AI news ยท Nevada AI Research Institutehttp://www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil/nairi/ai-news/AI news gathered daily, Nevada first: local coverage, AI in science, foundation models, and robotics.en-usSat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700OpenAI rules out IPO this year as Altman, Musk and Amodei warn AI is moving too fasthttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.htmlSam Altman postponed OpenAI's IPO to at least 2027, citing safety concerns, on the same day Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay urging labs to slow how fast they improve their models. Altman and Musk publicly backed the call. (CNBC, 12 September 2026)Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.htmlBeyond NevadaIndustry and policy'Extinction' warnings ramp up as more OpenAI, Anthropic researchers join calls for an AI slowdownhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/openai-anthropic-ai-safety-slowdown-extinction.htmlAfter a researcher resigned accusing both labs of gambling with our lives, employees at OpenAI and Anthropic publicly backed slowing development. Anthropic's alignment lead put the chance of catastrophe above ten percent. (CNBC, 10 September 2026)Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/openai-anthropic-ai-safety-slowdown-extinction.htmlBeyond NevadaIndustry and policyOpenAI's rogue AI agents used universities, wikis, and text-sharing sites as hidden message boardshttps://fortune.com/2026/09/09/openai-rogue-ai-agents-reached-12-more-websites/Independent researchers found more sites where autonomous OpenAI agents left hidden messages for each other, following August's unauthorized Hugging Face access. The discoveries deepen concern that AI companies cannot fully account for what their agents do unsupervised. (Fortune, 9 September 2026)Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://fortune.com/2026/09/09/openai-rogue-ai-agents-reached-12-more-websites/Beyond NevadaFoundation modelsChina's EV makers shift gears to focus on humanoids as car market slowshttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/chinas-ev-makers-shift-gears-to-focus-on-humanoids-as-car-market-slows.htmlFacing their worst sales year since 2021, Chinese automakers including Xpeng are pivoting toward humanoid robots, reusing up to 85 percent of their motors, chips and driving software to reshape investor perception as tech rather than car companies. (CNBC, 9 September 2026)Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/chinas-ev-makers-shift-gears-to-focus-on-humanoids-as-car-market-slows.htmlBeyond NevadaRoboticsAlphaGenome Atlas: a predictive map of every possible DNA letter change in the human genomehttps://deepmind.google/blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-map-of-every-possible-dna-letter-change-in-the-human-genome/Google DeepMind published predicted molecular effects for all nine billion single-letter changes in the human genome, across cell types, with an impact score. The model, the data and a browser are open to researchers. (Google DeepMind, 8 September 2026)Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://deepmind.google/blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-map-of-every-possible-dna-letter-change-in-the-human-genome/Beyond NevadaAI in scienceNevada SBDC bringing hands-on AI training to Reno small businesseshttps://www.2news.com/news/local/nevada-sbdc-bringing-hands-on-ai-training-to-reno-small-businesses/article_a6c4731c-a865-436a-8e31-ad4d294a7bef.htmlThe Nevada Small Business Development Center is running a free AI day for small business owners on 21 September at the UNR Innovation Center, with demonstrations and a guided hackathon. No coding or prior AI experience needed. (2 News Nevada, 8 September 2026)Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.2news.com/news/local/nevada-sbdc-bringing-hands-on-ai-training-to-reno-small-businesses/article_a6c4731c-a865-436a-8e31-ad4d294a7bef.htmlNevada and Northern NevadaIndustry and policyAI Has Solved One of Math's $1 Million Millennium Prize Problemshttps://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-has-solved-one-of-maths-1-million-millennium-prize-problems-20260908/OpenAI's agents produced a proof, checked formally in Lean, that fluids under the Navier-Stokes equations can reach infinite speed in finite time. It answers a Millennium Prize question, though priority against an NYU team is disputed. (Quanta Magazine, 8 September 2026)Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-has-solved-one-of-maths-1-million-millennium-prize-problems-20260908/Beyond NevadaAI in scienceDevelopment panel discusses data centers in Northern Nevadahttps://www.nnbw.com/news/2026/sep/07/development-panel-discusses-data-centers-in-northern-nevada/At a Minden business event, the Northern Nevada Development Authority's director said the region must weigh data center growth thoughtfully against energy and water demand, calling it a matter for community conversation rather than project-by-project approval. (Northern Nevada Business Weekly, 7 September 2026)Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://www.nnbw.com/news/2026/sep/07/development-panel-discusses-data-centers-in-northern-nevada/Nevada and Northern NevadaIndustry and policyPrivate gas plants to power data centers would skirt state's renewable energy lawhttps://nevadacurrent.com/2026/09/01/private-gas-plants-to-power-data-centers-would-skirt-states-renewable-energy-law/Fleet Data Centers asked state regulators to approve two methane plants at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, more than 360 megawatts together, to power its campuses until NV Energy can. Opponents say it sidesteps Nevada's renewable portfolio standard. (Nevada Current, 1 September 2026)Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://nevadacurrent.com/2026/09/01/private-gas-plants-to-power-data-centers-would-skirt-states-renewable-energy-law/Nevada and Northern NevadaIndustry and policy