AI & Robotics News — Wednesday, September 2, 2026 | Compute Bulletin

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Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

SourcesGoogle DeepMindStartup FortuneRobotics.ee – In Robots We Trustblog.googleArs TechnicaThe New Stack

02

OpenAI says Astra AI model is its first that crosses 'Critical' cybersecurity capability

SourcesCNBC TechnologyWIRED

03

How Equinix has found a niche in the multitrillion-dollar AI data center boom

SourcesCNBC Technology

04

GoPro to expand into AI data centers after $285 million merger with optical-photonics company — move to solve camera maker’s financial…

SourcesTom's Hardware

05

Enterprises put non-Nvidia chips 14 points ahead of Nvidia's next-gen GPUs on their evaluation lists

SourcesVentureBeat

06

Broadcom forecasts quarterly sales below estimates amid rising custom AI chip competition

SourcesReuters Technology

07

AI data center investment projected to hit $32 trillion by 2050 — infrastructure spending estimated to exceed capital requirements for…

SourcesTom's Hardware

08

Uber and AI-firm Wayve launch London's first robotaxis

SourcesReuters TechnologyCNETRuntimeWireNew York Times TechnologyAxios AI+The VergeEngadget

09

OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack

SourcesTech Xplore: Machine Learning & AI

10

Brazil's electoral court sets new rules of what constitute AI deepfakes in political ads

SourcesAssociated Press Technology

11

AI startup Wonderful valued at $5 billion in latest funding round

SourcesReuters Technology

12

Palo Alto Networks beats quarterly earnings estimates, acquires AI platform Console

SourcesReuters Technology

13

Tencent’s Hy4 model gains in open-source AI rankings after ecosystem-driven training

SourcesSouth China Morning Post — Tech

14

Infineon, Skeleton Technologies partner on AI data center power systems

SourcesData Center Dynamics

15

iPronics Raises $125 Million

SourcesHPCwire

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Protests against AI data centers play into China's hands, Trump says

SourcesThe Decoder

17

Researchers easily trick Fortune-500 companies' AI agents into running arbitrary code — supply-chain attack via llms.txt guidance file…

SourcesTom's Hardware

18

Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans

SourcesThe Register AI + ML

19

Snowflake lifts annual revenue forecast on cloud and AI demand, shares soar

SourcesReuters Technology

20

Lyte Raises $165 Million at $1.6 Billion Valuation

SourcesPulse 2.0RoboticsTomorrow

21

NexCOBOT discusses physical AI market hurdles and acceleration

SourcesThe Robot Report

22

Broadcom Third-Quarter Profit Soars on AI-Driven Revenue Growth

SourcesWall Street Journal Technology

23

HPE raises annual forecasts as AI, networking demand lifts quarterly revenue

SourcesReuters Technology

24

HKU partners with tech giants to offer AI labs at expanded Shanghai campus

SourcesSouth China Morning Post — Tech

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Anthropic pledges to try harder to keep models under control, asks partners to chip in

SourcesThe Register AI + ML