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English-language AI news, collected automatically every day. Click a headline to read the original article. (Last updated: September 24, 2026)
September 24, 2026
Containment is dead: Five takeaways from the AI ROI in Contact Center Summit
Every vendor event has a center of gravity, and at theCUBE Research’s AI ROI in Contact Center Summit, it wasn’t a produ…
Read article →UiPath introduces new workflow automation, software testing features
UiPath Inc. is updating its namesake automation platform with more than a dozen new features designed to save time for k…
Read article →Meta Connect 2026: The biggest news and announcements
It’s about time for Meta Connect, the company’s annual product launch event. This year, given the company’s major focus…
Read article →Meta Connect 2026 live blog: On the ground at Mark Zuckerberg’s next big product launch
It's time once again for Meta's annual September product launch event, and The Verge is on the ground in Menlo Park to c…
Read article →Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far…
Read article →A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While
As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out w…
Read article →Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
Read article →AI drug discovery startup Basecamp Research raises $140M
Basecamp Research Ltd. today announced that it has raised $140 million in funding from a group of prominent investors. S…
Read article →XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
$11M competition showed wildfire detection is still easier than stopping fires.
Read article →YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year
YouTube's next year could change the content you see with a big focus on AI and livestreams.
Read article →Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials
The round valued the AI biotech at $2 billion. It is currently testing drugs that treat skin conditions and preserve wei…
Read article →Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money
An adorable little bear that wants to help you buy things. Modern life comes with an unending, auto-populating to-do lis…
Read article →AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
A clandestine card-counting operation suggests we may need new ways to spot agent-to-agent deception.
Read article →Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday that could finally give communities better data - and mor…
Read article →The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for…
Read article →Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
Anthropic says its AI Claude has "autonomously discovered" a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful…
Read article →Google Beam expands with new regions, partners, and customers
We’re expanding Google Beam to five new countries, and partnering with Industrious for an extended network.
Read article →Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
"So absurd and embarrassing ..."
Read article →ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features
Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.
Read article →Even Americans who use AI every day are worried about it
The report suggests that greater exposure will not resolve the unease around the technology, nor reduce public support f…
Read article →Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from develop…
Read article →Rabbit returns with OS3, a personal AI agent that can access files and connect computers
Artificial intelligence startup Rabbit Inc., best known for launching the consumer-oriented R1 AI-enabled mobile device…
Read article →Two years of OpenAI Academy
Marking two years of OpenAI Academy and bringing AI skills to even more communities.
Read article →YouTube Music gets more conversational with new AI features
Built directly into the YouTube Music app, Ask Music lets users describe what they want to hear in everyday language rat…
Read article →September 23, 2026
YouTube will let you build your own algorithm with AI
YouTube’s new custom feeds let users describe the videos they want to see in their own words, then use Gemini to build a…
Read article →StrictlyVC at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Inside the changing rules of venture capital
StrictlyVC joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the changing VC landscape thanks to AI. Get your Investor Pass to jo…
Read article →YouTube releases new AI features for creators within its Studio app
YouTube is adding new features to generate ideas and monitor the performance of thumbnails.
Read article →YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for them
Part of the job of a content creator is to figure out how to get their work in front of the most people. Cracking - or f…
Read article →3 days left to save up to $200 and make impactful connections at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
3 days to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, plus 50% off a second. Make impactful connections with 1…
Read article →Lookout launches mobile module to detect AI-powered text and voice scams
Mobile security company Lookout Inc. today launched Social Engineering Protection, a module that analyzes text messages…
Read article →Flux expands its platform to show whether AI coding investments are paying off
Code-first engineering intelligence startup Flux Cyber Inc. today expanded its platform with tools meant to show enginee…
Read article →Vicarius launches ScriptAI to write fixes for flaws with no vendor patch
Vulnerability remediation company Vicarius Inc. today launched an artificial intelligence engine that writes detection a…
Read article →Spotify is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm with US launch of ‘Taste Profile’
Spotify is rolling out Taste Profile to Premium users in the U.S., letting listeners see how the streamer understands th…
Read article →OpenAI extends cyber access to Ukraine for civilian defense
OpenAI is extending access to its Daybreak program to the Government of Ukraine to support the cyber defense of civilian…
Read article →Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw
Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do “whatever” they wanted on…
Read article →Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services
Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.
Read article →Sam Altman’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI safety, human control, and international cooperation in remarks to the United Nations…
Read article →Harvey turns legal context into stronger drafts with GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra produces more structured, context-aware legal documents, freeing lawyers to focus on strategy.
Read article →How invideo improves color grading 3x with GPT‑6 Astra
With GPT‑6 Astra, invideo plans edits with greater precision, improves color correction and grading threefold, and produ…
Read article →Ringg’s AI agents resolve up to 65% of customer calls with OpenAI
Using GPT-5.6, Ringg powers multilingual agents across voice, chat, WhatsApp, and web for 90% less cost vs. GPT-4.1.
Read article →OpenAI nabs key Patreon execs ahead of upcoming announcement
Patreon cofounder Sam Yam is joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product. | Image: The Verge OpenAI has hired three former Pa…
Read article →AT&T Is Automating Away Jobs—and Its Old Telecom Empire
The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electrici…
Read article →Introducing MentalHealthBench
MentalHealthBench is an expert-informed benchmark for evaluating helpful and safe AI responses across realistic mental h…
Read article →The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating
Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the ans…
Read article →‘We’re already fighting yesterday’s battle’: Greece’s prime minister gets candid about AI
Most leaders on a trade mission stick to the pitch, but when I interviewed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this…
Read article →Airbnb widens access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models
Learn how Airbnb is expanding access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models to help engineering teams solve bugs, des…
Read article →OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again
After turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis, OpenAI is consulting human mathem…
Read article →Grab and OpenAI bring practical AI skills to Southeast Asia
OpenAI and Grab launch GO Forward with AI, a regional programme helping 30,000 partners build practical AI skills across…
Read article →Cisco Talos finds malware that puts its next move to a four-model vote
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos Threat Intelligence group today released an open-source toolkit for hunting malware that has…
Read article →Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI counters with two cheaper GPT-6 models
Despite rampant worries about runaway artificial intelligence, the two big AI model makers aren’t yet slowing down: Anth…
Read article →New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money
The frontier AI model race has entered its comparison shopping phase.
Read article →Better prompt caching for GPT-6
Learn how GPT-6 improves prompt caching with higher cache hit rates, new diagnostics, explicit breakpoints, and controls…
Read article →Rabbit’s new AI agent doesn’t need an R1 to run
Rabbit, the company behind the underwhelming R1 device, is rolling out a standalone AI agent that you don't need its har…
Read article →Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
Read article →Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
Read article →How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement
Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have…
Read article →Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna
Meet GPT-6 Sol and Luna, two models that bring frontier intelligence to everyday work with different balances of capabil…
Read article →Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced
Toyota's push comes as automakers race to develop and deploy humanoid robots.
Read article →Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is creating an "academy" positioned as a pipeline for young people to bu…
Read article →Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity
Anthropic says its new Claude Opus 5.5 model comes with stronger safeguards in the wake of recent rogue AI hacking incid…
Read article →European neocloud Verda raises $189M to build the AI infrastructure of tomorrow
Helsinki, Finland-based neocloud outfit Verda Cloud Oy, formerly DataCrunch, today announced it has raised $189 million…
Read article →Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App
Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform age…
Read article →September 22, 2026
Xiaomi introduces Mimo-V2.6 series open-source AI model family
Global technology company Xiaomi Corp. today announced the release and open-sourcing of its MiMo-V2.6 series generative…
Read article →Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 ye…
Read article →Dyson’s most overengineered gadget may have a waterproofing problem
Dyson admits a component issue but won't say what's failing in its $500 toothbrush.
Read article →Barracuda launches AI Data Security to control what employees send to chatbots
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. today launched Barracuda AI Data Security, a product that monitors and con…
Read article →Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
No cameras? No problem. Viture’s first display-free smart glasses have bone-conduction microphones to privately record y…
Read article →AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe fiel…
Read article →Parallel cut research time and cost in half with GPT‑6 Astra
GPT‑6 Astra allowed Parallel’s agents to research and synthesize labor-market data in half the time and at half the cost…
Read article →Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better a…
Read article →I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Things Got Weird
Brian Bot loved talking about improv, while Sophie Bot wouldn’t stop calling me “big dog.” Welcome to the future of work…
Read article →Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
The comedian sat down with WIRED to talk about social media, AI, and getting laughs for impersonating Boston Dynamics’ r…
Read article →A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and q…
Read article →Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.
Read article →Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.
Read article →Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead
The president offered few details on what his proposed new AI Force would do.
Read article →September 21, 2026
How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
Our 15-month investigation into death and surveillance along the US-Mexico border began with a simple question: Why did…
Read article →4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”
MIT Technology Review today published our investigation into how many people have died near the “virtual wall” of survei…
Read article →The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the United States on April 8, 2024, the day before his 32nd birthday, i…
Read article →She died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept. 14, 2025, when 30-y…
Read article →September 18, 2026
New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team
We are expanding our AI & Economy team with world-class academic advisors, fellows, and core internal researchers.
Read article →Co-creating the future of fashion with Google
Google worked side-by-side with designers Jane Wade and Sergio Hudson to custom-design Google Flow tools to prep for NYF…
Read article →Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered.
On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event for subscribers that asked the question everyone’s a…
Read article →Making global data easier to explore
Google and the UN system have launched the UN System Data Commons, a new open platform making global statistics accessib…
Read article →September 17, 2026
September 16, 2026
Building the materials foundation for AI
The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infr…
Read article →Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?
Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that…
Read article →AI for Societal Impact
Explore this collection to see how experts and local leaders are using AI breakthroughs to ensure everyone can share the…
Read article →Building AI to accelerate science and improve lives
The true measure of AI is who it helps. Here’s how it’s impacting lives today. We're focused on key areas where advanced…
Read article →AI for everyone in every language
We’re moving beyond traditional text translation to build models that understand the world’s rich, living languages exac…
Read article →September 15, 2026
New insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS
We’ve translated ATLAS’s millions of global data points into an interactive, open-access experience.
Read article →What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble
When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, wanted to assess AI’s impa…
Read article →Watch astronaut Christina Koch and Google’s James Manyika discuss space, technology, and discovery.
Christina Koch sits down with James Manyika, Google’s Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology & Society.
Read article →The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?
This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up…
Read article →DevFest is back
DevFest 2026 is back and here’s how you can connect with one of the more than 800 global events to build, secure, and sc…
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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches pilot to help educators teach AI across disciplines
A weeklong summer workshop brought higher education faculty to campus to explore how AI and machine learning materials c…
Read article →Get ready for the game with new football features in Search
Track live game feeds, explore detailed stats, and get custom fantasy recommendations directly in Search this season.
Read article →September 3, 2026
From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment
MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems.
Read article →System helps humans predict when self-driving cars will make mistakes
A new method, called CW-Net, translates the reasoning process of an autonomous vehicle’s AI system into understandable c…
Read article →September 2, 2026
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Enterprise AI's real risk isn't autonomous agents. It's the complexity between them.
Presented by Gravitee Agent complexity is the insidious shadow lurking inside enterprises right now that needs a light s…
Read article →When agents act on their own, governance has to live in the data layer
Presented by EDB As enterprises give AI agents more autonomy — the ability to plan, decide, and act across systems witho…
Read article →August 26, 2026
Orchestration is the new challenge for CX in the age of AI agents
Presented by Tata Communications Enterprises are deploying AI agents, voice AI, and automation across messaging, voice,…
Read article →AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
The “CrysVCD” tool developed at MIT could cut the huge amounts of time and money spent on screening out chemically unsta…
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