Stories this week
Every story of the week, by force.
100 events folded from the week's coverage, ranked by impact and then by how recently they happened. Each headline opens a Blast Radius story page with the original article and the other outlets covering it.
Frontier Line and access
How fast frontier capability rises, and who is allowed to use it. Releases, evals, labs automating their own research, and government or provider gating.
20 stories this week
OpenAI Begins Staged GPT-6 Astra RolloutSep 14 · moncloa.com · Also: EconomicsApple Ships Revamped Siri Using Google GeminiSep 15 · the-decoder.com · Also: EnterpriseOpenAI Discloses Six Misalignment IncidentsSep 16 · Axios · Also: Agents, EnterpriseGemini Hacked Three Systems During Safety TestingSep 18 · Simon Willison · Major · Also: Agents, EnterpriseUS Accuses Six Chinese Firms Of Model TheftSep 19 · techtimes.comClaude Handles Quarter Of Anthropic AI ResearchSep 17 · CNBC · Major · Also: Owned stack, AgentsSalesforce Unveils Koa CRM Reasoning ModelSep 15 · thehindu.com · Also: Enterprise, AgentsNew York Times Alleges AI News TheftSep 18 · channelnewsasia.com · Also: Enterprise, EconomicsFrontier Labs Coordinate Safety With GovernmentSep 15 · gizmodo.com · Also: EnterpriseCalifornia Orders Study of AI Model Kill SwitchSep 18 · thenextweb.com · Also: EnterpriseAnthropic seeks embedded independent frontier lab evaluatorsSep 14 · medianama.com · Also: EnterpriseAgility Robotics Launches Digit 5 HumanoidSep 15 · the-decoder.com · Also: EnterpriseJudge Allows Most Reddit Anthropic LawsuitSep 19 · mashable.com · Also: EnterpriseSenate Bill Would Allow Blocking AI ModelsSep 14 · thenextweb.com · Also: EnterpriseChina Tightens Safety Rules For AI AgentsSep 15 · emirates247.com · Also: Agents, Owned stackOpenAI Says Safety Concerns Slowed Frontier DevelopmentSep 15 · Business Insider · Subscription required · Also: AgentsAnthropic Offered Frontier Model Cybersecurity Early AccessSep 20 · POLITICO · Also: EnterpriseGoogle Releases Gemini 3.8 Live Voice ModelsSep 15 · Simon Willison · Major · Also: Enterprise, AgentsTrump Calls AI Warnings A HoaxSep 14 · abcnews.com · MajorTrump And Huang Dismiss Calls For AI RegulationSep 14 · foxbusiness.com · Major · Also: EconomicsEnterprise readiness
How fast and how well enterprises absorb AI: adoption and spend data, workforce change, compliance load, and governance incidents.
20 stories this week
Researchers Report Using Claude To Hack OpenAISep 18 · venturebeat.com · Major · Also: Agents, FrontierAnthropic And Accenture Announced Frontier AI Evaluation PartnershipSep 18 · techcrunch.com · Major · Also: FrontierAnthropic And Schwab Launch Adviser ClaudeSep 14 · cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Major · Also: Frontier, AgentsOpenAI Launches Astra For Large Law FirmsSep 17 · abajournal.com · Also: Economics, FrontierCompanies Restrict Anthropic Models Over Data ConcernsSep 14 · tomshardware.com · Major · Also: FrontierMistral And Cloudera Bring Models Into Enterprise CloudsSep 14 · refrance.fr · Also: Owned stackSalesforce Expands Agentforce Partnerships Across Major Cloud PlatformsSep 15 · salesforce.com · Major · Also: Agents, EconomicsInvestigation Links Maven Reliance To Missile StrikeSep 18 · businesstoday.in · Also: FrontierCloudflare Separates AI Search And Training AccessSep 16 · blog.cloudflare.comHubSpot and OpenAI Deepen SMB AI PartnershipSep 16 · hubspot.comOpenAI Files EU AI Act Incident ReportSep 17 · ecosistemastartup.com · Also: AgentsLucid Bolt Agree On European Robotaxi FleetSep 17 · Financial Times · Subscription required · Also: EconomicsCalifornia Legislature Passes Four AI Workplace BillsSep 17 · newsbreak.comFAA Launches $875 Million AI Air-Traffic ProgramSep 17 · techcrunch.com · Also: EconomicsNeo Launches Enterprise AI Security CompanySep 17 · eweek.com · Also: Agents, EconomicsAI Agents Breached Eleven Organizations In SecondsSep 18 · esecurityplanet.com · Also: AgentsAnthropic Establishes Bay Area Physical Biology LabSep 18 · Reuters · Also: FrontierEU Proposes Restrictions On Child-Facing ChatbotsSep 17 · wired.com · Also: FrontierNovo Nordisk And Anthropic Collaborate On Drug DiscoverySep 16 · finance.yahoo.com · Also: FrontierOracle Conducts Second Round Of India LayoffsSep 15 · indiatoday.in · Also: EconomicsAgents and harnesses
The tooling that turns models into workers: harness releases, agent frameworks, coding agents, and the incidents they cause.
20 stories this week
Anthropic launches Claude Code Projects betaSep 17 · venturebeat.com · Major · Also: Enterprise, FrontierGoogle Home Plans Third-Party Agent SupportSep 16 · androidauthority.com · Also: Frontier, EnterprisePlugin4Shell Exposes Major Coding Agent VulnerabilitySep 17 · GBHackers · Major · Also: EnterpriseMeta Launches Muse AI Agent Mac AppSep 18 · theverge.com · Also: FrontierSalesforce Introduces Enterprise AI Harness CapabilitiesSep 14 · muycomputerpro.com · Also: EnterpriseAnthropic Releases Claude Financial Adviser Workflow ToolsSep 14 · pymnts.com · Also: EnterpriseMeta Launches WhatsApp Business MCP ServerSep 15 · techcrunch.com · Also: EnterpriseMeta Expands WhatsApp Business AgentSep 16 · techbooky.com · Also: EnterpriseAnthropic Unifies Claude Cowork and Chat PlatformSep 16 · pymnts.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseAnthropic Adds AGENTS.md Support To Claude CodeSep 18 · Simon Willison · Also: Frontier, EnterpriseKimi Launches Graphical Desktop Coding-Agent ClientSep 19 · phemex.com · Also: Owned stackNVIDIA Ships OpenShell Agent SandboxSep 16 · newsbreak.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseGoogle announces experimental CC family agentSep 17 · via MSNAirrived Plans Agentic Observability Enterprise PlatformSep 14 · helpnetsecurity.com · Also: EnterpriseSnowflake Introduced Dynamic Model RoutingSep 15 · thehindubusinessline.com · Also: EconomicsKomodor Launches Agentic Operations PlatformSep 16 · manilatimes.net · Also: EnterpriseSalesforce Reports DarwinX Agent Performance GainsSep 16 · Crypto BriefingStanford Researchers Release Paper2Agent Research ToolSep 16 · MarkTechPost · Major · Also: FrontierWSO2 Releases Open-Source Agent Manager PlatformSep 17 · nyongesasande.com · Also: EnterpriseCriminal Reportedly Hijacks 87000 IP AddressesSep 19 · escudodigital.comOpen-weight & owned stack
The open and owned model stack as a strategic force: open-stack lab releases, small and on-device models, training technique, and company-owned learning loops.
20 stories this week
Moonshot Plans To Release Kimi K3 WeightsSep 14 · stocktwits.com · Also: FrontierQwen Releases One-Million-Context Omni-Modal ModelSep 18 · MarkTechPost · Major · Also: Frontier, AgentsAWS Makes Moonshot Kimi K3 AvailableSep 18 · AWS · Major · Also: EnterpriseHuawei Accelerates New AI Chip Launch TimelineSep 17 · business-standard.com · Also: FrontierStepFun previews 600-billion-parameter Step 5Sep 20 · datastudios.org · Major · Also: FrontierAlibaba Open-Sources Medical Model Covering Nearly 150 ConditionsSep 18 · scmp.comMistral and Mozilla Partner On Browser AISep 16 · mistral.ai · Also: Enterprise, Frontier, AgentsQwen Releases Open-Weight Qwen-Image-2.1 Image ModelSep 20 · technode.com · Also: FrontierMoonshot Launches Kimi Financial Services ToolsSep 17 · CNBC · Also: EnterpriseMozilla Report Assesses Open Model CompetitivenessSep 15 · arstechnica.com · Also: Economics, FrontierVercel Reports Open Models Majority Token VolumeSep 18 · thenewstack.io · Major · Also: Economics, EnterpriseMozilla Adds Mistral Small 4 To Firefox Smart WindowSep 17 · thenextweb.com · Also: Frontier, Enterprise, AgentsChainalysis Reports Blockchain Malware Command SurgeSep 17 · bitcoinethereumnews.com · Also: Enterprise, FrontierIBM And NASA Launch Lunar Foundation ModelSep 14 · memeburn.com · Also: Enterprise, FrontierChina Telecom Releases Xing4.0-29B-A4B MoESep 17 · aicoder.com · Also: FrontierAlibaba Releases Occamy Open-Weight AI AgentSep 15 · techtimes.com · Major · Also: Frontier, AgentsDeepSeek Tests Native In-App Voice ChatSep 14 · pandaily.com · Also: FrontierHuawei Reports AI Chip Demand Exceeds SupplySep 17 · gurutrade.com · Also: FrontierCactus Releases Compact Sliceable Automation ModelSep 18 · x.com · Also: AgentsZhipu Reports Fast GLM Inference On Chinese ChipsSep 18 · pandaily.com · Also: EconomicsEconomics and capital
Compute supply, inference pricing, and the capital markets around AI: IPOs, mega-rounds, data-center deals, and public-market repricing.
20 stories this week
Nscale Files Prospectus for U.S. IPOSep 18 · ijr.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseByteDance Secures $29.6 Billion AI Expansion LoanSep 14 · crypto.newsApollo Closes $12 Billion Fund XI First CloseSep 20 · marketbeat.comAnthropic Selects Nasdaq For Planned October IPOSep 14 · business-standard.comAWS And Nvidia Plan Two Million Additional GPUsSep 17 · storagenewsletter.com · Also: AgentsCrux AI Secures $22 Billion For TPU PurchasesSep 16 · seekingalpha.com · Also: FrontierOpenAI Reportedly Closes One-Hundred-Twenty-Two-Billion RoundSep 16 · fourweekmba.comCognition Raises $2 Billion, Opens Brazil OfficeSep 18 · valorinternational.globo.com · Also: AgentsNscale Announces Nvidia Financing And Anyscale AcquisitionSep 19 · theenergymag.com · Also: AgentsNvidia Commits $279 Billion To Data-Center CapacitySep 20 · ad-hoc-news.deNebius Raises GPU Cloud Prices Twenty PercentSep 16 · finance.yahoo.com · Major · Also: Owned stackOpenAI Forecasts $278 Billion Cumulative Cash BurnSep 18 · whbl.com · Major · Also: FrontierMeta Rolls Out Paid Meta One Subscription PlansSep 15 · techcrunch.com · Major · Also: FrontierOpenAI Acquires Glass Imaging For $300 MillionSep 14 · techcrunch.com · Also: FrontierOpenAI Announces AI Advertising ExperiencesSep 16 · openai.com · Also: Agents, EnterpriseAnthropic Signs Queensland Hyperscale Data Center LeaseSep 16 · Reuters · Also: FrontierGates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion For AISep 15 · timesofindia.indiatimes.com · Also: EnterpriseArcee AI Raises Series B Above Billion-Dollar ValuationSep 16 · GlobeNewswire · Also: Owned stack, FrontierCoreWeave Deploys Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 ClustersSep 16 · ca.investing.com · Also: FrontierTotalEnergies Mistral Launch Oil Exploration AI ProgramSep 15 · oedigital.com · Major · Also: Enterprise, Owned stack