Sep 10, 2026PolicyRegulationPolicyMassachusetts Requires Large Data Centers to Win Local Approval and Cover Power CostsGovernor Maura Healey’s order puts the cost of electricity infrastructure, environmental safeguards and host-community consent ahead of state permits for projects above 25 megawatts.3 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessPartnershipBusinessAnt International, Visa and Mastercard Begin Shared Rules for AI Payment AgentsThe proposed framework would let payment systems recognize an agent across networks while leaving each network in charge of its own verification and transaction decisions.2 min
Sep 10, 2026PolicyGovernment actionPolicyPritzker Calls for Federal AI Safety Action After Anthropic Researcher ResignsIllinois already has requirements for its largest AI developers. The governor’s new demand is for Washington to turn state-level action into a coordinated national response.2 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessAcquisitionBusinessSalesforce Is Reportedly in Talks to Buy Listen Labs for About $2 BillionThe preliminary discussions concern software that automates customer interviews and analysis, while Listen Labs has reportedly halted an unclosed financing round.2 min
Sep 10, 2026ProductsLaunchProductsOpenAI Releases Agents API in Public Beta, Offering a Managed Codex Agent RuntimeThe service shifts the mechanics of keeping an agent working over time to OpenAI, while leaving developers to choose its tools and runtime environment. Its U.S.-only data residency and lack of Zero Data Retention narrow the immediate fit for some deployments.4 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessSecurity riskBusinessAnthropic Uses Protest Alerts and a Police Referral in Executive SecurityA 2025 protest warning and a reported Claude threat referral show how the company is moving security work toward earlier intervention, without publicly defining its escalation standards.2 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessAcquisitionBusinessMeta Is Acquiring Stilla.ai for Its Business AI PushStilla’s team-focused agent software is set to support Meta’s effort to automate customer conversations and transactions across its messaging apps.2 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessPricing changeBusinessxAI Switches X Search to Per-Post Pricing, Raising the Cost of Broad RetrievalBeginning September 21, developers will pay for the material a model brings back, not simply for how often it asks X to search.3 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessPlatform shiftBusinessOpenAI Halts New $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Strains CapacityThe company is protecting service for current customers by closing its highest-priced consumer tier to new sign-ups, with no return date announced.3 min
Sep 10, 2026PolicyRegulationPolicyNewsom Signs California Laws Setting Rules for Independent AI AuditsThe package adds a route for third parties to assess AI systems, while leaving California to define how voluntary safety standards work in practice.2 min
Sep 10, 2026ModelsSecurity riskModelsAnthropic Says Moonshot Sent 300,000 Requests to Claude Through 5,000 AccountsThe newly detailed episode puts Anthropic’s broader allegation in concrete terms: a rival AI lab allegedly used a large account network to access a model it could not commercially obtain in China.3 min
Sep 10, 2026CultureSecurity riskCultureAnthropic Says It Removed Claude Accounts Tied to Nine Influence OperationsThe company says it can spot some campaigns while they are still being built, but its visibility narrows once deceptive content leaves Claude for radio, news outlets, and social platforms.3 min
Sep 10, 2026InfrastructurePartnershipInfrastructureNational Weather Service Picks Google Cloud for Forecasting Supercomputer ShiftThe agency aims to have its cloud-based forecasting environment operating at scale by early 2027, giving it more room to combine fast AI models with physics-based forecasting.3 min
Sep 10, 2026PolicySecurity riskPolicyAnthropic Blocks Claude Accounts After Finding Five Biology Misuse CasesThe company treated the activity as a safety threat even though it could not establish harmful intent, underscoring how difficult it is to separate legitimate biology from dangerous dual-use work.2 min
Sep 10, 2026ModelsResearchModelsOpenAI Publishes Agent Metrics Showing Human Help Persists on Longer TasksThe company’s internal snapshot shows extensive parallel agent use, but it also cautions that activity is not a direct measure of research progress.3 min
Sep 10, 2026BusinessEarningsBusinessOracle Beats Earnings Estimates as Cloud Infrastructure Revenue More Than DoublesThe stronger quarter and higher forecasts sharpen the test for Oracle’s data-center buildout: whether rapidly expanding cloud sales can keep pace with its mounting capital needs.2 min
Sep 10, 2026ToolsPlatform shiftToolsPerplexity Will Retire Sonar API Endpoints on September 27, Forcing a MoveApplications using Sonar’s chat-completions endpoint must shift to a different request interface that pairs web search with multi-step research and tool use.2 min
Sep 10, 2026ModelsLaunchModelsOpenAI Releases GPT-Live-1 API for Voice Apps That Talk and Listen TogetherThe developer release targets the pauses and interruptions that make automated calls feel rigid, while allowing builders to select backend models for different speed, cost and reasoning needs.2 min
