Sep 24, 2026BusinessBenchmarkBusinessWaymo Publishes Safety Data Showing 82% Fewer Injury Crashes Than Human BenchmarkThe comparison covers five operating areas, but its headline figure measures a gap against estimated human-driver crashes—not crashes directly observed and prevented.3 min
Sep 24, 2026BusinessAcquisitionBusinessDatabricks Buys Row Zero to Bring Governed Spreadsheets Into GenieThe companies already connected their products. Databricks now plans to put Row Zero’s spreadsheet inside Genie, with permissions and audit controls built into the workflow.3 min
Sep 24, 2026BusinessPricing changeBusinessJPMorgan Upgrades CoreWeave on Premium Pricing for Shorter AI Cloud ContractsThe bank raised its price target to $125, betting that stronger contract pricing can outweigh investor concern about the cost of building capacity.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessBusinessSoftBank Issues $11.1 Billion in Bonds for Final OpenAI Investment PaymentThe sale helps fund a $10 billion installment due to close October 1, while adding to questions about SoftBank’s borrowing.2 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessAnthropic Says WHO Team Uses Claude to Cut Ebola Reports to Under an HourA CEPI-convened partnership is also using the AI system for disease modeling and vaccine research. The reported time saving measures report preparation, not health outcomes.4 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessAcquisitionBusinessUpwind Buys Aegis to Build an AI Security LabThe lab will study risks in AI systems and develop security agents of its own. Upwind has not set release dates for the work.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessEnterprise adoptionBusinessRingg Says Its AI Agents Resolve Up to 65% of Routine Customer InquiriesAn OpenAI case study shows how the customer-service platform connects models to business systems. Its results come with an important limit: the resolution figure covers routine inquiries.4 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessLaunchBusinessOpenAI Pilots Local Academy Trainers as Content Engagement Tops 4 MillionPartner organizations will nominate staff for training and an assessment before they lead workshops. The pilot builds on an existing network of community partners.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessOriginal researchBenchmarkBusinessReview Finds Only One of Five Opus 5.5 Benchmark Scores Rules Out Model FallbackZapier counted safeguard interventions as failures in its Opus 5.5 run. Four other rows permitted an older model to finish sensitive tasks, but their published scores do not reveal whether that happened.5 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessAcquisitionBusinessAdobe Completes Topaz Labs Acquisition, Keeps Topaz Apps StandaloneTopaz technology is already available in Firefly and Photoshop. Adobe plans wider integration, but has not set a schedule for each additional workflow.2 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessOpenAI Will Give Ukraine AI Cyber Tools to Help Defend Civilian InfrastructureThe planned access would help Ukrainian teams find software flaws and test fixes. OpenAI has not reported results from the Ukraine effort.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessLaunchBusinessSchwab Shares Fall 6% as Traders Bet on AI Disruption in BrokeragesBearish options activity surged, but Muse says it will not trade or give financial advice. That leaves the threat to brokers’ businesses open to debate.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessHarell Data Picks CoreWeave to Run AI Training Without Sending Out Raw DataThe multi-year deal would add cloud capacity for Harell’s marketplace, where dataset owners and model builders can each earn from their work.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessBusinessAT&T Expects More Job Cuts but Rejects Reported 85,000-Worker TargetThe company is using AI across customer service and network operations, but its technology chief did not say how many jobs automation will eliminate.3 min
Sep 23, 2026BusinessBusinessNvidia Sets Up Israeli AI Research Group for Medicine and ScienceThe team is already working with hospital, drug-discovery and materials researchers. Its plan to hire dozens more people is larger than its current staff.3 min
Sep 22, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessGoogle and Gates Put $100 Million Toward AI Tools for 200 Million FarmersThe partnership pairs a much larger reach target with local research, language data and farm-level forecasts. Its central test is whether those planned tools become useful decisions in the field.2 min
Sep 22, 2026BusinessBusinessSix Banks Publish AI Commerce Principles, Citing Liability GapsThe joint paper aims to preserve choice and control in AI-led purchases, but its authors say responsibility remains unclear when an agent’s transaction fails.2 min
Sep 22, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessPayPal Brings Its Checkout Service to Meta’s Muse AI AgentThe agreement puts PayPal’s merchant network behind an agent that can act for users, while leaving purchase approval as the key boundary on delegated shopping.2 min