A Eye on AI - September 17, 2026, 12 PM Eastern

Huawei Moves Up Next-Gen AI Chip Launch 9 Months to Q1 2027, Citing Performance Doubling
Microsoft AI Chief Suleyman Calls Anthropic's View on AI Consciousness 'Confused' and 'Dangerous'
Pew Survey of 37 Countries Shows Most People Expect AI to Cause Job Losses, Not Create Jobs

A Eye on AI - 12:30 PM
On this episode of A Eye on AI: Huawei accelerates its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip launch to the first quarter of 2027, nine months early, with a performance-doubling claim — timed right before expected Trump-Xi trade talks. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness as 'confused' and 'dangerous' amid a new 37-page Humanist AI Code of Conduct. And a Pew Research survey of 42,151 people across 37 countries finds majorities in 34 countries expect AI to lead to job losses — with younger adults in the US, Sweden, and elsewhere growing more worried. Plus: the AI assistant war heats up as Instinct's Concierge and Meta's Muse reach parity on phone calling, and China's Hello robotaxi unit raises about $100 million for GPU and end-to-end AI development. Hosted by Sam Whitfield.

Sources:
- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/huawei-plans-q1-2027-launch-of-new-ai-chip-as-it-takes-on-nvidia/
- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3367832/huawei-quickens-ai-chip-pace-promises-next-entrant-3-quarters-early?utm_source=rss_feed
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/996412/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-regulation-safety-anthropic-claude
- TechNode: https://technode.com/2026/09/17/hello-robotaxi-100-million-financing/
- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/rival-ai-agents-instinct-and-metas-muse-both-add-the-ability-to-make-calls/
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996775/ai-is-feared-globally-as-the-destroyer-of-jobs

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