AI roundup: Gemini 3.8 Live for voice agents, Huang pushes back on regulation
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-16
Rohan Paul's latest newsletter aggregates the day's key AI industry developments:
- Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for production-grade voice agents;
- Jensen Huang pushes back hard against AI labs calling for tighter regulation and slower development;
- Nvidia, Palantir, and Booz Allen restrict Claude Fable use over Anthropic's 30-day data retention policy;
- China's Foreign Ministry disputes accusations of 'malicious' AI competition;
- Microsoft AI releases a 'Code of Conduct' for its future MAI models making human control non-negotiable;
- FT reports AI stocks slid as frontier labs' safety concerns became a market risk;
- Plus pieces on recursive self-improvement and Trump's reaction to AI warnings and data center resistance.
Useful as a daily index of AI industry headlines.
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