The new tools will be billed by usage and reach Frontier customers in stages, as Microsoft tries to turn its vast Office customer base into Copilot users.

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Sep 25, 2026Business

Funding Business

Bird Takes $450 Million in Debt as It Lets AI Agents Send Messages and Make Calls

The financing provides shareholder liquidity, not a new equity round. Bird’s Agentic Harness gives AI agents a way to reach customers, though the company has not detailed its action controls.

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Sep 25, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Dextr AI Raises $6.7 Million to Connect Hotel Reservations and Operations

The startup is adding a way for employees to direct its agents, while its strongest examples of financial returns remain company-supplied.

3 min

Sep 25, 2026Models

Research Models

MD Anderson Researchers Publish AI Study Predicting Lung Inflammation Risk Before Immunotherapy

CIPHER produced similar results in a hospital test and an external dataset. Whether its warnings help clinicians care for patients remains untested.

3 min

Sep 25, 2026Policy

Government action Policy

Pentagon Seeks $30.3 Million for AI Lie-Detection Program Despite Reliability Concerns

Polygraph+ would combine AI scoring with sensors that can take readings without touching a subject. Congress has not approved the request, and experts question what those readings can prove.

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Sep 24, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Ando Launches Team Chat for People and AI Agents With $20 Million in Funding

The startup wants agents to follow discussions and speak up without waiting to be tagged. Its harder task is persuading teams to move their conversations.

3 min

Sep 24, 2026Infrastructure

Partnership Infrastructure

Anthropic Commits $11.6 Billion to Akamai Cloud, With a Stake Tied to More Purchases

The seven-year commitment covers growing CPU workloads. A larger deal remains optional, while Akamai expects substantial spending to support the initial contract.

3 min

Sep 24, 2026Tools

Research Tools

MIT Researchers Develop Suicide-Risk Tool for Crisis Texts, but Clinical Use Needs Validation

The model predicted Crisis Text Line’s assessed risk levels in unseen conversations, but its word list can miss context.

3 min

Sep 24, 2026Infrastructure

Government action Infrastructure

New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.1 Million Over Unpermitted Data-Center Generators

An earlier permit application was withdrawn, and nearby residents still want answers about the air they breathe.

2 min

Sep 24, 2026Models

Benchmark Models

UC San Diego and Lambda Researchers Report 3D AI Gains on Five Benchmarks

CVP pairs attention to task-relevant objects with a world-centered scene map. The reported gains cover question answering, object location and captioning—not a test of a robot in the physical world.

3 min

Sep 24, 2026Startups

Acquisition Startups

GRAI Buys Hangout to Build an AI-Powered Social Music Service

Hangout already lets friends DJ for one another and generate tracks with AI. How those features will work together under GRAI remains unclear.

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Sep 24, 2026Tools

Research Tools

Google Research Introduces AI Systems for Longer, More Consistent Videos

Four related research systems plan shots, remember visual details and revise prompts. A ten-minute film demonstrates one part of the work, not the reliability of the whole approach.

3 min

Sep 24, 2026Policy

Government action Policy

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic Are Reportedly Working on an AI Safety Standards Body

The proposed group could launch in late 2026 or 2027, but its rules, authority and relationship to an existing industry forum remain undefined.

2 min

Sep 24, 2026Startups

Startups

Feather Robotics Starts Selling Developer Robots, Claims $1 Million in Revenue

Customers can choose the AI that runs on Feather’s machines. Early sales suggest interest, but the startup has not named the customers behind its claimed deployments.

4 min

Sep 24, 2026Products

Partnership Products

Oracle Adds Meta’s AI Tools to Marketplace With Per-Token Billing

Customers can put usage on an Oracle subscription, but using existing cloud credits depends on whether an offering is eligible.

2 min

Sep 24, 2026Products

Launch Products

Perplexity Adds AMD Ryzen AI Max Support to Its Local AI Agent on Windows

Portable Computer can run recurring workflows on eligible PCs without using credits for local inference. The processor name alone does not establish compatibility.

2 min

Sep 24, 2026Products

Pricing change Products

Anthropic Says It Will Charge for Some Claude Requests Blocked Before an Answer

The policy covers three safeguard categories. Anthropic says mistaken blocks should be rare, but has not specified how it would handle a disputed charge.

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