Daily Digest

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

This dated roundup collects the most interesting AI and technology developments found for Wednesday, 30 September 2026.

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Research & Products

OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns

Company’s product comes weeks after Meta introduced its own artificially intelligent agent Muse Less than 24 hours after OpenAI announced it would scrap the launch of an artificial intelligence model over safety concerns, the company debuted a whole new suite of AI tools. During its annual showcase for developers in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, enthusiastically unveiled an AI agent called “dots” that he said was “more ambitious” than ChatGPT and a “whole new way to work with AI”. Continue reading...

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Policy & Ethics

Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief for nuclear concessions – US politics live

President uses social media post to deny reports that he was willing to ease sanctions in return for ‘concrete’ steps over its nuclear program Sign up to the US Breaking News email Donald Trump will host a meeting today with House speaker Mike Johnson and tech executives like Meta CEO ⁠Mark Zuckerberg and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to discuss AI, as calls ramp up for more regulation of the fast-developing technology. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI president Greg Brockman ⁠are also expected to ⁠attend, separate sources familiar with the planning told Reuters. Continue reading...

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Revealed: the five-paragraph email OpenAI used to inform Australia about agent attack

Executive to front parliamentary committee on AI as ministers reveal how brief message telling them about hack was signed off ‘best’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI has apologised to Australians for its agent attack on Medicare , and will front parliament next week as the tech company revealed more details about its June hack of Australian government websites. Ministers on Tuesday evening released a brief, five paragraph email which OpenAI used to inform the Australian government about the attack....

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