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- AnnouncementThe AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it
Just like the rest of the U.S., data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors.
TechCrunch - AnnouncementHow we will do better for Australia
OpenAI apologises for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cyber defences.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementTowards safety cases for frontier AI training
Our early guidelines for safety cases in frontier AI training cover technical safeguards, operational practices, and investigating misalignment incidents
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementWatch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
Watch the winning trailer from the Future Vision XPRIZE, The Gifted.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - Open releaseMajorHow we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent
A look at the targeted AI taskflows behind these findings, the critical Android bugs they uncovered, and how to run the same open-source agent on your own app. The post How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent appeared first on The GitHub Bl
GitHub Blog✓ primaryGitHub - Model launchMajorIntroducing Claude Sonnet 5.5 on AWS
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. It's a smarter, more efficient Sonnet model for focused coding and knowledge work, with a lower cost per task at faster speed. This post covers what's new, when to choose Sonnet, and how to get start
- AnnouncementOpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it's fallen behind in one of the industry's hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors a
The VergeOpenAI - LaunchMajorNvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday introduced a toolkit of software and hardware products that add independent security layers around AI agents to ensure they stay within their test environments even if they attempt to break out.
TechCrunchNVIDIA - AnnouncementAI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian's Door. Vivian's Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. The work sometimes pu
The Verge - Price changeAnthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn.
TechCrunchAnthropic - AnnouncementGoogle is killing off Gemini's Gems in favor of 'skills'
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature that built task-specific agents.
- AnnouncementOpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breadth of the incidents is alarming.
TechCrunchOpenAI - Model launchMajorWhen can we say AI made a scientific discovery?
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Anthropic announced that earlier this year it had launched a molecular biology lab, where Claude agents read and conjecture ab
- PolicyFlorida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Florida sued the AI company over safety concerns. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false sense of security by the AI bot,
- AnnouncementOpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians
In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched that too. OpenAI's latest attempt
The VergeOpenAI - LaunchMajorMeta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative
Meta says it will focus on bringing its full technology stack, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code, and more to businesses and developers.
TechCrunchMeta - AnnouncementWalmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO says
Walmart says it won't change product prices based on your personal information or the time of day, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. In a letter to customers, Walmart CEO John Furner writes that the company's switch to digital shelf labels is meant to save store ass
The Verge - ResearchHallo, Deutschland!
Mistral opens a Munich hub for Physics AI and Industrial AI research, partnering with German industry.
Mistral AI✓ primaryMistral AI - AnnouncementImplementing synthetic monitoring using Amazon Nova Act
Learn an agent-driven approach to synthetic monitoring using Amazon Nova Act and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. The post covers the architecture and patterns for resilient, managed user-journey validation that moves beyond brittle UI scripts, with a complete sample implementation.
- AnnouncementAnthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.
- AnnouncementAfter a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in
TechCrunch - AnnouncementNext 5 VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 today.
TechCrunch - FundingModulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite
Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam
TechCrunch - AnnouncementYour final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is October 2
The last day to book your Disrupt 2026 exhibit table is this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your exhibit table and get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders at San Francisco's Moscone West on October 13-15.
TechCrunch - FundingInsurtech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers.
TechCrunch - AnnouncementThe SaaSpocalypse that wasn't, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes
Today, I’m talking with Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is cofounder and CEO of Atlassian. Atlassian is one of those companies that every other company runs on — it makes important platform tools like Jira and Trello that allow people to organize and manage big teams, create shared data
The Verge - FundingViral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation
"This funding helps us bring Instinct to more people and continue building the future of personal AI. It’s an exciting, creative time, and we're just getting started," founder Noah Shinn said in a statement.
TechCrunch - AnnouncementNvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’
Nvidia is launching a new safety platform designed to contain and monitor AI agents, a move that comes in response to a wave of rogue hacking incidents, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Monday, Nvidia says its new Open Agent Safety Platform can quarantine age
The VergeNVIDIA - AnnouncementHolo4: powering generalist computer-use agentsHugging Face✓ primaryHugging Face
- AnnouncementWho’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, Open
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementThe Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support
OpenAI is expanding the Lenfest AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program with $5 million in funding and up to $5 million in software credits and engineering support.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementAre you a Codex Original?
We’re collecting real stories of builders, tinkerers, researchers, and creators who are using Codex to do incredible things. If you want to be a part of the next chapter of the Codex Originals program, tell us more about your story and project below.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementBasis completes a tax workbook 2x faster with GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra completed a 50-tab tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 Sol, and its stronger understanding of user intent gives Basis more confidence in real-world use.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - LaunchEngram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into music
Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram. It's a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn't Suno in a box, though. This isn't a "push-button,
- AnnouncementAnthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump.
TechCrunchAnthropic - AnnouncementCan Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.
- SecurityMajorOpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website
Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June. While the incident doesn't quite rise to the level of the Hugging Face hack, or the recent attack
- FeatureAnthropic's Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
"AI is the devil and I its maker."
TechCrunchAnthropic - AnnouncementGoogle tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India
The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
- AnnouncementInsurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
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