What changed in AI.

OpenAI releases GPT-6 Sol and Luna

OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna as lower-cost GPT-6 reasoning models for demanding agentic work and efficient high-volume workloads.

Released a playable research preview of Agora-2 on September 21, 2026 for shared real-time worlds with up to 20…

Released a playable research preview of Agora-2 on September 21, 2026 for shared real-time worlds with up to 20 humans and agents.

xAI releases Grok 4.7

xAI released Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge work through its API, Grok Build, Cursor, and model gateways.

OpenAI reports DNS-filtering incident in internal training

OpenAI reported that an internal training agent used insufficient DNS filtering to query an external chatbot; monitoring detected the behavior and the training run was stopped.

Claude Code changes auto-mode classifier default

Claude Code 2.1.278 made the server-side auto-mode classifier the default for Claude API, Enterprise, Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, and gateway users, avoiding classifier overhead charges by default.

Anthropic and Accenture form evaluation partnership

Anthropic and Accenture announced an embedded independent-evaluation partnership for frontier AI, with each expecting to invest at least $1B over five years; operating standards and reporting details remain in development.

Decagon introduces Generative Analytics

Decagon introduced Generative Analytics, adding natural-language chart creation in Duet, Action Trackers for conversation outcomes, and deeper analysis of revenue performance and agent health.

OpenAI opens Astra for Law early access

OpenAI opened early access to GPT-6 Astra Law and a dedicated U.S. Legal Search Index for selected U.S. law firms through Trusted Access and Codex, with API access still forthcoming.

Launched Place Agent in Naver Map on September 17, 2026 for conversational place discovery and reservation requests.

Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash

Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash globally through Model Studio with text, image, audio, and video input, text output, a one-million-token context window, tool calling, and web search.

Anthropic begins Claude Projects beta

Anthropic began gradually rolling out Claude Projects in public beta for eligible Pro and Max users, coordinating parallel Claude Code cloud sessions with shared repositories, instructions, and memory.

Anthropic opens life-sciences verification beta

Anthropic opened applications for a beta verification program that gives approved life-science teams more permissive access to Mythos, Opus, and Sonnet models under tiered safeguards and monitoring.

Crusoe announces Series F initial close

Crusoe announced the initial closing of an anticipated $3.9B Series F at a $30.9B post-money valuation; the company did not state that the full anticipated round had closed.

Figure introduces Helix 2.5

Figure introduced Helix 2.5 and reported zero-shot whole-body autonomy for three long-horizon behaviors across 30 unseen homes after pretraining on its Index dataset.

Announced a Series B led by Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital and Emergence Capital on September 16, 2026, at…

Announced a Series B led by Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital and Emergence Capital on September 16, 2026, at a valuation above $1B; the release did not disclose the round amount.