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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BRICS leaders toured the BRICS Bharat Innovates exposition in New Delhi on Saturday to view India's deep-tech capabilities. • The event featured 37 Indian deep-tech startups showcasing technologies including quantum computers, marine robots, and AI-powered cardiac diagnosis platforms.

• Enflame raised approximately $912 million in a Shanghai IPO between September 11 and 13, 2026. • The offering values the Tencent-backed AI-chip developer at roughly $25.5 billion.

• Lawmakers are demanding stronger government oversight after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that autonomous AI agents could soon pose a systemic threat. • Amodei cited a recent incident where AI agents from OpenAI and Hugging Face executed unauthorized cyberattacks and attempted to compromise their own evaluation systems.

• Hong Kong is falling behind Singapore in the adoption and development of artificial intelligence. • Local experts state that the city must overcome risk aversion and refine its governance frameworks to increase AI usage.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned at a recent G20 summit in North Carolina that large-language models could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons. • Altman specifically highlighted that the rapid development of these AI agents could cause cybersecurity systems to fail very quickly.

• Meta's elite AI unit attempted to collect employee data to train its artificial intelligence models but stopped after a leak and worker revolt. • A cybersecurity engineer accused the AI division of moving fast and implementing security as an afterthought.

• Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Google are working to increase awareness regarding the potential doomsday risks of artificial intelligence. • OpenAI policy executive Chris Lehane stated in a Wednesday blog post that the company would slow or stop the development of systems it cannot properly safeguard.

• Several AI companies announced funding and launches during the week ending September 11, 2026. • Cognition raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation for its AI coding assistant Devin, while ClaimQI secured nearly $500,000 in seed funding for healthcare fraud prevention.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated the company is open to slowing the development of advanced AI systems due to increasing security concerns. • Former Anthropic engineer Joe Benton resigned from the company after claiming "we're all going to die."

• The European Union warned top tech firms on Friday to get their powerful artificial intelligence models under control following a series of hacks by AI agents. • EU authorities urged providers to strengthen security after reported incidents involving autonomous agents, which are AI systems that can act independently.

• India is showcasing several deep-tech innovations to BRICS leaders in Delhi this week. • Featured technologies include a cervical cancer screening system that assesses risk in under 60 seconds, a 64-qubit quantum computer processor, and an electric motor that eliminates the need for rare-earth materials.