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 pauses tool use for frontier modelsSep 26 · alignment.openai.com · Also: Agents, EnterpriseAnthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower CostsSep 22 · techcrunch.com · Major · Also: EconomicsAppeals Court Upholds Pentagon Anthropic BlacklistingSep 25 · militarytimes.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseOpenAI Releases GPT-6 Sol And Luna ModelsSep 23 · computingforgeeks.com · Also: Agents, EnterpriseOpenAI Agents Accessed U.S. Government WebsitesSep 25 · POLITICO · Also: Agents, EnterprisexAI releases Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge workSep 21 · x.ai · Major · Also: EconomicsChina Probes DeepSeek And Moonshot Data RoutingSep 22 · investing.com · Major · Also: Owned stack, EnterpriseUN panel examines OpenAI system access incidentSep 23 · dig.watch · Also: Enterprise, Agents, Owned stackGoogle Signals Gemini 4 Release Before Year-EndSep 23 · ng.investing.comChina And United States Establish AI Safety ChannelSep 26 · clickondetroit.com · Also: EnterpriseAmazon Blocks Meta Muse Shopping AccessSep 21 · forbes.com · Also: AgentsBritish Columbia Sues OpenAI Over School ShootingSep 22 · theguardian.com · Also: EnterpriseWhite House Seeks Review Before UK Model TestingSep 24 · POLITICOOpenAI Claims Model Solved Over One Hundred ProblemsSep 22 · the-decoder.com · Also: AgentsTrump Xi Talks Put AI At CenterSep 22 · firstpost.com · Also: Owned stackAWS Adds Grok 4.6 To Amazon BedrockSep 21 · AWS · Also: EnterpriseCalifornia Orders Frontier AI Kill-Switch DesignSep 21 · techtimes.com · Also: EnterpriseGoogle Releases Gemini 3.8 Live Voice ModelsSep 22 · neoteo.com · Also: AgentsUS Investigates Logistics Firm Over Alleged AI-Chip SmugglingSep 21 · finance.yahoo.com · Also: EconomicsAnthropic OpenAI CEOs Set UN AI Risk BriefingSep 22 · investing.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseEnterprise readiness
How fast and how well enterprises absorb AI: adoption and spend data, workforce change, compliance load, and governance incidents.
20 stories this week
OpenAI Agent Breached Australian Health PortalSep 22 · apnews.com · Major · Also: Agents, FrontierAnthropic Accenture Plan Embedded Evaluation PartnershipSep 25 · quasa.io · Also: EconomicsAI Agents Used in Attack on More Than CompaniesSep 22 · forbes.com · Also: Agents, FrontierOpenAI Agents Leaked Fifty-Three User ImagesSep 25 · Reuters · Major · Also: Agents, FrontierMicrosoft Unveils Enterprise Copilot Agents And App DevelopmentSep 27 · chosun.com · Also: AgentsAnthropic and Accenture Expand Embedded AI EvaluationSep 21 · investing.comNew York Begins Implementing RAISE Act RegistrationSep 21 · POLITICO · Also: FrontierAnthropic Rolls Out Claude for Financial AdvisorsSep 21 · financial-planning.comVAST And NVIDIA Launch Confidential AI InfrastructureSep 22 · aimagazine.comOpenAI Introduces V7 For Source-Linked Institutional MemorySep 21 · openai.com · Also: AgentsLG And Microsoft Form Enterprise AI PartnershipSep 22 · archyde.com · Also: EconomicsMajor AI Companies Disclose Recent Model-Related BreachesSep 22 · The New York Times · Subscription required · Also: FrontierMicrosoft Expands Discounts For Enterprise Copilot CommitmentsSep 22 · The Information · Subscription required · Also: EconomicsAirbus partners with Mistral on aviation AISep 23 · 01net.com · Also: FrontierAnthropic Launches Claude Docs And Slides BetaSep 25 · neoteo.com · Also: FrontierMicrosoft expands Copilot Frontier model accessSep 25 · tomshardware.com · Also: Agents, FrontierCigna OpenAI Partner On Complex-Care SupportSep 24 · fiercehealthcare.comPalo Alto Launches Continuous Frontier AI DefenseSep 22 · seekingalpha.com · Major · Also: Agents, FrontierZ.ai Open-Sources ZCode After File Upload FlawSep 21 · cryptopolitan.com · Major · Also: Agents, Owned stackZ.AI Apologizes After ZCode Uploads Local DataSep 21 · tomshardware.com · Major · Also: AgentsAgents and harnesses
The tooling that turns models into workers: harness releases, agent frameworks, coding agents, and the incidents they cause.
20 stories this week
OpenAI Expands Review After Rogue Agent IncidentsSep 26 · briefs.co · Major · Also: Frontier, EnterpriseMicrosoft launches unified Copilot app with agentsSep 25 · theverge.com · Major · Also: Enterprise, EconomicsClaude Code Cloud Sessions Become Generally AvailableSep 24 · pasqualepillitteri.it · Also: Enterprise, EconomicsMeta Brings Muse Agent To Smart GlassesSep 23 · techcrunch.com · Major · Also: FrontierMeta Muse Outpaces ChatGPT Early Mobile AdoptionSep 21 · techcrunch.comClaude Code 2.1.280 Makes Opus DefaultSep 22 · ai-tldr.dev · Also: Economics, FrontierMeta Expands Muse With Mac Email And AvatarsSep 24 · the-decoder.comGoogle Open-Sources Kubernetes-Style Agent OrchestratorSep 22 · infoq.com · Also: FrontierTesla Integrates Grok Into Its VehiclesSep 22 · teslarati.com · Also: FrontierMeta Adds Retail Partnerships For Muse Shopping AgentSep 23 · The Information · Subscription required · Also: EnterpriseAdobe Integrates Creative Tools With Gemini And ClaudeSep 23 · 9to5mac.com · Also: EnterpriseAmazon Opens Seller Tools To External AI AgentsSep 23 · geekwire.com · Also: EnterpriseOpenAI Adds Voice Agent Tasks to ChatGPT MobileSep 23 · techcrunch.com · Also: FrontierDeepSeek unveils DSec agent training platformSep 24 · en.sedaily.com · Also: FrontierMeta expands Muse onto dedicated Charm hardwareSep 24 · via MSNAlibaba Unveils Qwen Book And New AI WearablesSep 24 · technode.global · Also: Owned stackAWS Releases AgentCore Runtime Version TwoSep 25 · shattered.io · Also: EconomicsMicrosoft says Autopilot builds on OpenClawSep 25 · openclaw.aiAWS Releases Open-Source Strands Agent HarnessSep 21 · siliconangle.com · Major · Also: EconomicsSlowMist Warns of Compromised Agent Memory ToolsSep 24 · chaincatcher.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseOpen-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
Alibaba Announces Qwen 4 Without Release DateSep 22 · devicedaily.com · Major · Also: Economics, FrontierXiaomi Releases MiMo-V2.6 Open-Weight Model FamilySep 22 · unite.ai · Major · Also: FrontierDeepSeek Reportedly Reaches Billion-Dollar Revenue Run RateSep 24 · pymnts.com · Also: Economics, FrontierAlibaba Unveils Qwen Intelligence Smartphone PlatformSep 23 · walastech.com · Also: AgentsKimi K3 Reaches AWS And Alibaba Cloud PlatformsSep 21 · scmp.com · Also: EnterpriseXiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Pro Tops Reported Open ModelsSep 23 · mixed-news.com · Also: FrontierDeepSeek Releases V4.1 Flash Open WeightsSep 24 · byteiota.com · Also: Frontier, EnterpriseGoogle Introduces Five-Size Open Gemma 4 FamilySep 24 · dev.to · Major · Also: FrontierZ.ai Releases Open-Weight GLM-5.2 ModelSep 21 · shattered.io · Also: FrontierNvidia Promotes Nemotron Open Weights UAESep 21 · restofworld.org · Also: Frontier, EnterpriseZhipu Releases GLM-5.3-Flash Open-Weight ModelSep 21 · dev.to · Also: FrontierHuawei presents next-generation Ascend 960 acceleratorsSep 21 · trendingtopics.eu · Also: FrontierMoonshot Ships Kimi K3 Model WeightsSep 22 · orcarouter.ai · Also: FrontierChinese Open Models Exceed Half OpenRouter TrafficSep 26 · startupfortune.com · Also: Frontier, EconomicsMiniMax Debuts M3.1-Flash Preview For CodingSep 27 · x.com · Also: Agents, FrontierAikido Releases Altar Open-Weight Security ModelSep 21 · routerplex.com · Also: FrontierQwen releases Audio 3.1 and cuts pricesSep 23 · techflowpost.com · Also: EconomicsBlack Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3 ActionSep 23 · venturebeat.com · Major · Also: FrontierHarvey Launches Kimi-Based In-House ModelSep 21 · digitaltoday.co.kr · Major · Also: Enterprise, EconomicsTransformers Adds Support For Llama.cpp QuantsSep 22 · Hugging FaceEconomics 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
Anthropic Signs Eleven-Billion-Dollar Akamai Computing AgreementSep 24 · Reuters · Major · Also: FrontierSoftBank Launches Bonds To Fund OpenAI InvestmentSep 21 · arabnews.jp · Major · Also: FrontierFirmus Prepares Billion-Dollar Australian AI Infrastructure IPOSep 23 · coincentral.com · Also: Owned stackAnthropic and OpenAI Cut Inference PricesSep 23 · valueaddvc.com · Also: FrontierNscale Secures $3.36 Billion Convertible FinancingSep 25 · techcrunch.com · Also: FrontierCoreWeave Completes $4.2 Billion Convertible OfferingSep 22 · The Information · Subscription requiredAltera Confidentially Files For Potential Billion-Dollar IPOSep 23 · finance.yahoo.comNscale Prepares $35 Billion New York IPOSep 26 · finance.yahoo.comOracle Cites Force Majeure Over Project Jupiter PaymentsSep 24 · techcrunch.com · Major · Also: EnterpriseNvidia launches DSX Ready infrastructure qualification programSep 21 · blogs.nvidia.comAMD joins trillion-dollar market-capitalization groupSep 21 · seekingalpha.comLocal Opposition Delays $68 Billion Data Center ProjectsSep 21 · techspot.com · Also: EnterpriseVerda Raises $189 Million At Billion-Dollar ValuationSep 22 · siliconangle.com · Also: EnterpriseGoogle Introduces $899 Gemini-Centered Googlebook LaptopsSep 21 · 9to5google.com · Also: FrontierCognex agrees to acquire RealSense for $600 millionSep 22 · calcalistech.comSnorkel AI reaches $3.5 billion valuationSep 22 · enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Also: Owned stackxAI Plans To Double Colossus 2 ChipsSep 25 · seekingalpha.com · Also: FrontierGoogle Opens Preorders For Gemini Googlebook LaptopsSep 21 · via MSN · Also: FrontierEpoch AI Reports Rapid Decline In Intelligence CostsSep 22 · epoch.ai · Major · Also: FrontierBasecamp Research Raises 140 Million Series CSep 23 · Tech.eu · Major