OpenAI said it will disclose six new examples of “model misalignment at OpenAI” from the past six months, alongside a new framework for reporting future incidents.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Bolt plans to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous robotaxis across Europe using Lucid’s midsize platform, as part of its goal to reach 100,000 AVs on its platform by 2035.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
Engadget
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said federal oversight of the AI industry should be “light touch,” arguing that differing state laws would make AI commerce “almost impossible” to deal with.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
In a one-year study, patients taking the lowest starter doses of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs lost 5.5% of body weight with Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide and 2.2% with Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide, along with less nausea at the lower doses.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Oppenheimer upgraded Etsy (NYSE:ETSY) to Outperform with a $90 price target, based on 12x projected 2027 EBITDA and a 10% discount to eBay’s valuation despite similar growth.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Pelacarsen, a Novartis and Ionis experimental drug designed to lower Lp(a), failed in the Lp(a)HORIZON Phase III late-stage trial to reduce heart attacks, strokes, and related cardiovascular events despite lowering Lp(a) levels in more than 8,000 patients.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Waymo reported it detected a violation involving a firearm inside one of its robotaxis and pulled the car over, after which police arrested two teenagers who allegedly had a loaded AR-style “ghost gun” in the vehicle.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
The Verge
Moonshot said its Kimi models are now being used by financial-industry firms including investment bank CICC and venture capital firm Sequoia China (rebranded as Hong Shan), with access to data partners like S&P Global Market Intelligence, Crunchbase, Wind, and Tianyancha plus sources including SEC EDGAR, the IMF, World Bank, and FRED.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
CNBC
Stop Bleeding the Future, a coalition led by QuitGPT, is asking US congressional candidates and elected officials to refuse and publicly condemn support for Leading the Future, a pro-light-regulation AI super PAC network that has raised more than $140M for the 2026 election cycle.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
The Register
Anthropic launched Claude Docs and Slides, adding a rich-text editor inside Claude that lets users draft documents and slides in chat (with clarifying questions and comments), store them in the Artifacts tab, export to Word/PDF/Google Docs/markdown, and share for real-time collaboration.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
Computerworld
Huawei says its Ascend 960DT AI chip is expected to be ready in Q1 2027, earlier than its prior Q3 2027 plan.
Sep 17, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Lunacy launched Nova, a browser-based platform (with a DAW host plugin) where creators can build and sell AI-powered VST-style music instruments assembled from effects blocks and AI prompts.
Sep 17, 2026 ·The Verge
Pew Research’s survey of 42,151 people in 37 countries (Feb 8–May 13) found that in 34 countries respondents are more likely to believe AI will lead to job losses over the next 20 years than to create new ones—rising particularly high in Australia and South Korea (76% each) and the US (71%).
Sep 17, 2026 ·The Verge
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says AI safety shouldn’t rely on “alignment” alone because proliferation is inevitable and the key remaining problem is “containment” to limit model agency, prevent escape, stop reward hacking, and ensure systems follow instructions.
Sep 17, 2026 ·The Verge
Instinct Concierge and Meta’s Muse both added the ability for AI agents to place outbound phone calls (Instinct rolls out in early access; Muse rolls out first to users who request it).
Sep 17, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Emerald AI formed the AI Energy Management Alliance with Google, Nvidia and Anthropic to use demand response to enable an additional 100 gigawatts of data centers to connect to the grid.
Sep 17, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles in Europe using Lucid’s upcoming mid-size EV architecture, with Bolt intending to own and operate the fleet.
Sep 17, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Lasso Security says watermarking used for AI provenance can change AI agents’ tool-calling accuracy and refusal behavior, and under adversarial prompt injection it increased attack success rates by making models less likely to refuse harmful requests.
Sep 17, 2026 ·The Register
Bain Capital Ventures raised a new $1.6B fund, 14% larger than its prior $1.4B fund announced three years ago, and plans to invest in 30 to 40 companies at seed through Series B stages, primarily focused on AI startups.
Sep 17, 2026 ·TechCrunch
Broadcom (AVGO) trades at about $339.51 versus an average Wall Street 12-month price target of $531.85, implying roughly 57% upside, while Rosenblatt raised its target to $600 for about 77% upside.
Sep 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
