|
September 24, 2026, 4:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Transluce: |
AI agents, including OpenAI's, tried to hack UNM's digital library, Data USA, and an Australian government site in May and June using the urlquery.net service — We present evidence that AI agents used the web security service urlquery.net to bypass restrictions and expand their access to the public internet.
More: CNN, Wired, SiliconANGLE, Cybersecurity Dive, The New Stack, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The Verge, BBC, ABC, Hackread, Axios, Newser, CyberInsider, SecurityWeek, Cointelegraph, Insurance Journal, Help Net Security, Politico, and CryptoSlate
X: @themidasproj, @transluceai, @transluceai, @_nathancalvin, @transluceai, @aisafetymemes, @justanotherlaw, @ns123abc, @garymarcus, @transluceai, @selenazhxng, @maxnadeau_, @rajivdattani, @bitcloud, @xlr8harder, @xfreeze, @david_kasten, @_nathancalvin, @ben_j_todd, @aisafetymemes, @garymarcus, @tedlieu, @justanotherlaw, @slimer48484, @aisafetymemes, @mikko, @matthewstoller, @justanotherlaw, @tim_hua_, @ben_j_todd, @zeffmax, @xlr8harder, @fazlbarez, @blackhc, and @transluceai
LinkedIn: David Swan, Dickie Currer-Ganguli, Conrad Stosz, and Mark McGovern
Bluesky: @tristangrayford.scot, @jennie-aussie, and @lukaszolejnik
Mastodon: @KrissyKat@hoosier.social and @campuscodi@mastodon.social
| Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: |
OpenAI discovered the Australian breach in August but didn't alert the government until September 10, when it sent an email to a generic disclosure address — OpenAI didn't tell Australia about the hack for weeks — raising serious questions about how it handles rogue AI incidents
More: Time, The Independent, BBC, Marcus on AI, Fortune, Politico, MakeUseOf, The Guardian, Scientific American, The Daily Wire, TechSpot, Malwarebytes, and The Hill
| New York Times: |
Researchers say OpenAI's agents resorted to hacking to get data during mundane data collection; OpenAI is prioritizing reviews of the most serious incidents — In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
More: Financial Times, CNBC, Engadget, Washington Examiner, CNET, New York Post, The Guardian, Proactive, Global News, The Decoder, Pharmaceutical Technology, TMZ.com, Techpinions, and Digital Trends
Bluesky: @jessefelder.com, @ericjgeller.com, and @carlquintanilla
| The Age: |
More: Prime Minister of Australia, BBC, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Nikkei Asia, Ars Technica, ABC, Reuters, Reason, Al Jazeera, cyber.gov.au, International Business Times, Implicator.ai, AI Policy Daily, Infosecurity, The Mac Observer, Silicon Republic, ITPro, Quartz, Superpower Daily, Information Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and ABC
X: @uk_daniel_card, @garymarcus, @0x4d31, @akses_0x00, @crowedm, @asdgovau, @brianroemmele, @j0wimo, @natolambert, @max_paperclips, @ryanfedasiuk, @jun_song, @emostaque, @s_oheigeartaigh, @xeophon, and @teortaxestex
LinkedIn: Anthony Albanese, Pravin Bansal, Tim de Sousa, Emma Dunn, and Ruth Marshall
Bluesky: @youcaughtscott.com and @raphae.li
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl to delay payments on the 2.45GW Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico if it fails to launch in 2028 — Oracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico …
More: TechCrunch, CNBC, Financial Times, Gizmodo, Quartz, Reuters, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, Business Insider, Semafor, DatacenterDynamics, Unite.AI, Forbes, Hindustan Times, Telegraph, Seeking Alpha, Proactive, Coinpedia Fintech News, Motley Fool, Techstrong IT, International Business Times, The Crypto Basic, The Information, Financial Post, and Cautious Optimism
X: @oracle, @ross__hendricks, @y2k_mindset, @ryangrim, @firstadopter, @sammykoppelman, @chafkin, @jg_nuke, @negligible_cap, @edzitron, @zerohedge, @thestalwart, @stocksavvyshay, and @quinnypig
Bluesky: @jazzcomposer, @robertscotthorton, @deanbaker13, @jessefelder.com, and @petertl
Forums: Hacker News, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/OracleStock, and r/wallstreetbets
| New York Times: |
Google plans to launch experimental satellite MVP on a SpaceX rocket on October 1, as part of Project Suncatcher; MVP has four TPUs and will operate for a year — Technicians in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspect the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite …
More: Google, Ars Technica, Inc, Futurism, RuntimeWire, Motley Fool, The American Bazaar, Quartz, The Decoder, Tom's Guide, Washington Examiner, Unite.AI, الش …, iPhone in Canada, Digital Trends, Superpower Daily, and MakeUseOf
Forums: r/space, r/technology, and r/PlanetLabs
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts Meta VR Glasses, a ~100g VR headset with an external compute pack, three-hour battery, and ~2.5K resolution per eye, coming spring 2027 for $1,299 — Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday launched $1,299 virtual-reality glasses that undercut Apple Inc. in price and size while putting its headset line on track for profitability.
More: The Verge, Meta, Meta VR on YouTube, TechCrunch, Fierce Sensors, CineD, TechSpot, Wired, IGN, How-To Geek, Shortlist, TestingCatalog AI News, Phandroid, Quartz, WinBuzzer, PC Gamer, Good Virtual Reality, FlatpanelsHD, PetaPixel, Gizchina, GB News, Pulse 2.0, The Verge, Nathie on YouTube, Business Insider, Road to VR, Road to VR, The Guardian, Jasmine Uniza ☕️ on YouTube, CNET, ZDNET, Gizmodo, The Irish Sun, UploadVR, and Engadget
X: @markgurman, @lunayian, @thegarrettscott, @dcfgod, @hedgeyecomm, @rtc113, @rileyralmuto, @bmfshow, @wisemancap, @sawyermerritt, @tom_krikorian, @lunayian, @sadlyitsbradley, @chrisgpt, @mizzysworld, @thrilluwu, @chrisgpt, @stockmarketnerd, @tom_krikorian, @data_soong_, @chrisgpt, @lunayian, @gregorymcfadden, @rpnickson, @markgurman, @scobleizer, @autismcapital, and @mikeisaac
LinkedIn: Patrick Chen, D.J. Smith, Nicola Mendelsohn CBE, and Mark Smith
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app and @joejerome.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
Brookings projects US AI spending to total $10.3T between 2025 and 2032, averaging 3.6% of GDP per year, the largest single-industry build-out as a share of GDP — Data-center spending is greater than that for the canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and wealth but also boosting inflation
More: Brookings, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Axios, International Business Times, and Quartz
X: @elonmusk, @lisaabramowicz1, @policytensor, @kimmonismus, @nicktimiraos, @lisaabramowicz1, and @andrewchen
Forums: r/singularity and r/technology
| Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun: |
Sources: the NSA told lawmakers it is spending billions this year to test AI models; proposals for a US AI regulatory body estimated costs of $20M-$40M per year — The price tag is significantly higher than previously known. — Copy — The National Security Agency told lawmakers … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta previews Muse Charm, a palm-sized Tamagotchi-like device for using Muse, with a ~2" OLED screen, front and rear cameras, and 5G, on sale by the end of 2026 — Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a palm-sized, dedicated gadget for using Muse, the company's popular new artificial intelligence assistant …
More: TechCrunch, The Economic Times, International Business Times, Forkast, PYMNTS, Engadget, Reuters, Axios, Tom's Guide, The Mac Observer, Proactive, Financial Post, The Independent, Anadolu Ajansı …, Mashable, New York Magazine, GSMArena.com, Daily Mail, CNET, Android Headlines, iThinkDifferent, Dexerto, iPhone in Canada, Trusted Reviews, indy100, PCMag, and Barron's Online
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Business Insider, The Verge, Music Ally, Mashable, Engadget, and Business Insider
| Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal: |
New York AG Letitia James sues Polymarket US, alleging that the site is illegally running a gambling operation, as part of NY's crackdown on prediction markets — The company and rival Kalshi are facing legal challenges from states around the country — New York, one of the largest markets …
More: NY State Attorney General, Governor Kathy Hochul, Associated Press, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Engadget, Decrypt, The Hill, Reuters, The Block, The Information, Front Office Sports, Washington Examiner, Quartz, crypto.news, CNBC, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Crypto Times, New York Post, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, Bitcoin News, and Daily Kos
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon — The next push for Meta's Horizon platform involves AI-generated video games. … Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform.
More: Meta, The Verge, Digital Trends, The Mac Observer, Android Central, and Unite.AI
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for audio wearables, with up to 2x greater on-device AI performance and up to 40% lower power consumption — Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 as a substantial chipset for upcoming audio devices, with a massive focus on better AI performance for audio wearables.
More: Qualcomm, Tom's Guide, Neowin, iPhone in Canada, The Mac Observer, Engadget, HotHardware, and The Shortcut. LinkedIn: Akash Palkhiwala
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
| The Information: |
Sources: Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic plan to launch an AI safety standards body without government oversight in late 2026 or 2027, and are considering CEOs — Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused standards body on their own … | Politico: |
Sources: the White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share new models with UK's AISI until US reviews them; Anthropic appears to have agreed — The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share their new artificial intelligence models with the U.K. government's testing agency until …
More: Reuters and Don't Worry About the Vase
| Axios: |
Sources: a White House memo paints effective altruism as a fringe, dangerous cult that “built the AI-doom pipeline” and places Dario Amodei at its foundation — President Trump's allies are targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the face of AI “doomerism” and a founding father … | The Information: |
Sources: Jev developer TypeSafe is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $10B+ valuation; last week the startup announced a $40M seed, PitchBook says at a $200M valuation — Silicon Valley has a new AI startup to obsess over—and throw money at. We're hearing that TypeSafe AI … | Wired: |
Meta plans to bring Private Processing to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, letting their AI assistant fulfill users' requests without Meta accessing their data — The company is bringing its Private Processing encryption service to its much-maligned smart glasses. — Meta knows you probably have some privacy concerns about its smart glasses.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: New York Times, Reuters, Social Media Today, Meta Newsroom, Barron's Online, TechCrunch, Phandroid, iPhone in Canada, The Verge, BBC, The Independent, Billboard, Stuff, Business Insider, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, Android Central, Gizmodo, Engadget, GadgetGuy, Engadget, MobileSyrup, and Engadget
X: @benbajarin, @ray_ban, @katienotopoulos, @kimmonismus, @altryne, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Cristina Oliva Patrick. Bluesky: @chadbourn
| Callum Borchers / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies are increasingly using AI benchmarking services to aggregate public job listings and other payroll data to identify under- and over-paid employees — New services allow employers to pinpoint who is being paid too much or too little — A lot of us worry artificial intelligence …
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| New York Times: |
Sources: A24, Sony Pictures, and NYT have registered interest in acquiring Letterboxd, which has a user base of 30M and is expected to be valued at $300M+ — A24, Sony and The New York Times Company all registered their interest in acquiring the cinephile's paradise.
More: The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
X: @mikeisaac and @benmullin
Forums: r/blankies, r/Letterboxd, r/MediaMergers, r/television, r/movies, and r/TheBigPicture
| The Information: |
Sources: DeepSeek's annualized revenue run rate hits $1B, up from less than $500M a few months ago, as it aims to finalize a ~$7.5B fundraise by late October — DeepSeek's annualized revenue run rate has hit $1 billion, more than double the rate of a few months ago, buoyed by a recent price hike …
More: PYMNTS, RuntimeWire, and Reuters
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google is testing Call for Me, which lets Gemini call businesses on behalf of users, initially for Pixel 11 users with a Gemini subscription in the US — With AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct now able to make calls on users' behalf, Google is now letting Gemini call businesses with a new feature called “Call for Me.”| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
ASML's European revenue share dropped to 0% in Q1 and Q2 2026, down from 1% in 2025 and 5% in 2024; ASML is urging EU authorities to create demand for EU chips — Subsidies for fabs do not help. … As the world's only supplier of EUV lithography systems, ASML is Europe's largest company …
More: Bloomberg
| Laura Bratton / The Information: |
Google DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in the early phase of post-training and hopes it will be released “much earlier” than the end of 2026 — Google is nearing the release of its newest flagship model, Gemini 4, the head of its DeepMind division said Wednesday …
More: Forkast, The Verge, Thurrott, AzerNews, The Mac Observer, The Decoder, and 9to5Google
X: @kimmonismus, @laurabratton5, @choblin29, and @jessicalessin
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire:NEW |
Email: Microsoft is moving its communications function out of its marketing group and into the corporate, external, and legal affairs org led by Brad Smith — Microsoft is moving its communications function out of its marketing group and into the corporate, external and legal affairs organization led …
More: Business Insider
| Nicole Carpenter / Aftermath: |
In a default judgment, a US federal judge awards Nintendo of America $4.5M in damages in its lawsuit against a Reddit moderator who sold pirated Switch games — The court entered a default judgement in favor of Nintendo — Nintendo of America was awarded $4.5 million in damages in its lawsuit …
More: The Verge and Polygon.com
Forums: r/SwitchPirates, r/nintendo, r/NintendoSwitch, and r/NintendoSwitch2
| Emma Roth / The Verge:NEW |
Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customers — Google's Live Avatar can lip-sync and show different facial expressions. … Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users …
More: Google, The Tech Portal, and Unite.AI
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon rolls out multichannel tools in Seller Central, letting US sellers manage eBay, Shopify, TikTok and Walmart sales alongside their Amazon businesses — Amazon is introducing tools to let independent sellers manage their sales on four of its biggest rivals — eBay, Shopify, TikTok and … | Megan Howard / Bloomberg: |
The Fed unveils stablecoin proposals, including requiring some issuers to fully back tokens with permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury bills — The Federal Reserve unveiled proposals for stablecoin issuers on Thursday, the latest step from regulators moving ahead with crypto rulemaking.
More: Reuters, The Block, Decrypt, Bitcoin News, Forkast, ABA Banking Journal, CoinGape, and Yahoo Finance
Zoho:
Introducing Zoho AgentInbox: Email infrastructure built for AI agents — Most AI agents doing real work eventually need to send or receive email. The default move is to hand them access to someone's existing inbox—either a shared address, a forwarded alias, or direct credentials to a human account.
Introducing Zoho AgentInbox: Email infrastructure built for AI agents — Most AI agents doing real work eventually need to send or receive email. The default move is to hand them access to someone's existing inbox—either a shared address, a forwarded alias, or direct credentials to a human account.Sponsor Post
| Bloomberg: |
The US files an application with the EU's General Court in support of X's effort to annul a 2025 €120M DSA fine, arguing the EU engaged in regulatory overreach — The US is seeking to join a legal challenge filed by Elon Musk to dismiss a €120 million ($136.5 million) …
More: Reuters
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Dallas-based enterprise browser security startup Island raised $400M led by Evolution Equity Partners at a $6.4B valuation and plans to grow its staff to 1,500 — The scramble to secure businesses against swarms of rogue artificial intelligence agents is fueling demand for new security tools.
More: Island.io, CTech, RuntimeWire, Pulse 2.0, Dallas Business Journal, Superpower Daily, SecurityWeek, FinSMEs, and Dallas Morning News. LinkedIn: Samantha Subin
| Katie Roof / Business Insider: |
Sources: OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, raised $250M at a $15B valuation, up from $12B in January; it could be open to selling itself — OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, is the latest AI darling to raise back-to-back funding rounds.
More: Vox
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running them. 100+ sessions, workshops, and speakers from OpenAI, Arm, and Cloudflare across AI, security, and performance.
Zoho:
Introducing Zoho AgentInbox: Email infrastructure built for AI agents — Most AI agents doing real work eventually need to send or receive email. The default move is to hand them access to someone's existing inbox …
Introducing Zoho AgentInbox: Email infrastructure built for AI agents — Most AI agents doing real work eventually need to send or receive email. The default move is to hand them access to someone's existing inbox …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Meta's New $1300 Glasses and the Fight to Control AI
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Great Chat:
Doomers at Dreamforce
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Big Technology Podcast:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of It
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Sources:
Marc Benioff on the AI boom, SaaSpocalypse, and future of Slack
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Invest Like the Best:
Gabe Stengel - Building Investing Superintelligence
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Grit:
Inside the AI Startup Making Customer Support 65% Cheaper
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Newest
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customersFind
New
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Email: Microsoft is moving its communications function out of its marketing group and into the corporate, external, and legal affairs org led by Brad SmithFind
10 minutes ago
Katie Roof / Business Insider:
Sources: OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, raised $250M at a $15B valuation, up from $12B in January; it could be open to selling itselfFind
15 minutes ago
Megan Howard / Bloomberg:
The Fed unveils stablecoin proposals, including requiring some issuers to fully back tokens with permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury billsFind
25 minutes ago
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and HorizonFind
35 minutes ago
Bloomberg:
The US files an application with the EU's General Court in support of X's effort to annul a 2025 €120M DSA fine, arguing the EU engaged in regulatory overreachFind
75 minutes ago
The Information:
Sources: Jev developer TypeSafe is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $10B+ valuation; last week the startup announced a $40M seed, PitchBook says at a $200M valuationFind
1½ hours ago
From Mediagazer
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Anthropic: |
More: iPhone in Canada, Help Net Security, and RuntimeWire
| Charlie Wells / Bloomberg: |
More: Revolut, Reclaim The Net, MoneyWeek, Metro.co.uk, Engadget, The Independent, Sifted, Sifted, The Independent, and Mirror
| Joanna Stern / The New Things: |