The day in AI and tech
Wednesday 16 September 2026
137 events from 37 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence83 events
- Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- The AI Race, the Search for Sticky Content and Building Fan Communities on the Agenda at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Lectra Launches Agentic AI for Fashion Product Development — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- Stanford Researchers Release Paper2Agent: Turning Research Papers Into AI Agents That Reproduce Results and Run on New Data — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Salesforce’s Marc Benioff to AI industry: Regulate yourselves or get sued — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- AI Buildout Hits Inflation as Fed Hikes Rates — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Knowledgator Releases GLiFormer: A 575M-Parameter Encoder That Hits 91.10 F1 on Nested JSON Extraction Without Generating Tokens — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent? — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Were Probing Hugging Face Two Months Before Hack — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- The Most Powerful Man in AI Isn’t Worried at All — The Atlantic (opens The Atlantic's report in a new tab)Read on The Atlantic (opens in a new tab)
- People Fear AI Will 'Kill All Humans.' But What if It Can Save Our Patients? — MedPage Today (opens MedPage Today's report in a new tab)Read on MedPage Today (opens in a new tab)
- AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Martha Stewart thinks AI can make homeownership less complicated — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: AI companies should serve ‘humanity first’ — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Apple might make servers again to cash in on the AI rush — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Our framework for reporting model misalignment — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab), MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab), The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprint — Al Jazeera English (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)Read on Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
- Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Claude comes for Gemini with its own take on Docs and Slides — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- nubia NaviX Ultra launches with an advanced agentic AI, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 power — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- Turning scientific research papers into interactive AI agents — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- AI companies must work with the research community to protect attribution — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Helping older adults use AI in everyday life — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- GEO by Engine: How ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity Really Decide What to Say — Neil Patel (opens Neil Patel's report in a new tab)Read on Neil Patel (opens in a new tab)
- How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- VIDEO: Will AI end humanity? How to separate the real risks from the hype — Poynter (opens Poynter's report in a new tab)Read on Poynter (opens in a new tab)
- NIH Vax Harms Study; Dems Seek CDC Measles Briefing; HHS Pushes AI Despite Risks — MedPage Today (opens MedPage Today's report in a new tab)Read on MedPage Today (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI is turning ChatGPT ads into conversations — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- ‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- 3 GEO pillars: LLM readability, brand context, agentic commerce — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- How concerned are Americans about AI’s environmental impact? This new poll reveals the data — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- AI must not outrun safety controls, DeepMind co-founder warns — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI Pause Would Help Dominant Firms, Not Safety, Think Tank Warns — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- MIT, Anthropic & OpenAI Sent The Same Warning, Get Your Evidence House In Order Now via @sejournal, @gregjarboe — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Google expands agentic commerce tools ahead of the holiday shopping rush — Search Engine Land (opens Search Engine Land's report in a new tab)
- AI is supposed to simplify work. Jim VandeHei says it’s doing the opposite — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Make AI traceable before it shapes global climate assessments — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Judge Halts Trump Plan; RFK Jr.'s 'Wolverine' Peptide; Swapping Nurses for AI — MedPage Today (opens MedPage Today's report in a new tab)Read on MedPage Today (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic’s mother of all risk factors — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Are AI and Automation the Key to Onshoring? — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- Xiaomi will let you use AI to build apps for the 18 Pro's rear display — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- Reimagining advertising with AI — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Raspberry AI Expands Platform to Improve Apparel Workflow — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Building the materials foundation for AI — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
- US political rivals Sanders and Bannon unite on AI warning — Al Jazeera English (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)Read on Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft says Copilot buttons still missing in classic Outlook — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
- AI bosses’ safety push sparks rift inside OpenAI and Anthropic — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Beyond Content Parity: Building A Validated Content Workflow For AI Search via @sejournal, @billhunt — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- How to connect AI usage to business value — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Ex-Googler Jeff Dean Explains Design Choices Behind Gemini via @sejournal, @martinibuster — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- What are lawmakers doing about AI risks? Here are the proposals in Congress — Poynter (opens Poynter's report in a new tab)Read on Poynter (opens in a new tab)
- Meta’s Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Huang Push Alternatives to AI Slowdown — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Wonder Studios: AI Producer Expands LA Office By Hiring CAA Agent & Ex-Westbrook Executive — Deadline (opens Deadline's report in a new tab)Read on Deadline (opens in a new tab)
- CEOs are still betting on the leadership trait AI can’t replace — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- I’ve visited school districts from Tennessee to NYC. American kids are not ready for the AI revolution — Fortune (opens Fortune's report in a new tab)Read on Fortune (opens in a new tab)
- AI makes the right to repair more tempting than ever — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- How workers are unlocking new ways of working — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- EU to restrict social media and chatbots for children under 15 — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Peter Jackson’s Weta FX to Talk AI as Netflix’s Creative Asia Spotlights ‘Possible Love’ in Busan — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- AI can read the mortgage file, but who decides which facts are true? — HousingWire (opens HousingWire's report in a new tab)Read on HousingWire (opens in a new tab)
- Big School Districts Pause AI Access at School — Inside Higher Ed (opens Inside Higher Ed's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Higher Ed (opens in a new tab)
- Survey: Americans Concerned About AI’s Effect on Human Connection and Thinking — Inside Higher Ed (opens Inside Higher Ed's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Higher Ed (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Lt. Gov. Features 3 Texas Universities in AI-Generated Political Ad — Inside Higher Ed (opens Inside Higher Ed's report in a new tab)Read on Inside Higher Ed (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms — BBC (opens BBC's report in a new tab)Read on BBC (opens in a new tab)
- Prior Labs Releases TabPFN-3.5: A Tabular Foundation Model That Beats the Winning Otto Kaggle Solution With Default Settings — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- AI has been a ‘net negative’ for crypto: Phemex CEO — Cointelegraph (opens Cointelegraph's report in a new tab)Read on Cointelegraph (opens in a new tab)
- 'It's Raining Gold': AI Mints Unexpected Billionaires — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Nums AI Releases Causilo: A Tabular Foundation Model That Tops TabArena Among Single Models — MarkTechPost (opens MarkTechPost's report in a new tab)
- With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too late — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- Anthropic CEO didn’t foresee the speed of global AI growth — Al Jazeera English (opens Al Jazeera English's report in a new tab)Read on Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)
- Can the US and China work together on AI risks? — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips9 events
- Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- SK Hynix reportedly wants Intel to make its memory chips in the US — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- House To Vote on Bill Protecting Homeowners From AI Data Center Power Costs — Realtor.com (opens Realtor.com's report in a new tab)Read on Realtor.com (opens in a new tab)
- Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- What if AI data centers didn’t need new power plants? — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- WE11DONE's "Quantum Attachment" Turns Layered Tailoring and Washed Fabrics Into a Study of Cinematic Longing — Hypebeast (opens Hypebeast's report in a new tab)Read on Hypebeast (opens in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy5 events
- Tesla brings Cybercab to China, rules out sale and robotaxi service — Electrek (opens Electrek's report in a new tab)
- Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Tesla Says The Cybercab Is Street Legal. Regulators Want To Know How. — InsideEVs (opens InsideEVs's report in a new tab)
- Guess’ European Fulfillment Operation Gets a Robotic Upgrade — WWD (opens WWD's report in a new tab)Read on WWD (opens in a new tab)
- KAWS Reclines a 30-Metre Robot COMPANION by Hangzhou's West Lake for the Latest "KAWS:HOLIDAY" — Hypebeast (opens Hypebeast's report in a new tab)Read on Hypebeast (opens in a new tab)
Biotech3 events
- Hear why Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells — MIT Technology Review (opens MIT Technology Review's report in a new tab)
- CRISPR crops are coming to Europe — why bolder would be better — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
Energy Tech1 event
Wearables & XR5 events
- I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab), TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Meta is working on a pair of smart glasses without a camera, new report claims — GSMArena (opens GSMArena's report in a new tab)Read on GSMArena (opens in a new tab)
- Will wearable technologies transform clinical trials? — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Is it safe to use consumer wearable devices for research? — Nature (opens Nature's report in a new tab)Read on Nature (opens in a new tab)
- Meta is reportedly ready to launch less pervy smart glasses — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
Blockchain Tech2 events
- Blockchain finance platform Theo launches tokenized silver backed by $40 million in active leases — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
Cybersecurity29 events
- Researchers Warn: Passkey Phishing Attacks Are Leading to Cloud Account Takeovers — Campus Technology (opens Campus Technology's report in a new tab)Read on Campus Technology (opens in a new tab)
- Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack — Ars Technica (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)Read on Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
- Windows 11 KB5124008 update breaks domain trust for some users — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK Windows malware to spy on targets — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Revolut hackers demand $3 million in Monero, threaten to sell customer data — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab), Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Bitcoin Core Software Update Aims for Speed and Security Patches — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Malware bypasses browser checks to force install Chrome, Edge extensions — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Spain's data agency gets first report of AI-powered data breach — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Hackers Hijack HBO Max’s Reddit Account to Spread Crypto-Stealing Malware — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Attackers Exploit Issabel Framework Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated OS Command Execution — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and Wipers — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Inside RFK’s Jr.’s ‘Backdoor’ Approach to Stop Vaccines — Rolling Stone (opens Rolling Stone's report in a new tab)Read on Rolling Stone (opens in a new tab)
- Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- The sexy AI-powered dating app scams are here — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- One Extension Could Hijack AI Assistants Across Chrome, Comet, Edge, Opera Neon and Claude — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- The true cost of a ransomware attack, with and without BCDR — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Parallels Desktop Flaw Lets Non-Admin Mac Users Gain Root, but Intel Macs Can't Install Fix — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing with faster validation, fee changes and security fixes — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- N0va Phishkit Targets US and EU Businesses: A New Challenge for Identity Security — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Google Patches Pixel Modem Flaw Amid Signs of Limited Targeted Exploitation — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Threat Intelligence Alone Won't Close the Exploitation Gap — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Critical ScreenConnect flaw now actively exploited in attacks — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab), BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)
- Windows Server 2022 reaches end of mainstream support next month — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Google fixes actively exploited Android zero-day on Pixel devices — BleepingComputer (opens BleepingComputer's report in a new tab)Read on BleepingComputer (opens in a new tab)
- Attackers Exploit WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Flaw to Plant PHP Web Shells — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
- Active Exploitation Attempts Target WSO2 API Manager JWT Bypass With Forged Admin Tokens — The Hacker News (opens The Hacker News's report in a new tab)
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