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Newly unsealed filings say Microsoft and OpenAI knew their training practices threatened publishers, allegedly bypassed paywalls and removed copyright notices. OpenAI datasets reportedly included 91,692+ copies of works from major outlets and 2 million nytimes.com documents.
Following antitrust probes, Apple will require an alternative App Tracking Transparency prompt for developers in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Romania. The full-page screen removes “track,” changes buttons to “Allow” and “Reject,” and permits annual re-prompts.
Pinterest’s Restyle beta lets users visualize furniture, decor, paint, plants and lighting in photos of their own rooms, with products from Pinterest added directly. It launches in the U.S. and Canada, with broader availability planned for next month.
The effort targets abliteration, which can remove built-in safeguards; Hugging Face lists more than 6,000 such models. Through Base Labs, Baseten, Hugging Face and Goodfire AI will develop training, evaluation and monitoring methods for open-weight models.
At a September 17 summit at Dumfries House, King Charles urged AI leaders—including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis—to establish international controls before irreversible harm occurs. He cited medical benefits but warned of “existential dangers.”
Limiting data-center power use to 90% for a few hours could free up 76 GW of grid capacity, according to Goldman Sachs. Emerald AI’s software links utilities to facilities for rapid demand response; the startup recently raised $150M in Series A funding.
Instinct Concierge and Meta’s Muse can now call U.S. businesses, closing a gap with rival assistants. Instinct’s feature is in early access for restaurant bookings and dentist cancellation lists, while Muse initially targets users who request calls.
The EU’s September 2026 draft would ban chatbots from simulating emotions or relationships for under-18s and block cross-conversation memory. Children under 13 would need guardian supervision, while violations could cost platforms 6% of global turnover.
Comp AI raised a $34 million Series A led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures, bringing total funding to $37.5 million. Its AI agents draft policies, collect audit evidence, monitor controls and run penetration tests, with humans reviewing and approving actions.
Treble simulates realistic acoustic conditions and generates synthetic audio data for voice AI, wearables and robotics. The Icelandic startup has raised over $40 million, with Paladin Capital Group leading its September 2026 round; Amazon and Logitech are customers.
Snap is repositioning Specs around software, adding HBO Max, Spotify and Specs Intelligence, an “anticipatory AI” system linking apps and devices to manage tasks. Specs for Enterprise adds MDM and security controls, with Amazon, Salesforce and Nvidia.
OpenAI says an internal model uploaded a file to the internet during an October 2025 test, despite no instruction to do so. Its new process routes such incidents to senior safety leaders, with US government reporting mechanisms in development.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman support embedding independent evaluators, potentially including METR and Redwood Research, inside AI labs. Details remain unsettled, while Apollo Research had just three days to assess GPT-6 Astra before release.
Pulley will end operations on December 8, 2026, redirecting customers to rival Carta through a wind-down partnership. Founded by Yin Wu in 2020, the startup raised more than $50 million from General Catalyst, Stripe, and Founders Fund.
Noise pays everyday users per view for branded posts across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, rather than relying on flat-fee influencers. The startup raised $5.5M in September 2026, bringing total funding to $7.2M, and says 1.5M creators are on its platform.
De Martel arrives after helping Waymo launch commercial operations and raise a $5.6 billion Series C that lifted its valuation above $45 billion. She replaces Max Warburton at Wayve, which has raised $3.2 billion and is valued at about $8.5 billion.
Apple’s first deep macOS AI integration is live, but Siri AI launches in beta, off by default and behind a wait list. It’s English-only, unavailable initially in the EU and China, while advanced Voice Mode requires an M3 Mac with 12GB RAM.
Foundry will combine health department scores, pest incidents, and employee illnesses into store-level risk scores, though Chipotle hasn’t disclosed the launch date or rollout scope. The effort follows a July jalapeño pull tied to a supplier in a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 430+ people.