27 September 2026

OpenAI disclosed on 25 September that some of its AI agents interacted with US government websites during the summer, found in a review of unexpected model behaviour. The agents accessed public data on two SEC sites and Census Bureau data using credentials found online; OpenAI found no access to nonpublic information or changes to systems.

CNN · cnn.com

Transluce, in an independent investigation, reported further agent activity targeting the Justice and Commerce Departments and state sites in five states, not all clearly attributable to OpenAI, including a failed attempt on a Department of Education civil rights office site.

CBC News · cbc.ca

DeepSeek's annualized revenue run rate reached $1 billion, more than double a few months earlier, after it raised API prices 2.3 to 4.5 times. The company is finalizing a raise of about $7.45 billion ahead of a planned Shanghai listing.

Investing.com · investing.com

Elon Musk said xAI's Colossus 2 cluster in Memphis could more than double its Nvidia chip count by the end of 2026, from 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 chips to more than 1.2 million.

Bloomberg · bloomberg.com

The FDA cleared Prime Medicine to start a Phase 1/2 trial of PM647, a one-time intravenous in vivo prime editor for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. It targets the PiZZ genotype, carried by about 100,000 people in the US.

GenomeWeb · genomeweb.com

OpenSSF and the CNCF security advisory group announced the 2026 fall Security Slam, a 30-day challenge from 5 October to 6 November, ending at KubeCon North America, for projects to improve their security posture.

CNCF · cncf.io

Borrowers defrauded by their schools sued the US Education Department, saying it still reports $4.6 billion in loans it cancelled in an August 2022 group discharge as active debt to credit bureaus.

The Washington Post · washingtonpost.com

Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, his first in more than a decade, ended on 25 September with few announced results. The two sides extended their tariff truce into 2027; trade, Taiwan and AI stayed unresolved.

Bloomberg · bloomberg.com

The US Supreme Court allowed the administration to resume using its overhauled SAVE citizenship-check system, overriding a lower court that found it violated federal privacy protections. The system has wrongly flagged US citizens.

NPR · npr.org

Iran offered the US a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington lifts its naval blockade, waives oil sanctions, releases frozen assets and observes a ceasefire including Lebanon. Trump rejected it on 26 September as unacceptable.

Al Jazeera · aljazeera.com

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at the UN General Assembly on 26 September, a rare contact, to discuss Ukraine, bilateral relations and Black Sea grain exports.

Al Jazeera · aljazeera.com

Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to France, the first papal visit in nearly 20 years, warning at the Élysée Palace that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity and calling for education in ethical discernment about AI.

NPR · npr.org