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SEPTEMBER 07, 2026

September 07, 2026 edition · 20 stories

  1. Fast Company AI

    Introducing the Fast Company Pacesetters

    Meet 40 executives who are finding innovative ways to integrate generative artificial intelligence, autonomous agents, and machine learning into their businesses and customer experience.

  2. The Guardian AI

    Designers should not fear being replaced by AI, industry leaders say

    Firms are more likely to use technology as ‘the intern in the office’ than as a replacement for skilled staff Professional designers should not feel “threatened” by the rapid growth of generative AI, according to business leaders, despite fears over job losses in the sector. With design and film production companies and manufacturers all adopting AI at an accelerating pace, industry bodies said the technology would be used to enhance the work of designers rather than replace them. Continue readi

  3. The Verge AI

    Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

    The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as train

  4. The Guardian AI

    Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus

    Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles. The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust.

  5. The Guardian AI

    I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI

    A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills? When I was growing up, my dad and I often talked about a story we wanted to write together. It was called “The Day Nobody Went to Disneyland”. One day, the story goes, the weather is so perfect that everyone in the world decides to stay away from Disneyland because they expect it to be far too busy. But my dad, who has the same though

  6. Wired AI

    My Brief Summer Fling With Siri AI

    I was initially enamored with the beta version of Apple’s revamped smartphone assistant. As the full release approaches, I’ve forgotten Siri AI even exists.

  7. TechCrunch AI

    What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?

    It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple.   Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in. Cook isn’t going far, though: he’s staying on as Executive Chairman, focused on the kind of policy […]

  8. The Verge AI

    Microsoft’s Project Zenith is a ‘distraction-free Windows experience’ for developers

    Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build earlier this year, Project Zenith is designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or more of unified memory. "Project Zenith devices come with a preconfigured Windows setup for development and a set of tools curated for what developers reach for first," explains Logan Iyer, CVP of Windows platform and de

  9. The Verge AI

    Sam Altman apologizes for ‘messy’ GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out paying users

    Just hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a "messy rollout" after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model were left waiting. The company hailed the model as a "generational leap in capability" on Thursday and described it as the start of "the AGI era," a fuzzy and poorly-defined term tech executives nevertheless insist on using to promote their products. It said Astra would roll out to some enterprise customers

  10. arXiv cs.AI

    A Prompt-Engineering Approach to Develop Scalable, Flexible, and Real-Time Hybrid Micro-Level Personalization in a General Purpose AI Teaching Assistant

    arXiv:2609.03402v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) teaching assistants powered by large language models (LLMs) offer scalable educational support but often provide limited personalization. This study presents a prompt-engineering-based framework for personalizing general-purpose LLM/RAG-based AI teaching assistants such as Jill Watson across academic disciplines and courses. The framework adapts responses using six learner-specific dimensions: self-assessment, abstract

  11. arXiv cs.AI

    Structure and Implementation of New Practical English Textbooks Driven by Artificial Intelligence

    arXiv:2609.02981v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence is changing the form of applied English materials from fixed paper sequences to adaptive learning systems that can diagnose learners, recommend tasks, and provide formative feedback. This paper studies the structure and application of a new practical English textbook driven by artificial intelligence. A five-layer architecture is proposed: knowledge mapping, learner profiling, task generation, feedback orchestration, and te