A Eye on AI - September 9, 2026, 12 PM Eastern

Business AI adoption flatlines as token prices drop; Anthropic researcher puts >10% odds on AI ending humanity

DeepSeek taps Citic Securities for Shanghai Star market IPO, pre-IPO value near $74 billion

XPeng's humanoid robot IRON walks off automated line; robotics unit raises $900M

A Eye on AI - 12:30 PM

On this episode of A Eye on AI, we break down the latest in artificial intelligence across business and daily life. Leading the show: Ramp's spending data from 70,000 companies shows business AI adoption stalling in August, with spend per employee at top firms down nearly 10% — a sign the pricing wars between OpenAI and Anthropic haven't paid off. We also cover a senior Anthropic safety researcher's stark warning that AI could kill all humans within a decade, and the resignation of a colleague who accused the company of gambling with our lives. In Greater China, DeepSeek moves toward an IPO on Shanghai's Star market with Citic Securities, Moonshot raises at a $50B valuation, and Alibaba Cloud's QoderWake deploys nearly 100,000 digital workers across rival workplace platforms. Plus: XPeng's humanoid robot production line goes live, Suno v6 uses licensed music data, and Hong Kong insurers adopt AI underwriting. In everyday life, Instacart, Shipt, and Meta launch new AI assistants, and the OECD's 2025 PISA study reveals a nuanced picture of students who use AI — including a boost for those taught to assess AI output critically.

Sources:

- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/ai-spend-per-employee-slumped-at-top-firms-in-august-summer-doldrums-or-a-warning-sign/

- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/instacart-launches-an-ai-grocery-shopping-assistant-called-clementine/

- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/suno-replaces-its-ai-models-with-a-new-one-trained-on-licensed-music-as-copyright-suits-pile-up/

- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991927/anthropic-ai-kill-all-humans

- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3366948/chinese-ai-firm-deepseek-taps-underwriters-including-citic-securities-ipo-sources?utm_source=rss_feed

- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3366919/alibaba-sends-ai-digital-employees-work-rival-apps-bytedance-tencent?utm_source=rss_feed