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.
1Password is facing significant backlash from customers and employees after pledging $300,000 to the Omacom Foundation, the nonprofit that oversees Omarchy, a Linux distribution created by David…
A suspected massive data breach at Louisiana-based identity verification company IDScan may have exposed more than 150 million driver’s license and passport photos belonging to people in the United States and Canada, according to a report published in early September 2026 by…
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…
Microsoft is preparing to roll out its memory integrity security feature to more Windows 11 devices in October 2026, a move that could affect PC gaming performance on some hardware.
The feature, a…
X says it’s investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails tied to the September 2026 launch of X Money, which includes a bank card. On Sept. 1, product engineer Mridul Singhai said there’s no evidence of any breaches and apologized for the multiple emails; Grok is telling users to enable two-factor authentication, and counsel James Burnham vowed to hold attackers accountable.
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.
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.
September 2026 saw Florida and Texas move to drop Flock license-plate readers over privacy and misuse. Florida DOT ordered removal from state highways within 30 days after Ron DeSantis called it “out of control”; Texas halted funding after a Lufkin officer was indicted on 100 felony counts over alleged unauthorized database tracking in the ~130,000-camera network.
