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Week 39 · 2026

September 21 – September 27

150 events

Importance: monitoring GitHub Tools and apps ✓ official

GitHub Copilot in Slack and Microsoft Teams: public preview of an improved integration

GitHub has launched a public preview update to GitHub Copilot for Slack and Microsoft Teams with improved use of conversation context, model switching, and linking to GitHub issues. Available for Business and Enterprise plans, gradual rollout.

Importance: major Meta AI agents ✓ official

Meta's Muse app reaches 3.4 million downloads and the top spot in app stores

Meta's Muse app reached 3.4 million downloads in the first 17 days after launch (2.3–4.3 million according to other firms) and took first place in both the US App Store and Google Play. Its download growth rate significantly outpaces ChatGPT.

Importance: monitoring Regulation and law 1 source

Sony and Universal Music Group sue Suno again over v6 model

Sony and Universal Music Group have filed another lawsuit against Suno. They claim that the v6 model infringes their copyrights because it was trained on the outputs of older Suno models, which were created from music illegally downloaded from YouTube and other sources.

Importance: monitoring Amazon Tools and apps 1 source

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod and Qumulo enable AI model training across AWS regions without data replication

Amazon Web Services and Qumulo have described a solution that, using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod and Cloud Data Fabric, enables training AI models with data located in a different AWS region without copying it. A test on the LLaMA v3 model at 60 ms latency showed performance comparable to that with local data.

Importance: monitoring Business and investment 1 source

AI remediation: a new category of work to check and correct AI outputs

According to an analysis by The Conversation, a new category of work is emerging called AI remediation – people checking and correcting erroneous outputs from language models. White-collar workers in finance, tech and retail report that this is actually adding to their workload.

Importance: monitoring Marketing 1 source

APEK survey: half of Czech online shoppers have already used AI when shopping

According to the E-commerce Study 2026 research by the APEK association, 50% of Czech customers have used AI when shopping online, most often for comparing products, summarizing reviews, and searching for alternatives. So far, people use AI agents only to a small extent.

Importance: monitoring Security 1 source

WISeR program for AI authorization of Medicare care is failing, GAO finds procedural violation

The government pilot program WISeR, which has used AI to approve or deny care in US Medicare since January 2026, has been plagued by technical problems, delayed decisions, and disputed denials. The GAO found a procedural violation in the program's implementation, yet it continues and an expansion is being prepared.

Importance: monitoring Security 1 source

Czech Bar Association warns of risks of using AI for legal advice

Attorney Barbora Vlachová of the Czech Bar Association warns that AI results cannot be taken as the sole truth, and cautions against uploading contracts with personal and factual data into AI tools.

Importance: monitoring Tools and apps ✓ official

OpenAI fixed a bug in image encoding in the GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna models

OpenAI has fixed a bug in image encoding in the GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna models that was degrading visual input understanding in both the API and the Codex product. The company recommends re-verifying affected workflows.

Importance: monitoring AI agents 1 source

Simon Willison: coding agents make software engineering harder, not easier

Independent commentator Simon Willison claims that the more he works with coding agents, the more convinced he is that they make software engineering harder. According to him, their full potential is unlocked only by exceptional discipline and knowledge.