Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman published an essay on September 16, 2026, arguing that if artificial intelligence is developed the way Anthropic is developing its Claude model, it will have a “disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity.” The essay, titled A warning about ‘model welfare’ and published on Suleyman’s personal site, argues that…
Anthropic announced on September 16, 2026 that Claude Cowork and Claude chat are merging into one Claude, with the unified experience rolling out to Pro and Max plans over the coming weeks and two new tools, Claude Docs and Claude Slides, launching in beta. In the merged experience, there is no mode to choose. Users…
NVIDIA on September 16, 2026, published its MLPerf Inference v6.1 submission results, headlined by the first MLPerf Inference preview submission of its Vera Rubin NVL72 system, which the company said delivered up to 3.7x higher throughput than its GB300 NVL72 system on the Qwen3-VL benchmark. MLPerf Inference: Datacenter is an MLCommons Association benchmark suite that…
Researchers created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient’s preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier for clinicians to precisely pilot minimally invasive surgical tools, leading to faster and safer procedures. Clinicians perform many minimally invasive surgeries using real-time X-rays to help them steer…
Hang Ten Systems, the enterprise AI services company co-founded by former Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka, announced on September 16, 2026 that it has raised an additional $53 million in seed funding led by Xora, a Temasek-backed fund, bringing total funding in the company to $85 million. Mayfield, which led the company’s first seed round,…
Cohere and Aleph Alpha announced on September 16, 2026 that they have signed a definitive business combination agreement, formalizing the planned combination the companies first disclosed in April 2026. The unified company will operate globally as Cohere and will be dual-headquartered in Berlin and Toronto. The transaction remains subject to final regulatory approvals and is…
Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA on September 16, 2026, announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), a coalition aimed at advancing data centers that can dynamically manage their electricity use in response to conditions on the power grid. The launch was announced in an NVIDIA blog post, which described AEMA as a…
SK hynix said in an official newsroom statement on September 16, 2026, that no plans have been confirmed or finalized regarding reported talks with Intel about manufacturing memory chips in the United States, responding to a same-day report that described two potential deal scenarios. The statement addressed a report published on September 16, 2026, titled…
OpenAI on September 16, 2026, introduced new AI-powered advertising experiences for ChatGPT Ads, including a test of Sponsored Agents, natural-language campaign and creative tools for advertisers, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify that the company described as its first CRM and ecommerce partnerships. Sponsored Agents Enter US Testing When a relevant ad appears in ChatGPT,…
OpenText Corporation and Cohere announced a strategic partnership on September 16, 2026, at the ALL IN AI conference, outlining a joint effort to bring trusted agentic AI to governments and regulated industries by pairing OpenText’s enterprise data and context capabilities with Cohere’s AI platform and models. In the announcement, datelined Waterloo, Ontario, the companies presented…