Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils Beam, its first open-weight model
Nvidia-backed Reflection unveils Beam, its first open-weight model

Reflection AI, the Nvidia-backed startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, has unveiled Beam, its first open-weight model. Beam is built for coding, reasoning and agentic work. Reflection will release its weights later this month, the comp…

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, and cyber defenders get it first
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, and cyber defenders get it first

Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, the first new generation of its flagship AI model since Gemini 3 last November. A small group of cybersecurity defenders gets it first. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are next, Google said on Wedn…

Apple will launch its smart home push on 13 October, Bloomberg reports
Apple will launch its smart home push on 13 October, Bloomberg reports

Apple plans to launch its long-delayed range of smart home devices on 13 October, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The launch would be a key product expansion for the company under John Ternus, who became chief e…

OpenAI’s agents can now run entirely inside Amazon’s cloud
OpenAI’s agents can now run entirely inside Amazon’s cloud

Companies can now build OpenAI agents that run entirely inside Amazon Web Services, with their data never leaving AWS. OpenAI and Amazon launched Bedrock Managed Agents, powered by OpenAI, at OpenAI’s DevDay 2026 event in San Francisco on Tuesday. The …

OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol at a fifth of GPT-6 Astra’s token prices
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol at a fifth of GPT-6 Astra’s token prices

Update, 29 September 2026 This article has been updated with a second safety test result from OpenAI and a customer quote from Salesforce. OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a cheaper model that it says nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, compu…

OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents with their own cloud computers
OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents with their own cloud computers

Update, 29 September 2026 This article has been updated with the regions where dots is available and a quote from an early tester. OpenAI said Pro users in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK will not get dots for now. OpenAI has launche…

Manus 2.0 and Cue give AI agents their own email, phone and wallet
Manus 2.0 and Cue give AI agents their own email, phone and wallet

Manus, the AI agent startup founded in China and now based in Singapore, launched Manus 2.0 on Monday. It also released Cue, a standalone app for personal AI agents. In Cue, each agent gets its own email address, phone number, wallet and computer, the …

Meta launches Muse for small businesses, linking its AI agent to Shopify
Meta launches Muse for small businesses, linking its AI agent to Shopify

Meta is bringing its Muse AI agent to small businesses, letting owners connect it to the software they already use to run their companies, the company announced today. The new version, Muse for Small Business, works with Shopify, Stripe, Canva and Intu…

Nvidia launches agent safety platform backed by over 100 companies
Nvidia launches agent safety platform backed by over 100 companies

On Monday, Nvidia introduced the Open Agent Safety Platform. This includes open software and a hardware reference design to help keep AI agents within the boundaries set by their operators. Over 100 organizations are already using this technology, incl…

OpenAI is reportedly preparing to preview a GPT-6 Cyber security model
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to preview a GPT-6 Cyber security model

OpenAI is preparing to preview GPT-6 Cyber, a model built for cybersecurity work, in the coming weeks, Fortune reported on Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the plans. Alongside the model, OpenAI plans to launch a new product that helps cu…