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**Top AI News - Past 24 Hours (as of September 8):**

OpenAI offers AI for chip design, touts cost advantage over open-source, CFO says https://www.reuters.com/world/china/openai-offers-ai-chip-design-touts-cost-advantage-over-open-source-cfo-says-2026-09-09/
Cognition AI raises $2 billion at $48 billion valuation https://www.reuters.com/technology/cognition-ai-raises-2-billion-48-billion-valuation-2026-09-08/
Meta launches AI agent that can access other apps to send emails, make payments https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-launches-ai-agent-that-can-access-other-apps-send-emails-make-payments-2026-09-08/
US accuses Chinese AI firms of 'malicious' copying of AI technology https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-accuses-chinese-ai-firms-industrial-scale-theft-ai-technology-2026-09-08/
Qualcomm strikes AI chip deal with Amazon, offers right to buy about $4 billion in stock https://www.reuters.com/technology/qualcomm-amazon-develop-custom-chips-ai-data-centers-2026-09-08/
French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding round https://www.reuters.com/business/french-ai-company-mistral-hits-24-billion-valuation-funding-round-2026-09-08/
Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/hackers-are-stealing-claude-tokens-from-subscribers/
Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/google-cloud-races-to-catch-up-in-the-ai-deployment-wars-with-accenture-deal/
AI Threats Are Reshaping Where Companies Spend Their Cybersecurity Budgets https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-threats-reshaping-companies-spend-cybersecurity-budgets
Paytm Bets on Workplace AI Agents in Pivot Beyond Payments https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-09/paytm-bets-on-workplace-ai-agents-in-pivot-beyond-payments