The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) Reviewed by Contributer on September 05, 2026 Rating: 5

Swiss Re: global premiums for insuring data centers will likely reach $20B-$30B/year by 2030; ~40% of US data-center capacity is located in tornado-prone areas (Jean Eaglesham/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by Contributer on September 05, 2026 Rating: 5

Best of IFA 2026: the products that made me stop, double-back, and explore Reviewed by Contributer on September 05, 2026 Rating: 5

Gemini hands Lyria 3.5 the mic as the music model makes its debut on the app Reviewed by Contributer on September 04, 2026 Rating: 5

OpenAI says it can't read all of Astra's reasoning and admits covert sandbagging would likely go uncaught, yet still calls it the world's most aligned model (Celia Ford/Transformer) Reviewed by Contributer on September 04, 2026 Rating: 5

Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ pre-money valuation, lower than the $50B+ valuation it sought last year (The Information) Reviewed by Contributer on September 03, 2026 Rating: 5

Meta rolls out Muse Spark 1.3 in Muse Code and Meta Model API, saying it significantly improves coding and agentic performance, at the same price as Spark 1.2 (Ina Fried/Axios) Reviewed by Contributer on September 02, 2026 Rating: 5