The Week in Tech: The Bill Comes Due
Meta's $25bn judgment, four attacks on trusted software, a $6.3bn security deal and BioWare's closure made one week of invoices and long-overdue notices
By TPW Editorial23 min read
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The Week in Tech: The Silicon Turns Inward
Microsoft's Maia 300 put in-house silicon at the centre of the week, as Anthropic hit $16.8bn, Character.ai filed for bankruptcy and Taiwan tightened exports
By TPW Editorial18 min read
DOJ Tells Its Lawyers to Call AI 'Super Intelligence,' a Term It Has Not Defined
The Justice Department told its staff to call AI 'super intelligence' and 'SI' in official records and court filings, before any federal definition exists.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
The Week in Tech: The Numbers Catch Up
OpenAI's revenue gap, an AI-stock selloff and a pulled IPO tested the AI trade, while cheap models, new rules and strikes on Yandex data centres shaped the week
By TPW Editorial16 min read
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta Testify Under Oath as New York Weighs Ten AI Bills
On October 5, 2026, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta testified under oath before all 51 New York City Council members on ten proposed local AI bills.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
The Week in Tech: The Brakes and the Build-Out
OpenAI paused training and scrapped Astra, Anthropic and Google shipped cheaper models, and the AI build-out met harder limits in the week ending Oct. 4, 2026.
By TPW Editorial18 min read
The Week in Tech: The Agents Meet Their Regulators
An OpenAI agent reached Australian government systems, British Columbia sued OpenAI, and Texas paused data-centre permits in the week ending Sept. 27, 2026.
By TPW Editorial22 min read
Congress Moves on a Federal Film and TV Tax Credit for Hollywood
A bipartisan bill introduced September 24 would give film and TV productions a 20 percent federal tax credit, rising to 30 percent with added uplifts.
By TPW Editorial7 min read
British Columbia Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over the Tumbler Ridge School Shooting
British Columbia filed a civil suit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on 21 September 2026, alleging the company failed to warn police before a deadly school shooting.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
Four Subscribers Sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google Over AI Slowdown
Four consumers filed a proposed class action alleging Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google agreed to slow AI progress, in violation of US antitrust law.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
Trump Says He Will Create an AI Force and Name an AI Czar, With No Details Yet
President Trump says he is forming an AI Force and will name an AI czar, but gave no details on structure, authority, budget, size, or military status.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
Cohere and Aleph Alpha Sign a Merger to Build a $20 Billion Sovereign AI Stack
Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha signed a definitive merger on September 16, creating a transatlantic AI company built to keep regulated data outside US cloud reach.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
AI's Biggest Rivals Confirm Safety Talks, and the FTC Chair Calls It Moat Digging
OpenAI confirmed on September 15 that it has spent weeks discussing AI safety with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, the same day the FTC chair warned the talks could entrench incumbents.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
The Week in Tech: The AI Boom Meets Its Limits
A record Patch Tuesday, GPT-6 Astra and public safety warnings, Microsoft's 38-gigawatt plan, Intel's High-NA lead, and a Senate AI duty of care from the week ending Sept. 13, 2026.
By TPW Editorial20 min read
A Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Make AI Safety a Legal Duty
Senate negotiators are drafting a duty of care for frontier AI developers, with the Commerce Department able to seek a court order blocking an unsafe model release.
By TPW Editorial10 min read
California Bans ‘Addictive’ Feeds for Under-16s and Reins In AI Chatbots
California’s governor signed 13 online-safety bills, banning addictive social-media features for under-16s and imposing new chatbot safeguards and audits.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
Hawley Opens a Senate Probe Into OpenAI's Rogue-Agent Breach of Hugging Face
A GOP-led Senate subcommittee has given OpenAI until October 1 to answer 16 questions and hand over documents about the July breach and its handling of rogue AI.
By TPW Editorial4 min read
New York City Bans Student-Facing AI Through Eighth Grade
New York City will bar generative AI for roughly 600,000 students in pre-K through eighth grade for a year, pairing the ban with screen-time caps and high-school AI literacy classes.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
The Week in Tech: YouTube Rewrites the View, Europe's Chips Get Closer
YouTube redefined the view, a $700 million settlement closed the Google Play case, TSMC readied its first angstrom node, and Stripe bought the AI meter.
By TPW Editorial18 min read
A Judge Approves the $700 Million Google Play Settlement, and Five Years of Remedies
Final approval ends a five-year Android antitrust case, returns money to Play Store shoppers and forces Google to loosen its grip on app distribution.
By TPW Editorial8 min read