[8/31 06:00] WSJ: SoftBank's SB Energy issued OpenAI warrants worth an estimated 5.5 billion dollars to lock it in as a long-term data center tenant / The Information: OpenAI has bought tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train agents; Anthropic is renting Mac minis through AWS

AI News Flash for August 31, 2026 at 06:00 UTC. Topics: 1. WSJ: SoftBank's SB Energy issued OpenAI warrants worth an estimated 5.5 billion dollars to lock it in as a long-term data center tenant https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-issued-warrants-worth-55-billion-sb-energy-wsj-reports-2026-08-31/ 2. The Information: OpenAI has bought tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train agents; Anthropic is renting Mac minis through AWS https://startupfortune.com/openai-is-buying-so-many-mac-minis-and-studios-that-apple-cant-keep-up/ 3. Anthropic warns infostealer malware is hijacking Claude login sessions to drain usage; affected users signed out, payment methods removed, unauthorized charges refunded https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropic-warns-hackers-are-stealing-claude-sessions-to-hijack-accounts/587566/ 4. Anthropic's paper "Automated researchers can reliably mitigate alignment failures" draws wide coverage: Claude found fixes for all 10 alignment failures, beat 28 human researchers, at about one-fortieth the cost https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-getting-better-training-anthropic-study-findings-10855501/ 5. Sharpa, founded by Hesai's co-founders, raises 4.5 billion yuan (about 670 million dollars) and opens a fully automated Dairy Queen run by humanoid robots in Shanghai https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/ai-robotics-startup-sharpa-funding-493670