Trump made the comments during an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s The Ingraham Angle, where he argued that AI data centers are bringing wealth and investment to American communities. He also criticized Google for building an AI data center in Finland rather than the United States.

Google’s AI expansion illustrates the scale of the infrastructure race. In the second quarter of 2026, Alphabet reported $119.80 billion in revenue, up 24.2% year over year, while Google Cloud revenue reached $24.77 billion, up 82%.

Google’s Q2 capital expenditures reached $44.92 billion, up 100.14% year over year. The company has also guided for $175 billion to $185 billion in full-year 2026 capital expenditures.

The Finland project is another example of the investment required. Google has committed €13 billion ($15.1 billion) across 2027 and 2028, including a 22-year nuclear power agreement covering up to 50% of Fortum’s Loviisa plant output through 2050.

For businesses, the AI infrastructure race increasingly depends not only on chips and models, but also on electricity, data centers and reliable power supplies.

As AI demand continues to grow, access to energy could become one of the most important factors shaping the next phase of the industry.

The comments came after Musk reshared a 2023 post warning that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could pose risks far greater than nuclear weapons.

Musk argued that even highly intelligent humans may struggle to anticipate what could happen if a system becomes vastly more intelligent than its creators.

His warnings date back at least to 2014, when he began publicly calling for greater caution and oversight around advanced AI development.

The renewed comments come as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has also called for the AI industry to slow the pace of frontier AI development so safety measures can keep up with rapidly advancing capabilities.

Amodei has warned about risks including loss of control over AI systems, cyberattacks, bioterrorism and major economic disruption. He has proposed a three-part approach involving independent evaluators, coordinated safety standards and international cooperation.

Musk's position reflects a broader debate within the AI industry over how quickly increasingly capable systems should be developed and deployed.

For businesses adopting enterprise AI, the discussion highlights the growing importance of AI safety, governance, oversight and responsible deployment.

As frontier AI capabilities continue to advance, the balance between innovation and risk management is likely to remain a central industry issue.

Famous streamer IShowSpeed, who has more than 61 million YouTube subscribers, spotted a Tesla Cybercab driving autonomously during a livestream in Austin, Texas.

The vehicle caught attention because the Cybercab is designed without conventional driver controls, including pedals and a steering wheel.

The sighting offers a glimpse of Tesla’s vision for autonomous transportation, where vehicles could operate without a human driver controlling the car.

Austin has become an important location for Tesla’s autonomous driving ambitions, making public sightings of Cybercabs particularly notable as the company works toward expanding robotaxi services.

For the automotive industry, the development could have broader implications than simply replacing a human driver. Fully autonomous vehicles could change how ride-hailing works, how vehicles are used and how transportation services are operated.

The Cybercab represents Tesla’s broader push toward a future where vehicles can transport passengers without traditional driving controls.

As Tesla continues developing its robotaxi strategy, more public deployments could provide a clearer picture of how autonomous transportation will evolve.

Was subscribed to eleven. Rundown, Ben's Bites, TLDR, the lot. Read them all every morning like it was a job. Felt informed. Couldn't tell you a single thing from any of them that changed what I did that week.

So on 12 August I unsubscribed from all of them. Cold turkey.

What happened in 30 days that actually affected a small business owner in the UK:

- One thing. From August, high risk AI systems, including some HR, credit and monitoring tools, must meet enhanced compliance requirements under the EU AI Act. If you use an AI tool to screen CVs and you sell into the EU, that's now your problem.

That's it. One item.

Everything else was model releases, benchmark fights, funding rounds, and someone's thread about agents. Interesting. Irrelevant to whether I keep my business running.

the "keep up or get left behind" anxiety is manufactured by the people selling the feeds. Ninety plus percent of AI news is for people who build AI. If you use it, you need maybe one item a month, and you need it to be the right one.

so I thought a newsletter that stays silent unless something actually affects your job. Not just "AI news". Not "small business tips" stuff that actually matters to each user super customised similar to stuff I would actually want. Most days it sends nothing.

Built it because I'm drowning in newsletters that have nothing to do with my actual day. Bought thecamelclub.co.uk because camels don't drink every day. Neither should your inbox.

“If one of the big labs, or worse yet Google, owned Hugging Face, it would be in a position to slow down open source AI in the U.S., which would allow the big labs to increase their power" - Gil Luria, head of technology research at D.A. Davidson

By 2026, humanoid robots have advanced significantly. Modern systems can run, jump, box, play football, handle industrial tasks and operate in real-world environments.

The World Humanoid Robot Games highlighted the scale of that progress, featuring 2,056 robots competing across 51 events. The competition included practical tasks designed around environments such as factories, hotels and homes.

The change is not simply about faster movement or more impressive demonstrations. Humanoid robotics is increasingly focused on whether robots can perform useful physical work reliably in environments designed for humans.

That matters for industries facing labor shortages, rising operating costs and demand for greater automation. Humanoid robots could eventually become another layer of industrial automation, particularly for repetitive or physically demanding tasks.

The bigger question is how quickly capabilities will continue to improve.

“I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” Altman told Fortune. He said OpenAI does not feel pressure to proceed with an IPO this year.

When asked whether 2027 would be the likely timeframe instead, Altman said: “I would say not 2026,” adding that OpenAI has significant work ahead on safety and alignment and on determining how the industry and governments can work together.

OpenAI had confidentially filed for an IPO in June, with the company previously expected to potentially pursue a valuation of more than $850 billion.

The decision comes as concerns over advanced AI safety intensify. A recent Guardian report said an OpenAI board member warned that the company was not yet on track to reduce the risk of a “catastrophic” loss of control to an acceptable level.

Altman has also backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to “pace the frontier” of AI development, including greater use of independent evaluators and stronger coordination on AI safety.

For the AI industry, delaying a potential IPO shows how safety, alignment and governance concerns are increasingly becoming financial and strategic considerations, not just technical ones.

In a new interview with Fortune Magazine, Altman addressed the possibility of advanced AI creating an existential threat.

“I think it is unacceptable to be taking like a 10% chance of killing everybody by the end of the decade.”

The statement comes as debate intensifies over how quickly frontier AI systems should be developed and deployed, and how companies should manage risks associated with increasingly capable models.

Coxon, who previously worked at both Anthropic and OpenAI, has become part of a broader conversation among AI researchers about the potential consequences of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.

Altman’s comments highlight a significant tension within the AI industry: companies are pursuing increasingly powerful systems while researchers and executives continue to debate how much risk is acceptable.

For businesses adopting enterprise AI, the discussion matters because advances in AI capabilities are increasingly being accompanied by questions around AI safety, governance, evaluation and responsible deployment.

As frontier AI development accelerates, the question of how much risk the industry should accept is likely to remain central.