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September 23, 2026

27 events

Importance: monitoring Regulation and law 1 source

New Zealand does not join UN initiative for oversight of advanced AI

At the UN General Assembly, 20 countries (including Australia and Canada) called for increased oversight of advanced AI systems. New Zealand, the US, and China did not join; New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon favors opportunities and regulation without new laws.

Importance: monitoring Business and investment 1 source

Enveda raises $311 million to develop AI-discovered drugs

Biotech company Enveda raised $311 million in a Series E round at a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by Catalio Capital Management, with participation from Iconiq. The company is testing drugs derived from plants and microorganisms in clinical trials.

Importance: important OpenAI New models update ✓ 3

OpenAI opens the Pro plan to new users, but halves API credits and moves toward payment for actual usage

From 29. 9. 2026, OpenAI is reopening the Pro plan at $200/month to new users and removing the 5-hour usage limit, but at the same time halving API credits per dollar. The company is thus moving from subsidized subscriptions toward payment based on actual usage. This follows the price reduction for the GPT-6 Sol and Luna models on 22. 9.

New: API credits per dollar halved; Pro plan at $200/month reopened to new users; 5-hour window for the weekly allotment removed; Strategic shift from subsidized subscription models to pay-per-use pricing; Microsoft is making similar changes with Copilot

Importance: monitoring OpenAI AI agents 1 source

OpenAI adds voice-controlled agentic features to the ChatGPT mobile app

OpenAI is adding voice-controlled agentic features to the ChatGPT mobile app — Plus and Pro users can use voice in the Work tab to create documents, write emails, or summarize Slack messages, with continuity between mobile and desktop.

Importance: monitoring Tools and apps 1 source

YouTube launches an AI storytelling assistant in Creator Studio

YouTube is adding an AI tool to Creator Studio that analyzes scripts and rough cuts based on the channel's historical performance and suggests adjustments to the video's pacing and structure. Creators can also A/B test up to three edit versions at the same time.

Part of an overview of multiple AI topics; only this event has been covered.

Importance: important Regulation and law update ✓ 2

US bill against superintelligence newly also envisages a freeze on AI development and a new federal agency

Sanders and Casar clarified the bill against superintelligence: besides the ban and a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, it also envisages an immediate freeze on the development of advanced AI until a new federal agency is created, and the possible forced dissolution of violating companies.

New: Immediate freeze on the development of advanced AI systems until a federal agency is created; Creation of a new cabinet-level federal AI agency; Specific date of the proposal: 23 September 2026; Dissolution of the company as an additional penalty for violating the law; Call for international agreements preventing the development of superintelligence

Importance: monitoring Google Tools and apps 1 source

Google DeepMind describes encrypted server-side memory for Private AI Compute

Google DeepMind has described a new encrypted server-side memory architecture for the Private AI Compute platform. Data is stored in encrypted storage in the cloud, but the decryption keys remain exclusively on the user's devices, so not even Google has access to the content.

Importance: monitoring Google Productivity ✓ official

Google's Gemini product expands Connected Apps with 14 new partner apps

Google has launched an expansion of Connected Apps in the Gemini product with 14 new partner apps (Airtable, Linear, Adobe, Webflow, Peloton, among others) for productivity, creativity, and lifestyle, controllable via @ mention in chat.

Importance: monitoring GitHub Tools and apps ✓ official

GitHub Copilot app adds local sandboxing in public preview

The GitHub Copilot app offers optional local sandboxing in public preview, which restricts the agent's access to files, network, and credentials. It is disabled by default and configured per project.

Importance: monitoring Business and investment 1 source

Nscale left its largest customer Bytedance out of its IPO documentation

The company Nscale does not mention its largest customer, the company Bytedance, which accounted for 73 percent of its revenue in 2025, in its documentation for its IPO in the US. Bytedance accessed AI computing via its subsidiary Spring and Nvidia B200 chips in Norway.

Importance: monitoring NVIDIA New models update ✓ official

NVIDIA clarifies the parameters of the Nemotron 3 Diarization speaker recognition model

NVIDIA has published additional technical details on the open-weight model Nemotron 3 Diarization: according to the company, it is 41% more accurate than its predecessor and leads the Diarization-Bench leaderboard with an error rate of 14.72% (DER).

New: 41% better error rate than Streaming Sortformer (specific percentage); The model can be combined with Parakeet to create transcripts with speaker tags; Audio buffer adjustable to four levels (30.4–0.32 seconds); Error rate increases with more participants, strong noise, and hares of sound; The Voice Arena benchmark is strict – it counts overlapping speech and misalignments

Importance: monitoring Productivity 1 source

Spotify launches Taste Profile feature in the US for adjusting recommendations via natural language

Starting Wednesday, Spotify is launching the Taste Profile feature in the US for Premium subscribers (18+), allowing users to adjust the recommendation algorithm for music, podcasts, and audiobooks using natural language. The feature also affects Discover Weekly and Spotify Wrapped and is currently in beta.

Importance: monitoring Productivity 1 source

AT&T is deploying AI in network operations; an internal source speaks of a target to reduce the workforce to 85 000 by 2030

AT&T is deploying AI in network management, customer service and code development, and starting next year it will replace hardware at thousands of nodes with cloud software from DriveNets. An internal source cites a target of reducing the workforce from 131 000 to 85 000 employees by 2030; the company called this figure inaccurate.

Importance: important OpenAI Business and investment update ✓ 2

OpenAI hires three former leaders from Patreon for a new Creator Product division, will showcase the first tools at DevDay on 29 September

OpenAI is establishing a Creator Product division led by Sam Yam, co-founder of Patreon, and aims to present the first preview of new tools for content creators at DevDay on 29 September 2026. The former heads of product and engineering also left Patreon alongside Yam.

New: OpenAI DevDay is scheduled for 29 September 2026; Patreon reduced its workforce by 20% and is restructuring its product; Sam Yam is CTO and co-founder of Patreon; Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma stepped down from Patreon in recent weeks; OpenAI is entering the creator monetization business