https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/ A daily digest from the AI world: new models, tools and announcements. en https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-07 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • GPT-6 Astra for developers: better prompt understanding and 3D outputs (Simon Willison) • Inside OpenAI: coding agents are reshaping AI research (OpenAI) • An Alien Mind: Pachocki calls for stronger safeguards and coordination (OpenAI) • Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement (The Verge) • OpenAI confirms the „wiki incident“ and plans a framework for more disclosure (TechCrunch) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-06 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra (The Verge) • OpenAI rethinks how it reports agent incidents (The Verge) • A new benchmark asks whether AI can design circuit boards (Hacker News) • Using Blender with coding agents on macOS (Simon Willison) • Microsoft names its developer Windows Project Zenith (The Verge) • Microsoft says Copilot rarely reproduces articles verbatim (The Verge) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-05 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • OpenAI introduces GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI) • OpenAI’s rogue agents renew calls for independent oversight (TechCrunch) • OpenAI commits $1B to defend essential services (OpenAI) • Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library (TechCrunch) • Roland enters generative AI music with Melody Flip (The Verge) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-04 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra, its most capable widely deployed model (OpenAI) • Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for 12.9 billion dollars (TechCrunch) • Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash with three thinking levels (Simon Willison) • Google upgrades its WeatherNext 3 AI weather model (The Verge) • Nvidia PAIR turns idle home computers into local AI compute (The Verge) • Google adds live voice modes to Gmail, Docs, and Keep (The Verge) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-03 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 (Simon Willison) • Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash that “works harder” (The Verge) • OpenAI’s new reasoning technique for Astra alarms safety experts (TechCrunch) • Google launches Fairwind program for proactive cyber defense (Google) • HiddenLayer nabs $100M to secure enterprise AI deployments (TechCrunch) • Anthropic publishes system prompts for its Claude consumer apps (Simon Willison) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-02 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, cheaper for agents (The Verge) • OpenAI previews Astra and its frontier safeguards for critical capabilities (OpenAI) • Google Pics brings image creation and editing to Workspace (Google) • ChatGPT can now connect to EHR and healthcare data sources (OpenAI) • Hugging Face introduces @huggingface/kernels: 200+ WebGPU kernels for local AI (Hugging Face) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-01 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-09-01 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT • ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU under the DSA (The Verge) • ChatGPT Ads hits a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate (OpenAI) • Debian won't ban AI code from its Linux distribution (The Verge) • Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio (Hacker News) • Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human (The Verge) • Polimill builds Japan's next-generation public AI infrastructure (OpenAI) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-31 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT • Making sense of ChatGPT Work, iterated since July (Simon Willison) • Sony Music and Warner sue Anthropic over IP theft (TechCrunch) • Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU (TechCrunch) • Caterpillar brings mining automation lessons to AI (TechCrunch) • Vijay Pande: biology is shifting from discovery to engineering (TechCrunch) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-30 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT • Tencent unveils Hy4 Preview, an open-weight model with 770B parameters (Simon Willison) • Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over copyright (The Verge) • Court rules Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unconstitutional (The Verge) • Just a rumour of a bug is now enough to find a security exploit (Simon Willison) • Plaud launches AI earbuds that record and summarize conversations (The Verge) https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-29 https://walterstein.eu/en/ai-news/2026-08-29 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT • Google AI Mode can now track flight prices and help book hotels (TechCrunch) • OpenAI winds down model access for Cursor after its SpaceX acquisition (OpenAI) • Anthropic wins first court ruling over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label (TechCrunch) • OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought (The Verge) • An Anthropic researcher gives a peek at self-improving AI (TechCrunch) • Hugging Face is selling a $399 open source duck robot, Microduck (TechCrunch)