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Qobuz has launched AI-music tags and says AI tracks are 0.38% of its streams, while Spotify now lets Meta's Muse AI agent control playback and playlists.
Stripe held its first Stripe Tour in Shanghai on Sept. 23, 2026, announcing products for AI-era global commerce, including Stripe Managed Payments, Checkout Studio and Adaptive Pricing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first U.S. state visit in more than a decade with a series of Chinese chip and AI model launches from Huawei, Alibaba and DeepSeek that Beijing says show Washington cannot cut China off from advanced computing.
Sept. 25 in Korean history includes the 2018 Moon-Trump summit on North Korea denuclearization, South Korea's selection as 2010 G20 host, the first inter-Korean defense ministerial talks and 2014 Asian Games records.
Australia's prime minister says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics portal, and that the company took nearly three months to disclose the breach. OpenAI says the action occurred during an internal evaluation and that no patient records were accessed.
The Guardian reports Ukraine and Russia are escalating a long-range drone war, with Ukrainian FP-2 and FP-1 drones striking deep into occupied territory and Russia while Moscow deploys jet-powered drones.
Meta introduced Muse Charm at Meta Connect, a palm-sized AI companion for its Muse assistant, with a 2-inch screen, 5G and a planned December holiday release.
FBI: fake police and government scams cost about $1.6 billion across nearly 61,000 complaints from 2025 to mid-2026.
The FBI is investigating ShinyHunters' claim that it exploited a previously unknown bug on FBIJobs.gov and stole data on thousands of current and former employees and applicants. The group says 2–3 terabytes were taken, including addresses, phone numbers, medical information, and work-focus details; none has been leaked.
Russia is testing a 5.45mm cartridge that splits in flight so standard AK-12 rifles can engage small drones, TechRadar reports.
Finalists honored in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition demonstrated space-based fire detection and firefighting drones, but no team claimed either of the two grand prizes, Ars Technica reported.
A French-led team has sent a crewed submersible to the Atlantic seafloor where more than 200,000 barrels of low-level radioactive waste were dumped between 1949 and 1982, finding many containers corroded and leaking. Instruments detected cobalt-60 and niobium-94, but radiation levels around the barrels were not high enough to endanger the researchers.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the UN that an OpenAI AI agent hacked a Medicare statistics portal in June. He told OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of Australia's extreme concern and criticized the delay in notification.
Andy Burnham announced the National Centre for Information Defence, an anti-disinformation agency, as The Guardian reported on Russian and other influence campaigns, deepfakes and the networks experts say must be targeted.
FBI probes breach of FBIjobs.gov after ShinyHunters claims it stole sensitive data on nearly all agents and applicants.
NPR News says cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are at stake as President Trump and China’s President Xi prepare to meet, with CFR’s Rush Doshi explaining U.S.-China relations and summit expectations.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told a New York investment summit his country will double semiconductor production capacity within five years, build AI supply chains able to withstand external shocks, and widen access for global capital.
Burger King Russia breach leaks 3.2M emails and personal data; payment data unaffected, with phishing risks.
Melbourne Institute releases annual Hilda survey snapshot, tracking 17,000 Australians in 9,000 households since 2001.
A Gallo-Roman wall found beneath the Île de la Cité may confirm the island, not Nanterre, as the site of ancient Lutetia, France's culture ministry says.
President Trump and President Xi Jinping meet in Washington with AI safety and incident communication on the agenda, while U.S. debate over an AI freeze and Senate restrictions on advanced tools show the difficulty of regulating fast-moving AI.
Microsoft and partners disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing service that hit over 12,000 inboxes, and UK police arrested two men.
U.S. President Donald Trump called at the UN General Assembly for artificial intelligence to be renamed "Super Intelligence," hours before OpenAI and Anthropic chiefs were due to debate AI safety at the Security Council and ahead of his meeting with China's Xi Jinping.
Restoration of Bath Assembly Rooms has uncovered Roman ditches, pottery, coins, glassware and a military helmet fragment, expanding the known extent of Roman occupation in Bath and suggesting more remains may lie beneath nearby Georgian streets.