September 10 September 2026
Top stories today:
Apple’s iPhone Duo debuts as its first foldable, with A20 Pro chip
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits over AI safety concerns
Harvey raises $550M at $15.6B, co-led by Lightspeed, Diffusion
Automattic’s board puts CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave
The Boring Company raises $3B at $23B valuation, with UAE backing
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1. Apple’s iPhone Duo debuts as its first foldable, with 7.6” inner display, A20 Pro chip
Starts at $1,999 and goes up to $3,199.
Supports Apple Pencil and features iOS 27 revamped for multitasking.
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iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max debuted with a similar design to the 17 Pro and an A20 Pro chip.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 launched with an S11 chip and an Apple Intelligence integration.
AirPods 5 debuted with ANC and an optional wireless charging case.
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3. Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits over AI safety concerns, gives up unvested equity
Coxon posted on X about his move and said many people building AI share his views:
Coxon quit Anthropic 4 months after joining and 2 months before his equity would have vested.
He still holds equity in OpenAI, his prior employer.
“The consensus is that the next year or two is crunch time for humanity,” Coxon said in an interview.
Relatedly, CAISI’s Paul Christiano joined the OpenAI Foundation board and its Safety and Security Committee.
The AI industry is not on track to reduce loss-of-control risk to an “acceptable” level, Christiano said.
Separately, Anthropic released an interactive tool showing AI’s potential impact on the U.S. economy through 2030
Workers displaced by automation could face prolonged unemployment as switching occupations requires retraining and finding new jobs, the tool showed:
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5. Harvey raises $550M at $15.6B valuation, co-led by Lightspeed, Diffusion
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7. Automattic’s board puts CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, names CFO Mark Davies interim CEO
Davies had “conspired” with other board members to vote to put him on paid leave, Mullenweg reportedly posted on Slack.
“The Board has full confidence in Mark’s leadership and in the team’s ability to execute against the company’s priorities,” Automattic said.
