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Sep 1, 2026Models

Open release Models

Google Releases MAPL-EMIT to Map Facility-Scale Methane Plumes From Space

The database, trained model and inference tools give researchers and local monitors new ways to process EMIT scenes. Greater sensitivity still leaves a practical trade-off between catching weak plumes and filtering false alerts.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Models

Open release Models

Google DeepMind Opens WeatherNext Cyclone Models That Run on a Single TPU

The release broadens access to Google’s AI forecasting models and Weather Lab. But a shift in public cyclone warnings from five to seven days remains an objective weather agencies are considering, not a deployed outcome.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Launch Products

Google’s Android Drop Brings Gemini Item Memory, but Its Five Features Ship on Different Clocks

Google is positioning the release as a set of daily-use improvements, but the AI features depend on device versions, regional support and future rollout dates.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Launch Products

Nori Lists Its A3 Home Robot at $1,688, but Buyers Will Help Teach It What to Do

Nori’s low-priced wheeled robot pairs home-task ambitions with an SDK and training app. The harder proof point is whether a small team can deliver and support a product whose skills are still meant to be taught by owners.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Tools

Launch Tools

OpenClaw 2026.8.2 Adds Linux Desktop Access and Safer Agent Session Recovery

The new release moves agent work closer to the desktop and active browser page, while adding recovery checks intended to prevent an update or migration failure from becoming a false success.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Partnership Products

OpenAI Connects ChatGPT Health to Epic, Keeping Clinical Record Access Read-Only

The integration moves ChatGPT closer to the patient chart, where it can assemble context for clinicians but is barred from changing the record—a boundary that leaves judgment and documentation with care teams.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Models

Launch Models

Meta Introduces Muse Voice Transcribe for Live Speaker Labels in 25 Validated Languages

The model puts transcription, speaker identification and speech-end detection into one streaming process, but Meta has not described how people or developers will access it.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Business

Pricing change Business

Silicon Data’s Token Index Falls to 97 Cents, Tightening the Squeeze on Model Pricing

The benchmark’s new low points to cheaper model use for customers, while testing whether foundation-model providers can protect revenue as market rates fall.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Infrastructure

Government action Infrastructure

Brick Lane Residents Resist 5,200m² AI Data Centre as London Seeks More Power

The proposal exposes a tension in London’s infrastructure plans: the city says AI growth needs more electrical capacity, while the reported local opposition centers on the visible and environmental burdens of a new facility.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Models

Launch Models

Google Adds Agentic Video Understanding to Gemini, Claiming 88% Lower Token Use

The API feature shifts Gemini from fixed-rate video sampling to targeted inspection of frames, audio and transcripts. Its value for long recordings will depend on whether Google’s reported efficiency and accuracy gains carry into production workloads.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Research Products

Databricks Sets a Six-Layer Path for Genie Ontology, Starting With One Domain

The new guide shifts the hard part of enterprise AI from connecting a model to data toward maintaining the definitions, permissions and evaluations that keep answers dependable.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Models

Open release Models

Phonely Opens Alma, a Voice Model Trained on 10 Million Calls, to Outside Builders

The new external offering turns Phonely’s own call traffic into a model-development pitch, combining voice-specific training with company-reported speed and pricing advantages. Whether those results transfer to other companies’ call flows remains the practical test.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Business

Enterprise adoption Business

Atos and AWS Put 400 Engineers Into a Scored Multi-Agent AI Contest

The dungeon challenge made engineers balance route planning, memory, tool use and safety controls against time, lives and response efficiency—not simply produce a working answer.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Infrastructure

Open release Infrastructure

AWS Publishes Rust Edge Pattern for 256 MB Gateways, Keeping Cloud Agents Conditional

The reference design puts time-sensitive sensor classification on the device and reserves Bedrock AgentCore for harder cases. Its small-model speed and memory figures are AWS sample results, not production validation.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Infrastructure

Partnership Infrastructure

HUMAIN Picks Compal for Cloud-to-Edge AI Build, With Nvidia and AMD Server Options

The agreement gives HUMAIN a designated manufacturing partner across servers, edge systems and AI PCs, but its product roadmap remains a set of planned platforms rather than disclosed deployments.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Launch Products

Amazon Quick Pitches Connected Workflows as Vertiv Plans 25% User Growth in 2026

AWS is framing Quick as a conversational layer across business systems, but its customer examples describe deployments and intended uses rather than comparable measures of productivity or return.

2 min

Sep 1, 2026Models

Benchmark Models

Grok 4.6 Clears 50% on Biosecurity Refusal and Routine Biology Tasks

The reported result rewards a difficult balance: recognizing hazards hidden inside ordinary-looking research requests without shutting down legitimate biological work. Its surveillance score shows that refusal performance is not the whole biosecurity test.

3 min

Sep 1, 2026Products

Launch Products

Perplexity Routes Sensitive Computer Tasks to Local Macs With a Privacy Gate

The cloud-first system can delegate confidential portions of an agent job to a local model without restarting it. Its privacy promise ultimately depends on a classifier and user decisions about what can leave the device.

3 min

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Google Releases MAPL-EMIT to Map Facility-Scale Methane Plumes From Space

Google DeepMind Opens WeatherNext Cyclone Models That Run on a Single TPU

Google’s Android Drop Brings Gemini Item Memory, but Its Five Features Ship on Different Clocks

Nori Lists Its A3 Home Robot at $1,688, but Buyers Will Help Teach It What to Do

OpenClaw 2026.8.2 Adds Linux Desktop Access and Safer Agent Session Recovery

OpenAI Connects ChatGPT Health to Epic, Keeping Clinical Record Access Read-Only

Meta Introduces Muse Voice Transcribe for Live Speaker Labels in 25 Validated Languages

Silicon Data’s Token Index Falls to 97 Cents, Tightening the Squeeze on Model Pricing

Brick Lane Residents Resist 5,200m² AI Data Centre as London Seeks More Power

Google Adds Agentic Video Understanding to Gemini, Claiming 88% Lower Token Use

Databricks Sets a Six-Layer Path for Genie Ontology, Starting With One Domain

Phonely Opens Alma, a Voice Model Trained on 10 Million Calls, to Outside Builders

Atos and AWS Put 400 Engineers Into a Scored Multi-Agent AI Contest

AWS Publishes Rust Edge Pattern for 256 MB Gateways, Keeping Cloud Agents Conditional

HUMAIN Picks Compal for Cloud-to-Edge AI Build, With Nvidia and AMD Server Options

Amazon Quick Pitches Connected Workflows as Vertiv Plans 25% User Growth in 2026

Grok 4.6 Clears 50% on Biosecurity Refusal and Routine Biology Tasks

Perplexity Routes Sensitive Computer Tasks to Local Macs With a Privacy Gate