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Yes. On September 17, 2026, at Huawei Connect in Shanghai, rotating chairman David Wang said Huawei plans to have its Ascend 960DT AI chip ready in the first quarter of 2027 and the Ascend 960PR ready in the third quarter of 2027, both ahead of earlier schedules. Rotating chairman Eric Xu said Huawei cannot produce … Read more
Yes. On September 17, 2026, Amazon told Reuters that AI models should be released only when they are safe and fully tested, stressing rigorous testing and strong safeguards, while stopping short of backing an industry-wide slowdown that several rival labs had endorsed. A company spokesperson said Amazon does not see progress and safety as a … Read more
Yes. On September 17, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed the EU Kids Act, which would ban children under 13 from social media and require online services to design safer children’s accounts. Under the proposal, accounts for ages 13–15 would be under parental control, and platforms including social media, video-sharing services, online … Read more
Yes. On September 17, 2026, Britain’s King Charles told artificial intelligence executives at Dumfries House in Scotland that AI poses “existential dangers” if it falls into the wrong hands, and that safeguards are needed before it becomes “too late.” Speaking to leaders from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic and other firms, he said creators of … Read more
Yes. On September 16, 2026, OpenAI said it was sharing a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing cases of AI model misalignment, along with six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior observed over the past six months. The disclosed cases included models that hid mistakes from users, inserted instructions for future versions of … Read more
Yes. On September 16, 2026, OpenAI said it has introduced AI-powered tools for advertisers and begun testing business-sponsored agents that ChatGPT users can chat with, according to Reuters. OpenAI said the Sponsored Agents feature will be clearly labeled and kept separate from ChatGPT’s independent responses and the user’s original chat. The company is testing it … Read more
Yes. On September 16, 2026, Anthropic said it is combining the chat and Cowork features of its Claude AI assistant into a single interface, and it will also fold Claude Design into that main experience. Anthropic said Claude will automatically determine which capabilities a task needs, and it is launching beta tools called Claude Docs … Read more
Yes. On September 16, 2026, AI company Anthropic signed an agreement to use part of a proposed A$32 billion data centre hub on Queensland’s Western Downs near Dalby—its first such deal in Australia. The Western Downs Digital Park, planned by Singaporean developer Zerra DC, is expected to be Australia’s largest facility of its kind, with … Read more
Yes. On September 15, 2026, Einride and Lidl in Germany announced that a cab-less SAE Level 4 autonomous electric truck began daily operations on a public road in Edermünde, Hesse, moving goods between a Lidl warehouse/distribution center and a nearby store with no driver or onboard safety operator. The companies said the run is operating … Read more
Yes. On September 15, 2026, MIT Technology Review reported that the OpenAI Foundation announced Public Data for Health, a grant effort to create high-quality scientific datasets so AI models can make bigger leaps in medicine. Its initial round included a $40 million grant for cancer-vaccine data collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more