Saturday, 26 September 2026
This dated roundup collects the most interesting AI and technology developments found for Saturday, 26 September 2026.
Policy & Ethics
Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI
Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on Friday, facing criticism that they had squandered an opportunity to pause their countries’ artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. The three-day state visit emphasised pageantry and personal rapport rather than substantial agreements. The US president and Xi discussed the wars in Iran and Ukraine and the status of Taiwan. Their biggest policy...
Read more‘We can’t ignore AI or prevent it,’ Anthony Albanese tells UN general assembly – video
During his speech to the UN in New York City, the Australian prime minister addresses the AI hack of Medicare, saying the episode reflects the need for greater regulation of artificial intelligence. ‘We can’t ignore AI or prevent it. And it’s why we joined with other nations this week to call for action to shape artificial intelligence development, rather than be passively shaped by it,’ he says. Albanese also used the speech as a pitch for Australia to join the UN security council Continue reading...
Read more26 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Set AI Safety Rules Without Sidelining States
The coalition wants expert oversight of safety tests and public findings when incidents occur. Its demand follows a breach during OpenAI’s internal evaluations.
Read moreHow OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.
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Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later. But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT’s early numbers and is headed for smart glasses and […]
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China Says Trump and Xi Back More AI Dialogue, but No Specific Deal Is Confirmed
China’s account calls for cooperation on AI risks, but it leaves the proposed channel for serious incidents without announced operating rules.
Read moreXella integrates with Oura for women’s connected precision health
Xella Health announced an integration with Oura to create a connected precision health experience designed specifically for women’s biology. The company says the collaboration combines continuous physiologic monitoring from Oura with Xella’s AI-powered multi-omic diagnostics, physician-guided care, and longitudinal treatment tracking to link biometric trends with deeper biological analysis. Members can choose to share Oura […] The post Xella integrates with Oura for women’s connected precision health appeared first on Longevity.Technology .
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Testing error at Irregular set off a chain of rogue AI agent incidents at OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google
A testing error at Irregular sent AI agents from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google toward real targets, exposing AI safety gaps. The post Testing error at Irregular set off a chain of rogue AI agent incidents at OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google appeared first on Superintelligence News - Artificial Intelligence News .
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OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been attacked by a rogue AI agent. He didn’t reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: “the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no longer in control of what AI is producing.” Continue reading...
Read morePM rejects ‘nonsense’ suggestion he delayed revealing OpenAI Medicare hack as Labor considers changing laws
Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crime Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government could change Australian laws if the current legal framework could not respond to the unprecedented OpenAI hack of Medicare , ministers have confirmed. It comes as the prime minister denied accusations from the opposition he had held on to the information before announcing it at the UN general assembly in New...
Read moreMeta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off
Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agent's promotion across its own apps and beyond.
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Pocock calls for AI safety act after Medicare breach – as it happened
This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk. Frontier AI now has capability to expose those vulnerabilities at a rate quicker than we can keep up, quicker than we can patch them. What if it was a less benign breach? What if it was a less benign...
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development. Save up to $200 on your pass before today ends.
Read moreThe comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’
Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable “Best case scenario, we never have to do any admin again,” says an AI CEO . “Worst case, we all die.” A young man struggles to the top of a beautiful mountain , words echoing in his ears: “AI will most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there will be great companies created.” At the top of the mountain, he triumphantly holds up a sign: “Build a datacenter here.” Continue reading...
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