# AI News Digest - 2026-09-09

1. Danijar Hafner's startup was developing agents that used model-based reinforcement learning and learned world models to plan ahead in unfamiliar environments, migrating agents from virtual benchmarks (the Dreamer series) to physical humanoid robots to enable robust behavior without extensive real-world trial-and-error.

2. OpenAI was alleged by mathematician Tristan Buckmaster to have pressured him to drop an Anthropic-affiliated co-author from a claimed Navier–Stokes breakthrough paper and to have asserted its own breakthrough using a similar solution path; OpenAI denied the allegations.

3. Meta removed AI-tool usage from engineer performance reviews after internal "tokenmaxxing" of the metric produced adverse outcomes.

4. ASML secured agreements with TSMC, Samsung, and Intel to adopt larger photomasks that were expected to increase throughput of its newest EUV machines by about 40%, while Huawei pursued a domestic strategy through equipment maker Yuliangsheng and its suppliers to reduce reliance on ASML's lithography technology.

5. Argentina's Patagonia was reported to have attracted interest as a potential site for large AI data centers due to available resources and minimal local resistance.

# References

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/08/1142088/danijar-hafner-developing-plan-ahead-agents/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/08/1142088/danijar-hafner-developing-plan-ahead-agents/)

[This AI entrepreneur is developing agents that can plan ahead for the unexpected](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/08/1142088/danijar-hafner-developing-plan-ahead-agents/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author-from-math-breakthrough-paper/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author-from-math-breakthrough-paper/)

[OpenAI researcher allegedly pressured mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author from math breakthrough paper](https://the-decoder.com/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author-from-math-breakthrough-paper/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/meta-drops-ai-usage-from-engineer-performance-reviews-after-tokenmaxxing-backfires/](https://the-decoder.com/meta-drops-ai-usage-from-engineer-performance-reviews-after-tokenmaxxing-backfires/)

[Meta drops AI usage from engineer performance reviews after "tokenmaxxing" backfires](https://the-decoder.com/meta-drops-ai-usage-from-engineer-performance-reviews-after-tokenmaxxing-backfires/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/asml-locks-in-tsmc-samsung-and-intel-while-huawei-races-to-break-its-grip/](https://the-decoder.com/asml-locks-in-tsmc-samsung-and-intel-while-huawei-races-to-break-its-grip/)

[ASML locks in TSMC, Samsung, and Intel while Huawei races to break its grip](https://the-decoder.com/asml-locks-in-tsmc-samsung-and-intel-while-huawei-races-to-break-its-grip/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/patagonia-has-what-ai-data-centers-want-including-no-resistance-so-far/](https://the-decoder.com/patagonia-has-what-ai-data-centers-want-including-no-resistance-so-far/)

[Patagonia has what AI data centers want, including no resistance so far](https://the-decoder.com/patagonia-has-what-ai-data-centers-want-including-no-resistance-so-far/)

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