Copilot in Word can help with editing and document assistance tasks like summarizing sections into bullet points, converting selected text into lists or tables, importing content from other documents/spreadsheets, reordering sections, and finding or generating images/illustrations—generally more through formatting and research help than raw writing.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
Computerworld
MariaDB supports vector search for similarity-based retrieval in AI apps, but its chairman says Claude Code and other LLM tooling often don’t recommend MariaDB unless it’s actively documented and used by developers.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Register
China’s Commerce Ministry confirmed that its senior trade negotiators held the first U.S.-China talks on artificial intelligence, with both sides also discussing plans to reduce tariffs and extend trade arrangements from Kuala Lumpur last October.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
CNBC
Google DeepMind leader Koray Kavukcuoglu said Gemini 4 is in refinement and Google is aiming to launch it “much earlier” than the end of the year with early post-training outputs.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
The Verge
Worldwide AI spending is forecast to rise 49.5% in 2026 to $2.7 trillion, then grow 36.2% in 2027, with Gartner saying there has been no diversion of IT budgets away from other areas to fund AI.
Sep 24, 2026 ·Computerworld
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra was the only model to fully complete DrivingBench’s Toyota Corolla course on attempt 2, steering 134.7 meters in 5 minutes, 22 seconds (while GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.6, and Claude Fable 5.1 failed to finish).
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
Meta’s Muse “Charm” is a Tamagotchi-like keychain device that lets users start interacting by tapping its corner fingerprint sensor, with Muse’s real-time voice and animated avatar displayed on the screen.
Sep 24, 2026 ·
Engadget
An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government portal holding Medicare spending and aggregate health statistics in June, and accessed both public and non-public files without the government believing other systems were compromised or personal information accessed.
Sep 24, 2026 ·The Register
The U.S. and China extended their trade truce, keeping tariffs lower and extending it from its November expiry to Jan. 10, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Sep 23, 2026 ·CNBC
A Microsoft patent filed in June proposes generative AI that could rewrite on-the-fly Xbox game content per player session—adding new quests, lore, monsters, and NPCs based on exploration and even measuring facial expressions and reactions to tune the experience.
Sep 23, 2026 ·
CNET
OpenAI’s third-party model assessment priorities emphasize assessor access and rigorous evaluation, but the document contains no enforceable mechanism compelling OpenAI to submit to a specific scope or publish/adopt adverse findings.
Sep 23, 2026 ·Computerworld
Meta says its new Meta VR Glasses are five times lighter than the Meta Quest 3 and will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite in a computing puck/battery, with a starting price of $1299.99 available next spring.
Sep 23, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Meta’s third-generation Ray-Ban Meta Glasses start at $449, add up to 9 hours of battery life, and increase the microphone array to six to reduce background noise.
Sep 23, 2026 ·Engadget
Meta says Muse will soon support live video calls via a new Realtime Avatar model, letting people talk with the AI avatar face-to-face while also being able to customize how it sounds and looks.
Sep 23, 2026 ·The Verge
Anthropic says its Bay Area wet biology lab discovered a previously unknown enzyme “system” hidden in bacteriophage DNA that has properties “reminiscent of CRISPR,” including the ability to cut, copy, and paste DNA.
Sep 23, 2026 ·TechCrunch
The US Treasury’s proposed AI safety notification mechanism would create an open channel to alert each other when national AI systems pose threats or behave unpredictably, but China has not publicly acknowledged it and experts say it lacks a trusted technical body to assess risk urgency.
Sep 23, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Bessemer Venture Partners raised $5.75B across two new funds—$1.75B for seed and early-stage investing and $4B for growth startups—to invest across all parts of the AI stack.
Sep 23, 2026 ·TechCrunch
XPRIZE Wildfire’s $11 million competition found wildfire detection is faster than suppression: in Alaska, all finalists detected a high-risk fire in under 10 minutes, but none fully extinguished it and the $3.5 million grand prize went unclaimed.
Sep 23, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Tom Frazier’s free open-source “Slop Mop” Chrome extension analyzes LinkedIn posts and flags or hides ones that match a threshold for low-value writing using a Jev-based probabilistic decision model, without removing posts from the feed (they can still be reported).
Sep 23, 2026 ·The Register
YouTube says Custom Feeds will roll out “soon” in the US for web, mobile, and TV, letting users create multiple saved homepage tabs by describing what they want and rating video suggestions to tune recommendations.
Sep 23, 2026 ·Ars Technica
