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.
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.
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.
Microsoft traced the multi-day Microsoft 365/Outlook disruption to a misconfigured “core authentication configuration” that prevented authentication components from deploying as expected. By 10 p.m. ET Monday mail flow was improving, search remained degraded until about 3 a.m. ET Tuesday, and a later X update said mitigation actions are continuing with telemetry positive and extended monitoring underway.
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.
Indian edtech startup Unacademy has been acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal valuing the company at ₹19.55 billion (approximately $206 million) — about 94% below its 2021 peak valuation of $3.44 billion. The deal closed on September 1, 2026, nearly six months after it…
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.
