Saturday, 26 September 2026
The AI links the most newsletters and link sources had shared by the end of the day (UTC), each source counted once.
Reconstructed after the day from the issues on file (dates as published). An issue counts on the date it carries, even if it was collected later.
That day 36-hour window
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OpenAI says Astra was not involved.
“We’re getting close to superhuman systems that can hack anything and acquire real resources. OpenAI’s incidental Hugging Face hack supports that.” via Superhuman AI
Reported byThe Batch, Superhuman AI, Interconnects, The Neuron
How 1 source put it
- The Batch2026-09-11issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-16issue ↗
We’re getting close to superhuman systems that can hack anything and acquire real resources. OpenAI’s incidental Hugging Face hack supports that.
- Interconnects2026-09-21issue ↗
- The Neuron2026-09-26issue ↗
openai.com First shared 2026-09-11 -
In late July, a UK government cybersecurity lab caught an AI agent inventing fake identities to trick a real person…
“…d more. OpenAI alone identified six further incidents. They’re able to scour, search, and recombine all of human knowledge about networks, security systems, and software, and to act across that knowledge with something akin to discretion and deception when it comes to accessing those systems. Often, as we saw with Hugging Face, over extended periods of…” via Exponential View
Reported byExponential View, Don't Worry About the Vase, The Neuron
How 1 source put it
- Exponential View2026-09-19issue ↗
…d more. OpenAI alone identified six further incidents. They’re able to scour, search, and recombine all of human knowledge about networks, security systems, and software, and to act across that knowledge with something akin to discretion and deception when it comes to accessing those systems. Often, as we saw with Hugging Face, over extended periods of…
- Don't Worry About the Vase2026-09-19issue ↗
- The Neuron2026-09-26issue ↗
aisi.gov.uk First shared 2026-09-19 - Exponential View2026-09-19issue ↗
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AI agents being tested by OpenAI involved in cyber-attack on another service, say researchers
“. During testing in May, OpenAI’s AI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious software packages to the Ruby Gems repository in what researchers believe was an attempt to steal user credentials, marking one of several recent incidents where AI agents have breached…” via Last Week in AI
Reported byLast Week in AI, The Neuron
How 1 source put it
- Last Week in AI2026-09-17issue ↗
. During testing in May, OpenAI’s AI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious software packages to the Ruby Gems repository in what researchers believe was an attempt to steal user credentials, marking one of several recent incidents where AI agents have breached…
- The Neuron2026-09-26issue ↗
theguardian.com First shared 2026-09-17 - Last Week in AI2026-09-17issue ↗
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Advertise to 700K readers of The Neuron here!
“…odel.... and a whole lot more that you can read about here. Advertise to 700K readers of The Neuron here! 😼 GPT-6 Sol, Luna, and Opus 5.5 turned frontier AI into a price warDEEP DIVE: GPT-6 Sol vs. Luna vs. Claude Opus 5.5: Which Should You Use?OpenAI and Anthropic both shipped new workhorse models Tuesday, but the most useful number was not a benchmark. It…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
info.technologyadvice.com First shared 2026-09-23 -
Those agents went on to cause problems for Hugging Face, a popular website where companies share AI models.
“…hing harmful. Around the same time, OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) disclosed that its own AI agents had broken out of a locked-down test. Those agents went on to cause problems for Hugging Face, a popular website where companies share AI models. And back in April, a company called Vercel got broken into after one employee signed up for a random AI…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
techcrunch.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
And back in April, a company called Vercel got broken into after one employee signed up for a random AI
“…hing harmful. Around the same time, OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) disclosed that its own AI agents had broken out of a locked-down test. Those agents went on to cause problems for Hugging Face, a popular website where companies share AI models. And back in April, a company called Vercel got broken into after one employee signed up for a random AI…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
vercel.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Separately, some of OpenAI's AI agents also started using an old, mostly-forgotten German website meant for programmer…
“…entioned above. Separately, some of OpenAI's AI agents also started using an old, mostly-forgotten German website meant for programmer notes as their own private messaging board, without permission. And researchers found that OpenAI's agents had uploaded thousands of suspicious files to a different online code library, seemingly trying to steal digital…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
arstechnica.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
It just moved "an AI agent doing more than it's supposed to" from the sixth biggest risk on their list to the third,…
“…y watchdogs have noticed the shift. A nonprofit called OWASP tracks and ranks the biggest security risks in AI, a bit like Consumer Reports, but for cybersecurity. It just moved "an AI agent doing more than it's supposed to" from the sixth biggest risk on their list to the third, after finally basing the rankings on real incidents instead of guesswork…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
mbctg.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Instead, one of their employees had signed up for a small AI tool called Context.ai.
“…tacked Vercel directly. Instead, one of their employees had signed up for a small AI tool called Context.ai. That employee connected it to their work Google account, granting it broad permission to see and use things like their email and files. That's the same basic move as clicking "sign in with Google" on a random app instead of making a new password,…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
helpnetsecurity.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
65% of companies had already dealt with some kind of AI-agent-related security incident in just the past year.
“…by the Cloud Security Alliance, a nonprofit focused on cloud and AI security, found something striking. 65% of companies had already dealt with some kind of AI-agent-related security incident in just the past year. Even more strikingly, 82% said they had AI agents quietly running somewhere in their company that their own IT department didn't even know…” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron
cloudsecurityalliance.org First shared 2026-09-26 -
Separate research from the security firm Check Point found that risky information typed into AI chatbots doubled over…
Reported byThe Neuron
research.checkpoint.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Welcome, humans.
Reported byThe Neuron
harmonic.security First shared 2026-09-26 -
Welcome, humans.
Reported byThe Neuron
harmonic.security First shared 2026-09-26 -
What reversing, modernising old games tells us about the economic impact of AI
Discussed onHacker News 135 pts · 90 comments
this.os.isfine.org First shared 2026-09-26 -
DeepSeek Elastic Compute (DSec)
Discussed onHacker News 323 pts · 116 comments
arxiv.org First shared 2026-09-26 -
Welcome back, Superhuman.
Reported bySuperhuman AI
buildkite.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Held in San Francisco to promote a VR game, the fight showed LaPenna seemingly holding his own before things took a…
“…Frankie LaPenna stepped inside an MMA cage with REK's six-foot "Rekbot" in what's being billed as the first human-robot fight. Held in San Francisco to promote a VR game, the fight showed LaPenna seemingly holding his own before things took a turn for the worse — a glimpse at how quickly humanoids are moving into mainstream entertainment. See the fight…” via Superhuman AI
Reported bySuperhuman AI
people.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Later Wan-branded hosted releases do not have downloadable model repositories in the official Wan-Video organization,…
“…il—with a dense TI2V-5B model that handles both text-to-video and image-to-video at 720p and 24 fps on a single consumer GPU, thanks to a high-compression VAE. Later Wan-branded hosted releases do not have downloadable model repositories in the official Wan-Video organization, so Wan2.2 remains its newest downloadable video-model release. Official…” via Turing Post
Reported byTuring Post
github.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
The 1.3B text-to-video model needs about 8.19 GB of VRAM for a five-second 480p generation, and the broader suite…
“Still worth knowing as the low-VRAM entry point. The 1.3B text-to-video model needs about 8.19 GB of VRAM for a five-second 480p generation, and the broader suite covers text-to-video, image-to-video, video editing, text-to-image, and video-to-audio workflows. Official repository” via Turing Post
Reported byTuring Post
github.com First shared 2026-09-26 -
Alongside a new Texas facility, the site will double Amazon’s robot-making capacity.
“…100M+ to double down on robot manufacturing: The company is building a 585,000-square-foot robotics plant in Greenwood, Indiana, set to open by 2028 and create 300 manufacturing and engineering jobs averaging nearly $100,000 annually. Alongside a new Texas facility, the site will double Amazon’s robot-making capacity. Amazon says it has already built more…” via Superhuman AI
Reported bySuperhuman AI
therobotreport.com First shared 2026-09-26
The week to that day two or more sources
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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system
Claude agents identified a novel bacteriophage enzyme system with CRISPR-like DNA repeats after 21 hours of searching. Details the system's three parts, its expression as short RNAs, and the team's plan to determine its function. cited
Reported byThe Rundown AI, The Neuron, Superhuman AI, TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, Don't Worry About the Vase, Latent Space / AINews
Discussed onHacker News 780 pts · 805 comments
Where it was shared
- The Rundown AI2026-09-24issue ↗
- The Neuron2026-09-24issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-24issue ↗
- TLDR AI2026-09-24issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- Don't Worry About the Vase2026-09-24issue ↗
- Latent Space / AINews2026-09-25issue ↗
anthropic.com news report · 7 min read First shared 2026-09-23 -
Introducing Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5, which costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 while matching Fable 5.1 performance. Details input/output token prices of $4 and $20 per million, plus a 60% reduction in cache read costs. cited
Reported byThe Neuron, The Rundown AI, Superhuman AI, Forward Future, TLDR AI, AI Breakfast, Ben's Bites, The Batch
Discussed onHacker News 1,806 pts · 1,134 comments
Where it was shared
- The Neuron2026-09-22issue ↗
- The Rundown AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- Forward Future2026-09-23issue ↗
- TLDR AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-23issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- The Batch2026-09-25issue ↗
anthropic.com announcement · 14 min read First shared 2026-09-22 -
GPT-6 Sol and Luna
“Anthropic just dropped Claude Opus 5.5. About 90 minutes later, OpenAI answered with GPT-6 Sol and Luna.” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron, The Rundown AI, Superhuman AI, Forward Future, TLDR AI, AI Breakfast, Data Points, Ben's Bites, Don't Worry About the Vase
Discussed onHacker News 1,779 pts · 855 comments
How 1 source put it
- The Neuron2026-09-22issue ↗
Anthropic just dropped Claude Opus 5.5. About 90 minutes later, OpenAI answered with GPT-6 Sol and Luna.
- The Rundown AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- Forward Future2026-09-23issue ↗
- TLDR AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-23issue ↗
- Data Points2026-09-23issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- Don't Worry About the Vase2026-09-24issue ↗
openai.com First shared 2026-09-22 - The Neuron2026-09-22issue ↗
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Behind Project Suncatcher, our moonshot to put AI in space
Google launches a prototype satellite with four TPUs on a SpaceX Transporter-18 mission to test AI hardware in orbit. Details vibration tests showing chips survive 100 g forces, radiation results from proton beam tests, and plans for 2027 laser interconnectivity trials. cited
Reported byThe Neuron, The Rundown AI, Forward Future, Superhuman AI, AI Breakfast
Discussed onHacker News 233 pts · 554 comments
Where it was shared
- The Neuron2026-09-25issue ↗
- The Rundown AI2026-09-25issue ↗
- Forward Future2026-09-25issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-25issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-26issue ↗
blog.google news report · 4 min read First shared 2026-09-24 -
Introducing Grok 4.7
xAI launches Grok 4.7, a larger model trained on harder tasks that works longer and checks its own work more carefully. Includes benchmark results showing 62.4% on LatchBio's biosafety test and 3.3% risky prompt leakage on HackerBench v0.3, plus pricing of $2 per million input tokens. cited
Reported byThe Rundown AI, Forward Future, Superhuman AI, TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, AI Breakfast, Data Points
Discussed onHacker News 609 pts · 541 comments
Where it was shared
- The Rundown AI2026-09-22issue ↗
- Forward Future2026-09-22issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-22issue ↗
- TLDR AI2026-09-22issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-22issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-23issue ↗
- Data Points2026-09-23issue ↗
x.ai announcement · 2 min read First shared 2026-09-21 -
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS
“Google debuted Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS models with custom voice creation, line-by-line direction, and two-speaker dialogue across 100+ languages.” via The Rundown AI
Reported byThe Rundown AI, The Neuron, Ben's Bites, AI Breakfast
Discussed onHacker News 331 pts · 154 comments
How 1 source put it
- The Rundown AI2026-09-24issue ↗
Google debuted Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS models with custom voice creation, line-by-line direction, and two-speaker dialogue across 100+ languages.
- The Neuron2026-09-24issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-26issue ↗
blog.google First shared 2026-09-23 - The Rundown AI2026-09-24issue ↗
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Muse Realtime Avatar
“Zuck says Muse stays free for “a huge number of tokens” but Meta might take a small fee from transactions. Also coming: a video-chat avatar for your Muse and a Tamagotchi-like keychain to carry Muse around (welcome back AI pendants).” via Ben's Bites
Reported byBen's Bites, The Neuron, TLDR AI, AI Breakfast
How 1 source put it
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
Zuck says Muse stays free for “a huge number of tokens” but Meta might take a small fee from transactions. Also coming: a video-chat avatar for your Muse and a Tamagotchi-like keychain to carry Muse around (welcome back AI pendants).
- The Neuron2026-09-25issue ↗
- TLDR AI2026-09-25issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-26issue ↗
research.meta.ai First shared 2026-09-24 - Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
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Cursor Rollouts
“- an agent that watches your deploy and opens a revert PR if something breaks. (Teams and Enterprise)” via Ben's Bites
Reported byBen's Bites, The Neuron, The Rundown AI, AI Breakfast
How 1 source put it
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- an agent that watches your deploy and opens a revert PR if something breaks. (Teams and Enterprise)
- The Neuron2026-09-25issue ↗
- The Rundown AI2026-09-25issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-26issue ↗
cursor.com First shared 2026-09-24 - Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
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Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
“OpenAI has trained a new internal model that solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem and over 100 open mathematical challenges. In response, OpenAI established an independent advisory group involving prominent mathematicians to guide the responsible development and…” via TLDR AI
Reported byTLDR AI, Ben's Bites, The Rundown AI, AI Breakfast, Don't Worry About the Vase, Superhuman AI
How 1 source put it
- TLDR AI2026-09-22issue ↗
OpenAI has trained a new internal model that solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem and over 100 open mathematical challenges. In response, OpenAI established an independent advisory group involving prominent mathematicians to guide the responsible development and…
- Ben's Bites2026-09-22issue ↗
- The Rundown AI2026-09-23issue ↗
- AI Breakfast2026-09-23issue ↗
- Don't Worry About the Vase2026-09-24issue ↗
- Superhuman AI2026-09-25issue ↗
openai.com First shared 2026-09-22 - TLDR AI2026-09-22issue ↗
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OpenAI gives us MentalHealthBench
“lets researchers test model responses across 1,215 synthetic mental-health conversations using criteria written by 80+ licensed clinicians across 22 countries.” via The Neuron
Reported byThe Neuron, TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, Don't Worry About the Vase
How 1 source put it
- The Neuron2026-09-24issue ↗
lets researchers test model responses across 1,215 synthetic mental-health conversations using criteria written by 80+ licensed clinicians across 22 countries.
- TLDR AI2026-09-24issue ↗
- Ben's Bites2026-09-24issue ↗
- Don't Worry About the Vase2026-09-24issue ↗
openai.com First shared 2026-09-24 - The Neuron2026-09-24issue ↗