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| 09/29/2026 09:53 PM |
After AI lunch, Trump backs self-regulation and plans to rename AI |
 President Donald Trump left a White House lunch with more than two dozen tech leaders on Tuesday, still set against the backdrop of new AI safety rules. He told reporters the executives had agreed that companies should police themselves, NBC News reported. “There’s a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation, and we automatically have […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 07:40 PM |
GM will spend $1B making the first manganese-rich cells in mass production |
 GM and LG Energy Solution will spend $1B turning their Spring Hill plant into the first factory to mass-produce prismatic lithium manganese-rich cells. Europe’s carmakers are spending comparable sums on lithium iron phosphate, the chemistry GM’s battery chief says may never earn its way into its cars. General Motors and LG Energy Solution will spend […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 07:39 PM |
Sam Altman says OpenAI now has an AI research intern |
 OpenAI now has an AI research intern, chief executive Sam Altman said on Tuesday. He made the claim in his DevDay 2026 keynote in San Francisco. He told 2,500 developers that the company predicted a year ago it would reach that goal within 12 months. “A few weeks ago we reached that goal. We now […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 07:08 PM |
Trump rules out working with China on AI safety before tech CEO lunch |
 US President Donald Trump has said he does not want to cooperate with China on AI governance, arguing that it would help Beijing catch up with American companies. He spoke on Tuesday in Washington shortly before hosting AI executives for lunch at the White House. He told the audience that AI had come up only […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 07:08 PM |
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 product is in limited preview, says the AWS product page. OpenAI built it with Amazon […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 06:58 PM |
OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay |
 Update, 29 September 2026 This article has been updated with OpenAI’s commitment not to reintroduce the five-hour limit on Pro 200. OpenAI is halving the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan and launching a $500 plan with its fastest speed tier. It also unveiled shared team workspaces, a meeting note-taker and @ChatGPT for […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 06:33 PM |
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, computer use and professional work. It costs a fifth of Astra’s standard input and […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 06:29 PM |
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 launched dots, AI agents that run all the time on their […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 06:27 PM |
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg among 31 guests at Trump’s AI lunch |
 Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are joining other business leaders at the White House on Tuesday for a lunch event on artificial intelligence. The event will be hosted by President Donald Trump, together with Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House. Thirty-one people have confirmed their attendance, according to an RSVP list obtained […] This story continues at The Next Web |
| 09/29/2026 06:05 PM |
Apple’s new CEO cuts managers to ship products faster, Bloomberg reports |
 Apple’s new chief executive, John Ternus, is reshaping the company to release products more often and cut layers of management, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Ternus, 51, took over on 1 September after Tim Cook’s 15 years in the job. Apple declined to comment. Ternus wants Apple to rely less on its fixed spring and autumn […] This story continues at The Next Web |
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