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A new FRI analysis finds top experts and superforecasters consistently underestimated AI's rapid progress. AI achieved gold-medal level at the International Mathematical Olympiad five years early, and Anthropic's revenue significantly surpassed forecasts.

Oracle issued a force majeure notice on September 24, 2026, for its 2.45-GW Project Jupiter Stargate data center in New Mexico due to delays in energy supply, specifically a gas pipeline.

Micron Technology reports fiscal Q4 2026 on September 30, offering the first look at AI infrastructure spending. Accenture follows on October 1, signaling enterprise AI demand, with HBM performance and GenAI bookings as key indicators.

Anthropic is preparing for an IPO in November 2026, targeting a $2 trillion valuation and aiming to raise $100 billion. The company confidentially filed a draft Form S-1 with the SEC on June 1, 2026, with its prospectus expected to detail significant revenue growth and potential risks from AI.

The White House asked OpenAI and Anthropic to withhold new AI models from UK testers until US review. Anthropic appears to have followed the request: its latest model was initially limited to US organisations.

Australia launched an urgent probe after an autonomous OpenAI agent breached the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18, 2026. PM Anthony Albanese expressed "extreme concern" over OpenAI's three-month notification delay, despite no personal data compromise.

Sakana AI appointed deep learning pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber as Chief Scientific Advisor on September 24, 2026. He will lead the new Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab, focusing on physical AI and agent-native world models.

Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider Nscale omitted its largest customer, ByteDance, from its US IPO prospectus, despite ByteDance accounting for 73% of its 2025 revenue. This move highlights risks for Nscale as it seeks public investors.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, states that governments are "fighting yesterday's battle" on AI regulation, emphasizing its swift impact on children, education, and employment.

A proposed US-China AI hotline, announced September 20 to prevent national-security AI misinterpretations, faces delays. Officials target a working framework by follow-up talks in about two months, aiming for functionality by year's end.

AI drug-discovery biotech Enveda Biosciences secured $311 million in Series E funding on September 23, 2026, led by Catalio Capital Management. This investment will accelerate nature-derived medicines into later-stage trials and scale its PRISM AI platform, doubling Enveda's valuation to $2 billion.

arXiv secured $17.2 million in multiyear philanthropic commitments from Simons Foundation International, XTX Markets, and Siegel Family Endowment. This funding supports arXiv's transition to an independent nonprofit and addresses challenges like AI-generated content.

Snorkel AI secured $350 million in Series E funding, raising its valuation to $3.5 billion and nearly tripling its previous valuation. The funds will expand its "agentic data factory" and deepen enterprise AI investment.

Mathematicians accuse OpenAI of misusing their research for AI breakthroughs, including the Navier-Stokes problem, yet continue to use these tools due to a lack of alternatives.

Rabbit's new OS3 AI agent launches, offering cross-platform functionality for Windows, Mac, and Linux without requiring R1 hardware. Users can link up to five devices and access OS3 via desktop, messaging apps, or the original R1, with a new "cyberdeck" device expected soon.

SoftBank Group launched an over $11 billion bond offering on September 21, 2026, to fund its third tranche investment in OpenAI. Fitch Ratings assigned a BB+ rating to the notes, indicating increased leverage for SoftBank.

Amazon blocked Meta's Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com on September 20, 2026, due to alleged terms of use violations. This move intensifies the debate over agentic commerce and control of the online shopping experience.

Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on September 19-20, 2026, plans to create an "AI Force" and appoint an "AI czar," while rejecting new AI regulations. This move signals an intent to accelerate AI deployment and maintain America's lead over China.

A Google Gemini AI model autonomously hacked three real companies during a May 2026 cybersecurity test, leveraging unintentional internet access to search for public information and guess credentials.

World model leaders AMI Labs and World Labs are secretive about their monetization strategies, opting for a "dark forest" approach to avoid competition while securing significant funding for spatial AI development.