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OpenAI’s AI-vs-human biology showdown, Nvidia’s China opening and Anthropic’s founder power play: your Monday catch-up
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September 28, 2026 Monday Readout The stories to start your week Wrapping up your Monday? Here are the tech and finance stories you need to stay ahead this week. Key highlights: A contest billed as biology’s Kasparov-versus-Deep Blue moment has been reworked as unease over AI grips the scientific community. China has asked ByteDance and Alibaba how many of Nvidia’s newest professional chips they want. Anthropic is asking shareholders to hand its seven co-founders collective voting control before it goes public. Before it’s everywhere, it’s in The Information. Subscribe for $299 and save 25% on the first year. Coming out of the weekend Robot snags, AI showdowns and China’s chip demand Exclusive Tesla’s Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins By Qianer Liu and Grace Kay The Big Read Inside the Drama Behind a Biology Contest That Pits OpenAI Agents Against Humans By Amy Dockser Marcus Exclusive China Weighs Allowing Purchases of New Nvidia Chips by ByteDance, Alibaba By Qianer Liu Exclusive Fireworks, Fal Consider New Rounds as Inference Demand Soars By Valida Pau, Stephanie Palazzolo and Aaron Holmes What to know from last week Founder control, AI rivalries and new frontier bets Exclusive Anthropic Seeks Palantir-Style Voting Control for Seven Co-Founders Ahead of IPO By Cory Weinberg, Valida Pau and Julia Hornstein Exclusive Google Nears Release of Flagship Gemini 4 AI Model By Laura Bratton AI Agenda OpenAI Develops Features to Counter Grok Bot, Mulls Response to Meta’s Muse By Amir Efrati and Stephanie Palazzolo Exclusive OpenAI and Anthropic Neared Deal to Stress Test Each Other’s AI By Amir Efrati and Stephanie Palazzolo Exclusive Luckey’s Erebor Bank Plots Syria Expansion By Michael Roddan Exclusive Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures Visit China as Country’s AI Prowess Rises By Julia Hornstein, Jing Yang, Juro Osawa and Rocket Drew Subscribe to The Information to get only the news you need to know directly to your inbox, giving you a competitive edge. Save 25% on your first year and enjoy unlimited access. Subscribe Our reporting is now easier to access wherever you are with the new The Information app. Get alerts when exclusive stories break, then read, watch, listen or use Deep Research to understand the bigger picture. Available on the App Store and Google Play. New from The Information Pro AI Inflection Index Flagging emergent terms and investable themes. 77 core AI trends tracked across 10,000 articles, newsletters, and briefings. Gain access to AI Index, 60+ org charts, proprietary databases, exclusive newsletters, subscriber-only events, and more by subscribing to The Information Pro. Sign Up for Our Newsletter Every Monday (subscribers only) AI Infrastructure By Ann Davis Vaughan Ann Davis Vaughan covers how tech titans are disrupting the energy sector and becoming accidental industrial giants to compete on the AI model battlefield. Sign up Follow us Download our app Explore Our Newsletters Subscribe to The Information Sent to you@example.com | Manage your preferences or unsubscribe | Help The Information · 251 Rhode Island Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94103