The company also argued that its on-device models offer consumers more privacy.
Category: AI
ARPA-H Selects Atman Health to Build Voice-First AI for Heart Failure
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health announced on September 9, 2026, the teams receiving contract awards under its Agentic AI-Enabled…
Google Adds Voice Tools, Google Pics and Sheets Canvas to AI Plans
Google on September 9, 2026 published a roundup of the latest additions to its Google AI subscription plans, covering voice features in Gmail, Docs and…
Alibaba.com Says Accio Ran E-Commerce Tasks at Over 50% Lower Cost
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Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board
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Shipt announced the launch of Ask Shipt on September 9, 2026, introducing an AI shopping assistant that is available now in the Shipt app and on Shipt.com…
Lightfield Raises $47M Series A Led by a16z to Accelerate Growth
Lightfield, a startup building an AI-native customer relationship management platform, announced a $47 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen…
Researchers Tie OpenAI Agents to 12 Newly Identified Sites
Researchers published an additional-findings update on September 9, 2026, identifying 12 more websites that AI agents they attribute to OpenAI used for…
Poke Review: I Let an AI Assistant Run My Life Over Text
Have you ever missed something important because it was buried in a pile of open tabs, an app you forgot about, or a notification you swiped away? You…
Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are…