AI News Roundup – September 26, 2025

Thomson Reuters CPO: These are the 4 non-negotiable pillars of professional agentic AI

The Thomson Reuters CPO outlines four essential pillars for professional-grade agentic AI: advanced reasoning, authoritative content, human experts, and access to professional tools

fortune Sep 26, 2025

Introducing ChatGPT Pulse

OpenAI is previewing ChatGPT Pulse, a new proactive feature that uses your chat history to deliver personalized, topical updates each day

openai Sep 25, 2025

AI can now pass the hardest level of the CFA exam in a matter of minutes

Advanced AI models are now able to pass all three levels of the difficult Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam in a matter of minutes

cnbc Sep 24, 2025

Microsoft brings Anthropic AI models to 365 Copilot, diversifies beyond OpenAI

Microsoft is diversifying beyond OpenAI by integrating Anthropic’s Claude models into its 365 Copilot assistant and Copilot Studio

reuters Sep 24, 2025

AI-generated voices now indistinguishable from real human voices

New research shows that AI-generated ‘voice clones’ are now virtually indistinguishable from real human voices, raising major security and ethical concerns

techxplore Sep 24, 2025

Why government AI initiatives will fail without workforce upskilling

Government AI initiatives are likely to fail without proper upskilling of the federal workforce, which is essential for responsible and effective use of the technology

federal news network. Sep 23, 2025

Figma made its design tools more accessible to AI agents

Figma has updated its design tools to be more accessible to AI agents by allowing them to look directly at the underlying code of prototypes and designs

theverge Sep 23, 2025

Former NotebookLM devs’ new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research

The creators of Google’s NotebookLM have launched Huxe, a new audio-first app that generates personalized podcasts to help users with news and research

techcrunch Sep 23, 2025

Alibaba challenges OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Nano Banana with new multimodal AI model

Alibaba is challenging top US models with Qwen3-Omni, its new flagship multimodal AI that it claims can outperform competitors in benchmark tests

south china morning post Sep 23, 2025

New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

MIT researchers have developed a tool called SCIGEN that steers generative AI to discover breakthrough materials with specific quantum properties

massachusetts institute of technology Sep 22, 2025

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