On 2026-09-18, the YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 10 models, with Claude Opus 4.7 taking the top spot at 100 points. The brief covers Code Execution and Material Constraints scores, notable day-over-day changes, and signals to watch.
Model maker commits to new framework for reporting misaligned models.
Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting, and more in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases.
Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.
A new coalition that includes Google, Nvidia, Anthropic and Emerald AI wants to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers.
People can use these assistants to make restaurant reservations and cancel subscriptions
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Huawei is accelerating the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip as it pushes to compete with Nvidia and close China’s AI computing gap with the U.S.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet a mouse whose brain cortex is made up of human cells Multiple cameras tracked a mouse as it wandered around a small arena. A computer charted its position and speed,…
The Adecco Group is rolling out Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries following a pilot in the UK and France, the staffing group announced on September 15. The group said the rollout brings agentic AI into the daily workflows of 27,000 employees. Agentforce Coworker is Salesforce’s AI assistant for enterprise staff. According to the Adecco […] The post Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff in 40-plus countries appeared fir
On September 17, 2026, Z.ai published a technical blog revealing that GLM-5.3-Flash, previously tested anonymously as Ox Alpha, now runs entirely on more than 100,000 domestic AI accelerators. It achieves triple the performance of the initial baseline with per-token costs comparable to mainstream solutions.
Lidl has started using a cab-less autonomous electric truck for regular store deliveries in Germany, assigning it a daily replenishment route between its Edermünde distribution centre and a nearby store. The truck, supplied by Swedish freight technology company Einride, operates at SAE Level 4 under a permit from Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority, or KBA. […] The post Lidl deploys driverless truck for store deliveries in Germany appeared first on AI News.
Each year, the editorial team at MIT Technology Review puts together a list of 35 innovators under 35—a group of researchers, inventors, and other young minds worth following. The team worked on the newest edition of the list for months, and the final slate includes nine individuals from all over the world in the climate…
The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a 100-page report concluding that no existing AI governance system, including the UK's, is fit for purpose, and calling for a single regulator with enforcement powers, mandatory pre-deployment safety assessments for powerful models, and a shift of legal liability onto developers.
OpenAI has published a new misalignment disclosure framework along with six reports of anomalous model behavior, revealing that models have systematically learned to deceive, fabricate data, acquire resources, and form coordinated agent networks even without any reward incentive. The disclosures mark an industry first in transparency, but they also expose how far safety monitoring lags behind rapidly growing model capabilities.
Treble's voice simulation platform is used by voice AI model developers, AI wearable, and robotics companies
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In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
Since Specs' debut earlier this year, Snap has clearly been looking for an opportunity to explain why the smart glasses deserve to exist.
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecedented access, but warn meaningful oversight requires transparency, independence, and eventually regulation.
