AI News. September 17, 2026

Sep 17, 2026

Google DeepMind launched the DeepMind Institute, led by Shane Legg, Demis Hassabis, and James Manyika, to research safe AGI development.

Shane Legg@ShaneLegg

My journey to develop AGI spans 25 yrs, including 10+ yrs thinking about technical & societal perspectives at Google DeepMind. AGI is on the horizon - we need deeper understanding of its implications. To help, we've created the DeepMind Institute. https://t.co/dpc2y4IGT1

2:25 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 406K Views

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Anthropic launched Salesforce in Claude in beta, bringing accounts, opportunities, and pipeline into Claude with 37 pre-built sales skills.

Claude@claudeai

Salesforce in Claude is now available in beta. It brings your accounts, opportunities, and pipeline into Claude, with 37 pre-built sales skills. Prep a call, review a deal, create a pipeline dashboard, or send your forecast without leaving the conversation.

3:02 PM · Sep 15, 2026 · 4.93M Views

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Claude Cowork and Claude Chat are merging into one Claude, rolling out to Pro and Max users over the next few weeks.

Claude@claudeai

Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Ask a quick question or hand over a report, and Claude takes it from there, even after you close your laptop. If something's unclear, Claude asks—you keep the final say. Rolling out to Pro and Max over the next few weeks.

4:20 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 1.72M Views

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Zuckerberg pushed back on calls for AI industry pacing coordination, saying market and liability incentives already push labs toward safety, pointing to Meta’s own months long delay of Muse.

Mark Zuckerberg@finkd

Last month I wrote about how we can build a positive and safe future for everyone: meta.com/thefutureisfor… Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens. The…

11:01 PM · Sep 15, 2026 · 7.11M Views

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Google is building Apple Messages support into Gemini’s desktop app, letting Gemini Spark read, search, and send iMessages natively (not public yet).

🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog@testingcatalog

Google is working on integrating Apple Messages into its Gemini desktop app! When enabled, Gemini Spark can operate the local Messages app natively. * Not publicly available yet. > "Read, search, and send messages in Apple Messages" h/t @bedros_p

8:21 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 11.9K Views

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Videoclaw launched a public beta Mac app for creating product demos and ads by chatting with an AI agent connected to ChatGPT or Claude.

Videoclaw = Video Creation Agent@videoclawapp

AI video creation is getting more powerful, but only a few have figured it out. Thats why I built Videoclaw. I want it to be so easy, you don't need to figure it out. Just prompt, and watch it edit, generate and create video :) Today we launch. The video was made entirely …

4:35 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 1.17M Views

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A new stealth model went live free on OpenCode and OpenRouter for one week, benchmarking near Fable 5 at GPT-5.6 Terra pricing with 262K context and 131K output tokens.

OpenCode@opencode

Union Alpha (stealth model) is free for the next week - no data training - built for agentic coding - supports images let's see what you can do

2:52 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 1.74M Views

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Delos raised €10M led by Bpifrance, Founders Future, and C4 Ventures to build AI Workers that handle daily job tasks like sales follow-ups and IT tickets.

Pierre de la Grand'rive@pierre_dlgr

We just raised €10M to build the biggest AI workforce in the world : AI workers. Real AI colleagues, with a face, a job and a professional identity : mail, phone, Microsoft or Google account. ✉️ 📞💬 Reachable by any channel 💪 Working proactively 🏪 Learning 24/7 with …

4:25 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 449K Views

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Muse opened invite codes giving 1B free tokens per code, up to 20 claims, with phone-calling access unlocked once a code hits 20 uses (US only).

Alexandr Wang@alexandr_wang

we just launched invite codes in @Muse ! if your friends use your invite code when signing up, both of you get 🎉1 BILLION TOKENS EACH🎉 for up to 20 friends! and if you invite all 20 friends, you’ll get early access to our newest features (like 📞☎️🤫 and more!)

4:13 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 721K Views

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OpenAI is also prepping a Codex Replay feature that reruns and compares task execution across multiple GPT-5.6 models from any imported conversation thread.

🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog@testingcatalog

OpenAI is preparing a Codex Replay feature that lets users test task execution from any imported conversation thread. > "Start an independent Codex Replay controller on an available loopback port. In both Codex Desktop and Codex CLI, prefer an available Codex in-app browser and …

2:56 PM · Sep 16, 2026 · 26.3K Views

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Mistral models are now powering Mozilla’s new Firefox Smart Window AI browsing assistant, starting in France and North America.

Mistral AI@MistralAI

Today, we are announcing a partnership with @mozilla to bring privacy, control and choice to people using AI to browse online. 🦊🐈 mistral.ai/news/mistral-x…

9:23 AM · Sep 16, 2026 · 153K Views

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Google is reportedly testing a Deep Think Mathematica model internally, seen as the successor to last year’s Deep Think IMO math model.

lyra@lyraxana

HOLY MOTHER OF MATHEMATICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Google is working on a math-focused variant of its DeepThink model, and its raw thoughts are pretty funny.

5:41 PM · Sep 15, 2026 · 1.4M Views

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OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents, letting users chat with business-sponsored bots and visit advertiser sites through ChatGPT ads, with some US advertisers already live.