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Redefining enterprise intelligence with autonomous AI
Enterprise AI is no longer a future ambition. It is in full operational flight. Model capabilities are advancing faster than most organizations can absorb, while the cost of performance continues to fall. Globally, AI investment is set to reach $2.5 trillion in 2026, up 44% from
EconomyFinancial Times
Why does Anthropic’s IPO feel so weird?
Compared to other blockbuster share sales, the build-up to the AI company’s stock market debut has felt discordant, even creepy
PolicyThe Guardian
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces significant “tech debt” that could bring a big bil
SocietyThe Guardian
AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson
Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019 We talk a lot about losing our ability to write as a result of AI. I’m convinced our greatest loss might be our ability to listen. Listeni
EconomyThe Guardian
‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash
‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast From her balcony in Launceston, Kayla Thompson can see the buz
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The latest AI news we announced in September 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from September 2026
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Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier.
PolicyTechCrunch
Call it AI, call it Super Intelligence, only 2% of consumers are buying it
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.” Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding
TechnologyThe Verge
OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
It's a tale as old as last week: OpenAI's new agent platform, called Dots, is full of cute little guys who can do your bidding. But unlike the ultra-approachable Meta Muse, Dots feel very much like using workplace software that happens to be able to order you a burrito - emphasis
PolicyTechCrunch
It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House)
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.” Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding
SocietyThe Verge
Breaking up (with Elon Musk) is hard to do
In a throwback to MySpace-style internet drama, Shivon Zilis announced that she and the father of her four children, Elon Musk, had broken up on X. To do so, she quote-tweeted a post from "Big Tech Alert," an account that, among other things, monitors what accounts are following
ResearchWired
These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open
Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.
EconomyBBC
OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information'
The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.
ResearchFinancial Times
Why Big Tech wants more economists
Does AI research have a conflict of interest problem?