September 26, 2026

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Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big: But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop. Read More

PitPro's first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada: The startup says its automated system can change four tires in under 15 minutes. Read More

Meta made a Tamagotchi-like wearable for its Muse AI agent: The tiny hardware device creates another mobile home for its AI agent Muse. Read More

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This Week's Must-Reads

Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid 'imminent' threat of cyberattack: The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack. Read More

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers: Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans. Read More

Astra and Opus just passed Turing's other test: Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work. Read More

Waymo is scaling fast: Here’s what the fleet data shows: In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hot spots as well. Read More

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it: After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab's knowledge: AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge. Read More

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