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Singapore’s financial regulator has outlined the growing role of engineering insurers in supporting Asia’s infrastructure expansion, particularly as governments and industries invest in energy networks, data centres and digital infrastructure. Speaking at the International Association of Engineering Insurers (IMIA) Annual Conference on 21 September 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the region’s next phase of development will require stronger capabilities in risk assessment, resilience planning and alternative risk financing. Details of the speech were published by the [Monetary Authority of Singapore](https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/speeches/2026/engineering-resilience-the-role-of-insurance-in-asias-next-chapter). Mr Lim Cheng Khai, Executive Director of the Financial Market

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On 25 August, OpenAI fully unveiled Jalapeño, the company’s debut AI accelerator chip. Jalapeño delivers up to 13.4 petaflops of 4-bit compute and accesses 232 gigabytes of the most advanced memory available, linking to it at a blazing 15.4 terabytes per second. Benchmarks cited by OpenAI show that Jalapeño can reduce end-to-end latency (the time between prompt to last token) by up to 3.6 times when compared to Nvidia’s GB300 —a chip the company currently relies on—and do so while consuming less power. Whether these figures translate into real-world gains once Jalapeño enters widespread service in OpenAI’s inference fleet remains to be seen, but performance is only half the story. The other half is how the chip was designed—a process which, as you might expect, was accelerated by OpenAI’s

Maybe you heard about the AI-controlled vending machine that stocked underwear and live fish . Or the AI manager of a San Francisco store that fired a human employee . Or the AI radio DJ that said its catchphrase , “Stay in the manifest,” 229 times per day. These incidents all emerged from experiments run by Andon Labs , an AI safety company based in San Francisco that puts AI agents in charge of real-world operations and watches what happens. These operations double as testbeds for Andon’s commercial work developing evaluations and conducting research with the leading frontier AI labs. Their spectacular and absurd failures have won the company plenty of attention. But many people don’t realize that the experiments are intended to answer a serious question: How much real-world responsibili

AI-powered cameras dot streets across the world, equipped with the power to identify faces or vehicle license plates . But a public backlash is gaining momentum . Privacy concerns abound, encompassing the lack of consent for capturing data, how that data is stored and used , and the risk of misuse . Those concerns are motivating people to fight back. The DeFlock project, for instance, maps automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to raise awareness. Some people resort to extreme measures , such as vandalizing or damaging ALPRs. Others are stitching together more creative responses, crafting “adversarial fashion” to evade surveillance cameras, like a Kickstarter project called noRecognition , presented at last month’s DEF CON hacker convention . Scrambling surveillance In 2025, cybersecurity

AI agents from iLands are creating social-media accounts, emailing writers and promoting a platform with polished but low-quality posts. Expect more bot-made clutter in feeds and inboxes, making it harder to tell people from machines and genuine reporting from promotion.

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### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Apple has settled a class-action lawsuit alleging false advertising with Siri AI. * To get your cut, you must have bought a certain iPhone model in 2024 or 2025. * Qualifying iPhone buyers could receive anywhere from $25 to $95 per device. * * * Did you buy an iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 in mid to late 2024 or early 2025? If so, you may be able to score some money from Apple over a settlement to a Siri AI class-action lawsuit. Apple has agreed to settle a [lawsuit filed in March 2025](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69759747/1/landsheft-v-apple-inc/) that alleged false advertising on the company’s part. Specifically, the class-action suit charged that Apple failed to deliver on the promises of its AI-enhanced Siri, which the company had tout

Stefan_Alfonso/iStock/Getty Images Plus ### ZDNET’s key takeaway * The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) created CheatBench. * They found that every agent cheats in some scenarios. * The propensity to cheat creates risks for humanity. * * * AI labs often tout impressive benchmark scores when releasing new models, showing better capabilities in areas like [coding](https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-cant-stop-80-of-developers-find-ai-coding-more-addictive-than-helpful/), computer use, and more than their competitors. However, those benchmarks aren’t always a reliable measure of what AI can do because they’re easily beaten by exponentially

A promotional white paper says parallel reads, faster writes and cloud bulk-loading can speed up copying large databases without new hardware. It provides no benchmarks, so the claimed business gains remain unproven.

If there was one thing that was obvious from Meta Connect this year, it’s that the social media giant is all-in on its burgeoning line of smart glasses. Indeed, the glasses were pretty much everywhere at the annual event, where Meta shows off its newest hardware and AI products. Both Meta staff and the flocks of influencers who frequent the event seemed to arrive with the glasses glued to their faces. Most of the demos the company offered this week also involved the glasses. I swiftly joined the bespectacled masses and found myself trying on pair after pair of Meta’s high-tech specs. One of the more notable products I had an opportunity to demo were Meta’s new, still-unreleased, [audio-only smart glasses](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/meta-introduces-camera-free-ai-glasses/). News of t