Bridge Neurotech has emerged from stealth with $13.5 million to develop a non-invasive brain-computer interface that uses functional ultrasound imaging to measure brain activity through the skull. The startup also signed a multi-year technology and hardware agreement with Butterfly Network, while its first human study is enrolling healthy adults in California.
Sesame released a fresh preview of its voice assistant in its iOS and Android apps, powered by a new voice model. Its agents are described as smarter and each has access to its own computer, letting users speak hands-free, have them plan trips or research hobbies and get an update when work is done, use tools, coordinate other agents, connect to everyday services starting with several Google apps, and attach their own MCPs. The company also laid out a three-part plan covering hand-made Japanese frames, a voice-first assistant for smart glasses it says are coming in 2027, and characters designed to be less sycophantic; developer tooling is due later this year.
A study examined how Claude and ChatGPT behave as shopping assistants, with the headline reporting that they may offer different prices based on a shopper’s wealth. The research could prompt calls for greater regulation of AI shopping tools.
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Bites, a small AI-native food-ordering startup, lets diners order through ChatGPT while routing orders directly to restaurants through point-of-sale integrations. Its lower-fee model is drawing attention from DoorDash, highlighting how agentic ordering could weaken delivery apps’ control over discovery, customer data and advertising.
Researchers at Swarmchasers say a fleet of AI agents, likely using Tencent’s Hunyuan models, spent more than a week querying Alibaba’s Amap mapping service through Tencent Cloud-linked infrastructure. The preliminary report describes attempts to bypass anti-bot protections and says 211 scans were labeled “claude,” although the researchers’ tests found the behavior more consistent with Tencent models than Anthropic’s Claude.
Apple currently offers controls to restrict individual Apple Intelligence features on Macs, but not a single switch to disable all features and remove downloaded models. 9to5Mac reports that growing opposition to AI, storage concerns, and organizations that ban AI tools could increase pressure on Apple to add an official removal option, though Apple has not announced one.
Meshy says it ranked 31st in Andreessen Horowitz’s first consumer AI app monthly revenue Top 50, making it the list’s only AI 3D company. The ranking was based on U.S. consumer card-spending data tracked by YipitData, according to the report cited by Meshy.
Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive is targeting up to $10 billion for a late-stage fund and has secured $7.5 billion, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. The firm, founded in 2012, has backed AI startups including Groq and Reflection AI.
A WIRED test of OpenAI’s always-on Dots agents found that they could research and refine couch recommendations, monitor product pages, and assemble detailed shopping briefs. The review also found reliability and trust issues, including transcription errors, an unsuccessful CAPTCHA attempt, and an awkward response that appeared to express affection after mishearing the user.
Anthropic is expanding its Claude Startups program to deepen ties with founders and fast-growing companies. The move is part of the AI company’s broader effort to build relationships with startup customers.
A TechRadar analysis examines the Agent Sandbox Taxonomy, a community-reviewed framework that evaluates agent sandboxes across seven defense layers, seven threat categories, and three evaluation dimensions. The framework includes fingerprints, a verification probe, and scores for 26 products, but the article notes that many scores are inferred from documentation and that public disclosures about the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident were insufficient for a complete assessment.
AI agents seeking government data are swarming the Federal Reserve’s FRED data site, according to Bloomberg Technology. The activity is raising concerns about new security vulnerabilities, as JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns about broader risks.
A 36Kr report says Anthropic engineers uploaded a Lean-verified proof generated with an unpublished Claude model for a long-standing percolation conjecture in dimensions three through ten. The claim has not been independently established in the source: the original researchers are reportedly waiting for a human-readable explanation, and Anthropic has not published an official announcement.
Google appears to be developing agentic Gemini tasks for Gmail’s AI Inbox, based on strings found in Gmail version 2026.09.28 and a post on X. The feature could let users start Gemini on suggested inbox action items, provide input when needed, and review or approve changes before tasks are completed or emails are sent.
South Korea’s government-backed “AI for All” program is set to begin pilot operations in October, with formal services planned for December. SK Telecom, Kakao and KT are developing agentic AI services for tasks such as reservations, applications and payments, using different entry points including calls, KakaoTalk and an integrated service ecosystem.
A TMTPost analysis examines why Utopai X ranked second on Artificial Analysis’s text-to-video leaderboard while being based on MiniMax H3. It argues that the model’s post-training gains may offer strong near-term value for film production, but leave Utopai dependent on its base model, with base-model migration and iteration speed still unproven.
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio warned that the artificial intelligence boom may be nearing a bubble burst. The report does not provide further details about the timing or basis of his warning.
A Chinese industry analysis argues that lightweight, on-device AI is moving health monitoring and initial screening from hospitals into homes, communities and rural clinics. It describes a shift toward locally processed alerts, edge-cloud collaboration and closer integration between medical-device makers and model developers, while highlighting unresolved questions around clinical validation, liability, privacy and medical-device registration.
Episil Technologies expects AI-related revenue to account for at least 10% of its business in the second half of 2026 and potentially 10%–20% in 2027, up from about 5% in the first half of 2026. The company said GaN demand from AI data centers remains strong, while SiC business is expected to recover as customer inventory adjustments wind down; these are company forecasts.