AI Weekly Malaysia

NASA and IBM released the NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model on Hugging Face, trained on a curated dataset of over 30 spatially-aligned layers from nine instruments across four missions. It is claimed as the first AI model to integrate lunar observations across multiple modalities, viewing angles, and spatial scales, aimed at identifying ice deposits, volcanic features, and craters.

A leaked benchmark suggests Apple's upcoming A20 Pro chip, built on a 2nm process and destined for the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro, is roughly 25% faster than its predecessor with CPU clocks approaching 5 GHz. The article text itself is almost entirely site navigation boilerplate with no additional technical detail beyond the headline.

Google introduced a new Android feature that lets users transfer passwords and passkeys directly between password manager apps without exporting CSV files. Android detects installed manager apps and coordinates the transfer, letting users review and approve in a few taps. The feature is live now for Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane, and works on Android 8+.

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OpenAI profiles César de la Fuente's bioengineering lab, which uses deep-learning models to search genome and protein datasets for antimicrobial candidates, compressing an initial discovery phase from years to hours. The lab also uses ChatGPT and Codex for hypothesis brainstorming, code writing, dataset processing, and cross-disciplinary idea connection. The piece frames antimicrobial resistance as a growing crisis with ~5 million associated deaths in 2021, projected to roughly double by 2050.

Apple Watch Ultra 4 launches in Malaysia at RM3,699 (matching the Ultra 3's launch price), with pre-orders starting 11 September and retail availability on 18 September 2026. Key upgrades include the S11 chip, a new Health Sensing System with larger green LEDs sampling heart rate every 5 seconds, a native Readiness score (0-10), and battery life up to 50 hours standard or 84 hours in Low Power Mode.

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Nathan Lambert analyzes how a resignation thread by AI researcher Jacob Coxon, citing safety risks, went viral in a way prior safety warnings did not — amplified by rising AI stakes (the OpenAI-HuggingFace incident, a Navier-Stokes result) and the fact that fear-based narratives spread further than nuanced ones. Evan Hubinger's cited '10% extinction risk' figure became a focal point, though Lambert argues the existential risk discourse is poorly grounded and that concrete risks like cyber attacks on infrastructure or bio-risks deserve more serious debate.

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Amazon is partnering with OpenAI to let select U.S. brands that advertise on Amazon also run ads in ChatGPT. OpenAI's ad business has already reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate since launching sponsored placements in the U.S. in February 2025, with Amazon quietly becoming the top retail advertiser on ChatGPT between April and August.

The Boring Company raised a $3B Series D at a $23B valuation, led by the UAE, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Vy Capital, and others. The company plans to dig over 150 km of tunnels in the UAE, adding to existing projects in Las Vegas and Nashville.

CNBC's Investing Club recap covers top and bottom stock performers during a market pullback driven by rising oil prices and Treasury yields. Salesforce led with a 21.3% gain after beating revenue expectations, with CEO Marc Benioff dismissing 'SaaSpocalypse' fears and noting that 9 of the 10 leading AI companies use Salesforce products with spending up 435% year over year, alongside the unveiling of a product called Claudeforce.

OpenAI launched a Data agent inside ChatGPT Work that connects to enterprise data sources including Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, ClickHouse, and MongoDB, plus Google Drive and SharePoint files. It uses semantic layers from dbt, Databricks Genie Ontology, and Snowflake Horizon to interpret business metrics, then builds shareable interactive dashboards from natural-language questions without users writing SQL.

Tom's Hardware highlights a flash sale on the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo at $399, bundled with $1 filament. The package includes a Core XY 3D printer with a four-color printing system and auto bed leveling, positioned as a beginner-friendly deal.

Researcher Chris Schmitz documents 'agentic flooding' across 84 cases in 11 jurisdictions, where AI tools have driven massive increases in public service submissions since 2022. UK housing ombudsman complaints rose from 2,600 to over 7,000, and US CFPB complaints grew 5x, with most curves still accelerating rather than plateauing. Schmitz argues this is not purely spam—many filings are legitimate claims that would otherwise have been abandoned—and frames it as an opportunity to redesign public services for the AI era.

Microsoft blocked new Azure SQL Data Sync deployments on September 9, 2026, with full shutdown set for September 30, 2027. Existing subscriptions can still use the service until cutoff, but there is no single like-for-like replacement—Microsoft lists alternatives including Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, read replicas, linked servers, mirroring, availability groups, and transactional replication, none of which map to every Data Sync configuration.

Under new CEO John Ternus, Apple announced its first foldable phone (iPhone Duo) and the iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max, but notably skipped a non-Pro iPhone 18, breaking a 7-year release cadence. The cheapest new iPhone is the 18 Pro at $1,199, a $100 increase, while the older iPhone 17 jumped from $799 to $899.

Bitdefender reports that bad actors are exploiting Google Play's Early Access program to push thousands of deceptive apps—fake casino games, reward apps, and trademark-infringing titles—because Early Access apps cannot receive public reviews or star ratings, removing the primary trust signal for users. One identified app, 'Vice Streets: Open World' (a GTA imitator), surpassed 1 million downloads with zero reviews. These apps are promoted via TikTok and Facebook ads using AI-generated celebrity deepfakes, and use engagement loops where virtual rewards appear initially but payouts never materialize.

Bending Spoons is acquiring Miro for $1.36B in cash (equity value $1.79B), a 92% drop from its $17.5B late-2021 valuation. Miro now has ~$600M ARR (90% enterprise), $435M net cash, 100M total users, 4M paying users, and is profitable—yet SaaS multiples have unwound so drastically that a profitable company with these numbers fetches a fraction of its peak price.

A figure described as a 'Minecraft-spawned crypto kingpin' faces up to 20 years in prison for a $245 million crypto heist, with proceeds allegedly funding supercars, bodyguards, and private jets. The article body is almost entirely site navigation boilerplate with no substantive technical detail beyond the headline.

Maven Robotics emerged from stealth after raising $100M from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, and XTX Markets Ventures. The startup sells end-to-end mixed palletizing robots—wheeled units moving 10 mph with dual arms lifting up to 30kg—that integrate directly with warehouse management systems and ship mixed-goods pallets to retail stores, currently running up to 8 robots at 16 hours/day with 99%+ uptime at partner sites.

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Tracxn reports UK datacenter infrastructure companies raised $5.7B in equity, with GPU-rental operator Nscale alone accounting for $3.7B (nearly two-thirds) and being the sector's only unicorn. London captured 93% of funding across 24 funded companies out of 154 tracked, while the broader UK datacenter construction pipeline stands at ~£36B ($49B) including major overseas operators like Equinix, AWS, Microsoft, and Google.