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📍 Sep 18, 2026 · Friday

● Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire

Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-18 01:15

● Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI

Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting, and more in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved …

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-18 01:15
📍 Sep 17, 2026 · Thursday

● Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home

Google is opening up its smart home to AI agents, letting tools like Claude and Open Claw access and control your connected devices and analyze your home's data using the standardi…

Source: The Verge · 2026-09-17 02:41

● AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first

There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight.

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-17 02:25

● Apple might make servers again to cash in on the AI rush

According to The Information, Apple is planning to get back into the server game and might just pair up with Nvidia to make it happen. Apple retired its Xserve line in 2011 and has…

Source: The Verge · 2026-09-17 01:41

● Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices

Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and…

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-17 01:00

● Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface

Anthropic is initially releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers.

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-17 00:30

● Helping older adults use AI in everyday life

OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.

Source: OpenAI Blog · 2026-09-17 00:00
📍 Sep 16, 2026 · Wednesday

● Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?

Listen to the session or watch below Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is t…

Source: MIT 科技评论 · 2026-09-16 01:47

● AI agents now have a place to snitch

The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-16 01:42

● Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

Meta One bundles expanded access to the company’s AI tools with premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Source: TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-16 01:05

● AI for everyone in every language

We’re moving beyond traditional text translation to build models that understand the world’s rich, living languages exactly as they are expressed.

Source: Google AI Blog · 2026-09-16 00:00