety

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a plan to “pace the frontier” of AI that emphasizes independent safety evaluators and coordination among labs in democratic countries. The proposal has drawn some industry support and pushback, including criticism from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

TechCrunch AI 18 Sep 2026

Google DeepMind opens institute to broaden AGI debate

Google DeepMind has launched a new institute intended to surface differing views among Google, DeepMind, and the wider research community about AGI. TechCrunch reports the institute expects participants to disagree and change views as new data emerges at the fast-moving frontier.

IEEE Spectrum 17 Sep 2026

Rethinking Robot Safety: Cybersecurity Risks for Physical AI

IEEE Spectrum reports that modern robots combining multimodal sensors and AI are vulnerable to attacks that manipulate perception, models, or system components without obvious failures. The article outlines layered risks—poisoned training data, system and middleware exploits, and runtime input attacks—and recommends lifecycle-focused cybersecurity testing and monitoring (VicOne examples cited).