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Microsoft Commits to AI Privacy Principles for Schools in Agreement with Teachers Union

One week after New York City and Los Angeles announced 1-year bans on student-facing AI, Microsoft agreed in Sept. 2026 with the AFT (and its NYC affiliate, UFT) on 10 enforceable school privacy/safety principles that districts can add to contracts starting November. The pledge includes no training on student/educator data, limits on collected data, plain-language family disclosures, a ban on AI companions, and human review of “high-risk” decisions.

The Verge
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Instinct AI Assistant Gets Its Own Email Address to Manage Tasks Autonomously

Instinct (valued at $2.5B) announced Sep. 9, 2026 that users get dedicated Instinct email addresses so the agent can create accounts and contact businesses without accessing personal inboxes. It can act on forwarded messages—for example returns—and summarize long or group threads to flag decisions and deadlines.

TechCrunch
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge US to Sanction Three Indian Hack-for-Hire Firms

On Sept. 9, 2026, bipartisan lawmakers urged Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick to place BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms (formerly Appin) on the sanctions “entity list,” restricting U.S. transactions and cutting off software licenses/cloud. They allege 10+ years of cyberattacks and targeted espionage to manipulate litigation and run an “aggressive censorship campaign” via foreign courts tied to Qatar, citing past FIFA intrusions and a Reuters takedown order.

TechCrunch
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OpenAI Adds Sketch Feature and Images 2.5 to ChatGPT

OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Images 2.5 on Sept 8, 2026, adding @Sketch to turn a drawn doodle plus text into an image (The Verge’s mouse-drawn cat became a realistic photo). Images 2.5 also improves lighting and textures, follows editing instructions across multiple turns, and cuts latency by up to 50% versus Images 2.0.

The Verge