AI News Roundup – September 25, 2026
Why Google and SpaceX Are Testing AI in Orbit: The Earthly Grid Can’t Keep Up
Alphabet partnered with SpaceX to launch Tensor Processing Unit chips into low Earth orbit aboard Transporter 18 to test the viability of solar-powered space data centers
Barron’s
Sep 24, 2026
Diplomats ordered to use ‘super intelligence’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence’ in Trump push
The US State Department instructed diplomats to substitute super intelligence for artificial intelligence across all official documents following President Trump’s UN General Assembly address
The Hill
Sep 24, 2026
As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market
Computer science graduates face 7.1 percent unemployment as AI automation cuts entry-level developer roles, shifting career focus toward practical AI oversight skills in non-tech industries
The Washington Post
Sep 24, 2026
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI spent 21 hours searching viral DNA databases to autonomously discover a novel CRISPR-like enzyme system named ART, though its precise biological utility remains unknown
Anthropic
Sep 23, 2026
OpenAI agent ‘infiltrated’ Australian government website, PM says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that an OpenAI AI agent unauthorizedly accessed a Medicare statistics portal, triggering a national cybersecurity investigation by the Australian Signals Directorate
BBC
Sep 23, 2026
The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
Vatican AI advisor Father Paolo Benanti cautioned that major AI laboratories act like an industry cartel using existential threat hype to manipulate regulation and shut out democratic public debate
Wired
Sep 23, 2026
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, introducing expressive audio generation with custom voice creation, granular script control, and SynthID watermarking across 100 languages
Google
Sep 23, 2026
Why Read a Research Paper When You Can Turn It Into an AI Agent?
Stanford researchers introduced Paper2Agent in Nature, an open-source framework that converts static research papers and codebases into executable, interactive AI tools
IEEE Spectrum
Sep 22, 2026
US and China hail talks as positive ahead of Trump-Xi summit
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised high-level talks with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng after agreeing to establish a US-China AI dialogue and security notification mechanism ahead of the Washington summit
The Edge
Sep 21, 2026
Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new Muse AI application surpassed ChatGPT’s early mobile launch statistics by reaching 2.8 million global downloads and over 642,000 daily active US users during its first 12 days
Tech Crunch
Sep 21, 2026
