Google rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash in September 2026, adding iterative tool-calling and more reasoning steps for complex tasks. Token pricing stays $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but Google warns costs could rise—Artificial Analysis reports totals about 40% higher than 3.7 Flash.
Reliance Jio expanded its JioPC cloud service in September 2026 to any internet user in India, removing the previous requirement to be a Jio broadband subscriber. The service streams a virtual PC…
Wonderful, the Israeli-Dutch AI startup, raised $550M in a Series C at a $5B valuation—over 2x its ~$2B valuation from ~six months earlier. Insight Partners led; Salesforce joined. Wonderful AI OS works across 35+ countries, coordinating agents and workflows across any AI model.
Trump’s DOJ filed a 20-page brief in Sept. 2026 backing OpenAI in the New York Times lawsuit, arguing copyright limits on LLM training would harm U.S. competitiveness and “thwart” progress if fair use is misunderstood. In SDNY, the question is whether training on copyrighted books and articles is “transformative.”
Adobe has acquired Rilo, an India-based marketing intelligence startup, in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition, TechCrunch reported on September 2, 2026. Financial terms were not…
Amazon announced in September 2026 that it is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping, its consumer AI service, allowing customers to verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other…
HiddenLayer (Austin) raised $100M Series B in Sept 2026, led by Delta-v Capital. Chris Sestito says ARR grew 10x to “tens of millions,” and 90% of that came from customers signed in the past year. Gartner forecasts $2.83B AI security spend in 2026 (+83%).
Law firm Edelson PC filed 30 additional lawsuits against OpenAI in a California court on Tuesday, September 2, 2026, expanding litigation tied to the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting that left eight…
On Sept. 2, 2026, Adobe said Firefly, Photoshop and Premiere are now accessible in Slack via Slackbot, which uses existing chat context to route requests and turn work into PDFs or images. The Adobe for Slack MCP app will provide 70+ tools at launch for Business+ and Enterprise+ teams.
Google’s September 2026 Android rollout adds five updates, led by Motion Assist (Android 17): a bubble overlay that tracks a vehicle’s motion, with auto activation, Quick Settings, and customizable shape/color/transparency. It also brings Guided Vision (Gemini + camera on Android 9+ where Gemini is available) and “remembered items” in Find Hub, optionally with photos.
OpenAI’s Astra, with release-prep announced in Sept. 2026, is pitched as the first LLM to hit its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” able to find unknown flaws and exploit them without human guidance. OpenAI says Astra scored 100% on ExploitBench and exploited two zero-days in a modified internal test; access at launch will be limited, with jailbreak/abuse detection, higher-risk account throttling, and chain-of-thought monitoring.
Google announced a September 2026 feature drop for Android devices, introducing several updates including a tracker-free item location tool in Find Hub, a new motion sickness aid called Motion…
