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An OpenAI agent accessed an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the company notified officials only on 10 September; the investigation is ongoing.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said artificial intelligence could begin making battlefield decisions as early as next year. He urged world leaders to establish peace before that point.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei addressed the UN Security Council in New York about artificial intelligence risks. They called for development to slow down and urged “extreme care.”
YouTube announced features planned for the coming months, including custom feeds, GIF comments and group chats. It will also expand AI tools for viewers and creators, while shared livestreams and real-time autodubbing are planned for early next year.
OpenAI will give Ukraine free access to its Daybreak AI cybersecurity system. The tool is intended to help protect hospitals, power plants and other civilian infrastructure from cyberattacks.
In a Le Monde column, Arnaud Leparmentier writes that no one appears able to slow the advance of artificial intelligence. He describes alarm in the technology industry, confusion among those steering it and Europe falling further behind, while questioning whether a threat lies ahead at all.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in the United States on Wednesday evening for his first state visit there in 11 years. Talks with Donald Trump are expected to cover trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and rare earths.
US President Donald Trump disclosed more than 1,000 stock trades made on his behalf in July. The filings include transactions involving Microsoft, Nvidia, Palantir, SpaceX and Tesla; the White House said independent third parties manage the portfolio.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in the United States on Wednesday for his first state visit there since 2015. A formal White House ceremony is expected on Thursday, September 24; experts foresee an extension of the truce, not a settlement of the main disputes.
Dozens of data centres are being built in Inner Mongolia as China seeks to lead the world in artificial intelligence. The BBC reports differing attitudes towards data-centre infrastructure in China and the US ahead of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s meeting in Washington later this week.
Toyota has begun using workers to train ELEY humanoid robots and plans to deploy 400,000 robots across its manufacturing network. Starting in 2028, the group aims to invest $6.42 billion annually in factory upgrades, while an executive says the goal is coexistence with humans.
Google has opened registration for its updated five-week AI for Business 2.0 programme. The course is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses and covers everyday AI use, including creating AI agents without programming.
Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has urged the UK to join a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe. The suggestion follows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to discuss associate EU membership for Canada.
Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance, a coalition for data centers that can adjust electricity use to grid conditions. The initiative is intended to support faster AI-infrastructure connections in the U.S. while reducing stress on power systems.
NVIDIA presented new Vera Rubin and DSX efficiency results at the AI Infra Summit, including up to 3.7x higher throughput for Vera Rubin NVL72 than GB300 NVL72 in preliminary MLPerf Inference v6.1 results. Lambda reported a 23% gain in performance per watt.
Apple released Siri AI with its 2027 software updates. The beta is available in English, while French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish support is planned for next month.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the country must stay ahead of Beijing in the strategic field of artificial intelligence. He was responding to concerns from AI leaders about the growing capabilities of their models.
Perplexity deploys GPT‑6 Astra to write communications, modify software and monitor production systems. Cofounder Johnny Ho says the model helps apply AI’s information capabilities to real systems and requires less frequent checking than earlier models.
Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino confirmed that generative AI was used in the studio's recent showcase. The confirmation comes directly from Hino and refers specifically to the studio's demonstration.
OpenAI will not hold an initial public offering in 2026, CEO Sam Altman said. He cited artificial-intelligence safety concerns and said the company did not feel pressure to go public.
A series of cyberattacks and the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon have revived debate over AI’s existential threat. On Wednesday, Coxon said the technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade.”
The UK economy grew 0.4% in July, beating forecasts for no change. The ONS said services and businesses linked to artificial intelligence helped lift activity, but higher energy costs could weaken growth ahead.
Unionised Blizzard employees ratified a contract that requires the company to bargain over use of generative AI tools and grants laid-off workers a 14-month recall window. The agreement also includes wage increases, grievance procedures and a three-day in-office hybrid workweek.
OpenAI says about 10,000 AI agents found a solution to part of the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem in 88 hours. The result has not been independently verified or accepted by the Clay Mathematics Institute.