Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Models, benchmarks, the lab race. · 14 stories

1. 1Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost78
2. 2Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for Production Grade Voice Agents
3. 3Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

The AI products people actually use. · 14 stories

1. 1Apple brings a fully revamped Siri built on Google's Gemini, but not to the EU72
2. 2TypeSafe AI's Jev now available on AI Gateway
3. 3Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

Autonomous systems in the wild. · 18 stories

1. 1Adecco Group announces Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker rollout across 40 countries72
2. 2Inside OpenAI’s agentic software factory
3. 3Salesforce announces AIforce, unlocking the power of its platform using composable agents

Funding, M&A, valuations, earnings. · 19 stories

1. 1OpenAI weighs funding round at $1.2tn valuation before IPO82
2. 2Factory raises $200M for its self-improving software development platform
3. 3Euclyd raises $230M+ to develop chips for AI agents

Silicon, racks, the compute buildout. · 8 stories

1. 1US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 203572
2. 2AWS says it can't restore service to Bahrain, UAE facilities 6 months after Iran strikes
3. 3Zach Dell bets a battery fleet can solve America’s AI power crunch

Jobs, industries, people & policy. · 32 stories

1. 1AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular in every poll72
2. 2Trump’s opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown
3. 3OpenAI, Anthropic and Google secretly joined forces to collaborate on AI safety