2026-09-16

Google DeepMind 发布 Gemini 3.8 Live 和 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Google DeepMind 发布 Gemini 3.8 Live 与 Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking 两个近实时语音对话模型，主打语音智能体和复杂任务执行。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2xqfxz02zhroc1hxuzi6jm

Claude for Small Business 新增 43 个工作流和 27 个集成，并推出免费培训计划

Anthropic 为 Claude for Small Business 新增 43 个工作流和 27 个集成，覆盖 Shopify、Salesforce、Stripe、Gusto 等，该产品自 5 月上线以来安装量超过 90 万次。工作流默认处于审批模式，所有发送、发布或付款需用户确认；今秋将在 10 个美国城市举办免费工作坊，14 个集成伙伴从 9 月底到 11 月各举办一场免费网络研讨会。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2xv8tm0365roc1a401zg9y

Google 发布 TranslateGemma 等多语言 AI 成果，语言技术覆盖 300 多种语言

Google 宣布其语言技术已支持超过 300 种语言、覆盖全球 86% 人口，并发布 TranslateGemma 轻量开源翻译模型（基于 Gemini 训练、支持 55 种语言、可离线运行）。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2vlgqe03sxrowkkyx8bc1s

Trail of Bits 批评 1Password 的 AI 补丁基准存在误导，并发布两个补丁验证 Agent 技能

Trail of Bits 发文批评 1Password 8月6日发布的 FLAWED 报告，称其 26% 的 AI 干净修复率受四项实验设计选择影响而失真，包括刻意指示智能体应用错误修复的提示词占 22% 数据、36% 的试验禁止编译测试，以及不同推理档位设置。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2lqodj08k0rovqocv9r3z3

Gemini Live audio

Tool: Gemini Live audio Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking today - two new speech-to-speech models that are a similar shape to OpenAI's GPT-Live family. I pointed GPT-6 Astra Extra High at the documentation and had it build me this web UI for trying out the new models. You can select a model and voice preset, enter an optional system prompt and then start a voice conversation through your browser, including the ability to interrupt the model while it is talking. The implementation uses no libraries. It connects to the wss://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/ws/google.ai.generativelanguage.v1alpha.GenerativeService.BidiGenerateContent?key=... WebSocket endpoint and uses a Web Audio API AudioContext for both capture and playback. Here's the Gemini Live tutorial fo

阶跃星辰发布 StepAudio 3 系列语音大模型，多款在 Artificial Analysis 榜单全球第一

阶跃星辰发布 StepAudio 3 系列，包含 Realtime、ASR、TTS、Gen 和 Music 五款模型，已在阶跃星辰开放平台上线。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2d4jj405xcro25xm50v262

Gergely Orosz 探访 OpenAI：Codex 驱动的智能体软件工厂

Gergely Orosz 实地探访 OpenAI 总部并访谈七位工程师与工程负责人，发现自约一月起 Codex 和 ChatGPT Work 已成为公司几乎所有工作的基础。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu2utske02sjrowk2zs2agim

Can Skills Learned in Games Transfer to Real-World Work?

Good Start Labs trained an AI on a railroad game — and one version improved at financial research. The difference was the training design.

[AINews] AEF-1 standard emerges for Third Party Evaluators, as Xai, OpenAI, and Anthropic all cosign

Pacing gathers pace.

The AI Inference Revolution Is Here

Since about 2020, AI has largely focused on training bigger and better models. Large language models (LLMs) ballooned from millions of parameters to trillions. This proved effective: The largest version of OpenAI’s GPT-3, released in 2020, correctly answered just 43.9 percent of questions on a popular knowledge-and-reasoning benchmark. Just four years later, GPT-4o reached a score of 88.7 percent on the same exam, effectively matching those of human experts. Advanced AI labs are still training ever larger models, but that training has somewhat receded to the background of the AI conversation. In 2026, inference—the use of trained models to produce code, write essays, or make images of ourselves as elves—has come to the forefront. “It’s like training is yesterday’s news,” says Matt Kimball

Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup

A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

AI isn't some new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang. It's just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.

Discover how to take your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Learn how to scale your startup breakthrough from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 with scaling leaders, Adrian Macneil (Foxglove), John Mackey (MBRYONICS), and Boris Sofman (Bedrock Robotics). Register before September 25 to save up to $200 on your pass.

The EOS R8 Mark II is Canon’s lightest full-frame camera with stabilization

Canon announced the second-generation of its EOS R8 with a new retro-inspired redesign and the addition of in-body stabilization. That feature was one of the most notable omissions from the original R8 that launched in 2023 as a smaller, cheaper, and more accessible alternative to the Canon R6 Mark II for photographers wanting a larger […]

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women’s health research with vaginal microbiome data

Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.

Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th

It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the […]

Everyone Says Datacenter Moratoriums Are Killing the US Buildout. We disagree

20GW sits inside a restricted local boundary, 1,525MW actually slips, 2.3GW nationwide including New York

AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular in every poll

Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to - AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1,503 likely voters surveyed […]

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.

What if social media isn’t hurting kids?

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of the social media backlash. Haidt […]

Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI

Shortly after launching its new do-everything AI assistant Muse, Meta's launching subscription bundles that pair its standalone app subscriptions with extra AI usage. Some of the new Meta One bundles were in testing earlier this year, but are now available globally starting today, with several tiers for individual users, creators, and businesses. Meta says the […]

Where in the world is the iPhone cheapest?

Apple’s high-end models cost more in markets like India and Turkey owing to high taxes and import duties.

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal funding based on population sizes.

PATA and ATTIA Formalise Organisational Partnership to Advance Travel and Technology Collaboration in Asia Pacific

PATA and ATTIA have signed an MOU to collaborate on events, policy advocacy, and marketing across the Asia Pacific travel and technology sector.

dormakaba to acquire Alliants, connecting hotel access with digital guest experience

dormakaba acquires Alliants, a UK-based guest experience platform serving 100,000+ hotel rooms, to combine physical access control with digital guest engagement in a single end-to-end hospitality solution.

Not All Innovation Is On The Show Floor: UrVenue Invites Hospitality Leaders to an Open House During One of Las Vegas’ Busiest Gaming Weeks

UrVenue is hosting an interactive technology showcase at its new Las Vegas Strip HQ on Sept. 30, offering guided sessions on experience inventory, guest journey management, web design, and its OpenTable integration.

Unifocus launches AI-powered platform to transform workforce and operations management in hospitality

Unifocus launches Claira, an AI-native end-to-end workforce and operations platform built for hoteliers, with a specific focus on the historically underserved select-service segment.

roommaster Heads to NoVacancy 2026 with a New Look & Modern Hospitality Tech Tools

roommaster will demo its reimagined PMS platform at NoVacancy 2026 in Sydney, promising 60% fewer clicks, 3x faster performance, and 99.95% uptime for small hotel teams.

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Can Hospitality Make Longevity Part of Everyday Life?

Novotel's "Longevity Everyday" philosophy, activated through its first Longevity Week in September 2026, offers a blueprint for wellness resorts to embed longevity as a scalable, behaviour-driven guest experience.

The Broken Creator-to-Booking Chain, and Why It Matters Now

Skift Creator Summit: Five Decisions in the Room

Skift Live Tourism Summit: Five Decisions in the Room

Nigeria arrests alleged Mexican drug kingpin at international airport

Arturo Carrera Loaiza denies allegations he was involved in meth production, the Nigerian authorities say.

What weapon could the US have put into space?

The announcement by the US points to a developing field of modern warfare in the Earth's orbit.

All support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour quit after Macklemore dropped

The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.

Five takeaways from Canada's push to woo the world's richest investors

A $1tn sales pitch, more than 160 projects on offer, pivot to the EU amid a bitter trade war with the US - takeaways from the first Canada Investment Summit.

More than 100,000 people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

Figures show 88% of the centenarians are women as the population continues to age and shrink.

Iran war has led to US munitions shortfalls, Pentagon inspector confirms

The inspector also found a bottleneck in resupply, despite President Donald Trump's claims that US supplies are "virtually limitless".

Iran war updates: US says Saudi pipeline to resume as Yemen fighting rages

Skyrocketing fuel prices spark protests around the globe

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Poland reinforces border with Ukraine amid growing security concerns across Europe

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Romanian shepards and farmers clash with police

UK, US, Netherlands warn of Iran-linked spyware

US Senate crypto bill collapses in blow to industry

Hunter Harvey’s “text paintings” are graphic parodies where the typeface is the main character

A mix between bumper stickers, overheard conversations, billboards and Microsoft Powerpoint graphics, these unique paintings seem straight to the point, but conceal hidden meanings about the aesthetic functions of type design.

Chasing la dolce vita

Homecomings, fantasies, food and ghosts – how the myth of eternal return keeps the Italian diaspora in a state of longing - by Ben Faccini Read on Aeon