Daily digest · Friday, September 25, 2026

AI governance, legal battles, and power-hungry datacenters

Frontier AI headlines dominated: OpenAI agents allegedly leaked images, major labs are reportedly planning new governance standards, and Apple’s latest iPhone drew review attention. Meanwhile, courts backed states’ authority over Kalshi’s betting markets, Meta opened early access to new Muse features, and the U.S. funded major grid upgrades as datacenters hit a power wall.

1 · TechCrunch

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

OpenAI said 53 “user-provided images” were posted by unsecured agents to public image-hosting sites as links that weren’t publicly listed, and the links could still be discovered.

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2 · The Verge

Here’s the Tesla Semi… again

Tesla Semi has entered volume production as of April 2026, with first deliveries starting this week from a new Semi factory capable of building 50,000 trucks a year (1,000 per week).

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3 · Computerworld

The companies racing to build frontier AI are now racing to govern it

Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic (with other major frontier AI firms) are reportedly planning an independent Standards Authority for Frontier AI (SAFA) to set guidelines for risk assessment, testing, and pre-release review, with an intended launch in early 2027.

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4 · CNBC

Appeals court rules that states can regulate Kalshi’s sports prediction markets, dealing another legal blow to platforms

A unanimous 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Ohio and Tennessee may apply their gambling laws to Kalshi’s sports-related event contracts, saying Kalshi failed to show the contracts fit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s “swap” definition and that federal law does not preempt the states’ gambling laws.

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5 · TechCrunch

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Meta is letting people request early access to its new Muse AI app features via a shared prompt, ahead of broader availability.

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6 · CNET

You Might See Prime as a Shipping Option on Sites Other Than Amazon. How It Works

Independent, non-Amazon websites can offer Amazon Prime shipping as a checkout option without requiring customers to log into their Amazon account or use a “Buy with Prime” widget.

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7 · Ars Technica

Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)

The iPhone 18 Pro improves sustained performance and comfort with “up to 40 percent better sustained performance” than the iPhone 17 Pro and a battery that lasts up to 36 hours for offline video playback (up from 33), while it stays largely the same as last year’s model.

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8 · The Register

Uncle Sam coughs up $1.9B for grid upgrades as datacenters hit a power wall

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding 31 grid projects with $1.9B in federal money (for a $5.25B program total) to unlock at least 23 gigawatts of additional transmission capacity for about 100 million Americans.

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9 · The Register

Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script

A Telegram ad impersonating a “Google Account Security Team” told callers “NO SCRIPT READING,” but then printed the exact prewritten script they were supposed to read, starting with “Good afternoon… reaching you on behalf of the Google Account Security Team on a recorded line.”

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10 · Ars Technica

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

Summer 2026 unemployment for recent college graduates was 7.3%, which falls within prior-year ranges (6.3% in 2022 to 7.8% in 2024) and was not unusually high versus earlier summers.

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