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…
Apple’s Sept. 2026 motion seeks expedited discovery, alleging OpenAI is destroying trade-secret evidence in its lawsuit over ex-employee Chang Liu. Apple says OpenAI handed over Liu’s company MacBook on Aug. 21 and, after inspection, found he downloaded and used a confidential Apple circuit schematic; OpenAI disputes and calls it “a mess of Apple’s own making.”
Anthropic released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 on Sept 1, 2026, pairing performance upgrades with reduced token costs and fewer false-positive safeguard restrictions. Fable 5.1 is available immediately on cloud platforms and via the Anthropic API, while Mythos 5.1 is limited to registered cybersecurity or life-science partners.
Empirik, an AI-powered infrastructure monitoring startup incubated by Sequoia Capital, announced Tuesday that it is spinning out as an independent company after raising $21 million in seed funding….
OpenAI announced in September 2026 that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients. The integration allows…
Google Pics brings Nano Banana–powered AI image generation/editing to Google Workspace, starting Sept. 1 with Docs and Slides (Drive support planned). It relies on text prompts (unlike Canva’s template marketplace) and includes tools like object isolation and version selection.
Fambot launched its AI “chief of staff” in Sept 2026, creating daily checklists and a forward calendar when families connect email, calendars, and WhatsApp groups. It supports text as well as web and mobile (not text-only), claims its models don’t train on user data, and raised $3.5M pre-seed after testing with 1,000+ families.
Emerging from stealth on Sept. 1, 2026, AIR raised $50M in two seed rounds ($10M led by Sequoia, $40M by Greenoaks) to vet what enterprise AI agents can use. Its platform continuously checks skills, plugins, MCP servers and add-ons, blocking failures and filtering out about 27% of what it finds.
Amazon’s September 2026 Alexa shopping feature “Update Me When” sends personalized alerts for purchase triggers like new brand product lines or TV season premieres. Users configure the alerts, and Amazon says it may later auto-generate notifications or suggest subscriptions.
Nvidia is launching DLSS 5 on September 3, 2026, with NBA 2K27 as the only game to support the technology at release. The PC version of NBA 2K27 goes live that day at 9PM PT, making it the first…
Apple has filed new evidence in its lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former employee Chang Liu used stolen Apple trade secrets in his work at OpenAI and then destroyed evidence after learning he…
In August 2026 the Pentagon added ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government to GenAI.mil, a secure portal launched last year with 1.7M unique users out of roughly 3M DoD personnel. The military versions are exempt from common commercial data collection, with ChatGPT Mil aimed at unclassified admin/logistics and Grok delivered via SpaceX’s Starshield AI.
