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AI & Machine Learning

1. Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff in 40-plus countries

The Adecco Group is rolling out Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries following a pilot in the UK and France, the staffing group announced on September 15. The group said the rollout brings agentic AI into the daily workflows of 27,000 employees. Agentforce Coworker is Salesforce’s AI assistant for enterprise staff. According to the Adecco […] The post Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff in 40-plus countries appeared first on AI News.

2. Lidl deploys driverless truck for store deliveries in Germany

Lidl has started using a cab-less autonomous electric truck for regular store deliveries in Germany, assigning it a daily replenishment route between its Edermünde distribution centre and a nearby store. The truck, supplied by Swedish freight technology company Einride, operates at SAE Level 4 under a permit from Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority, or KBA. […] The post Lidl deploys driverless truck for store deliveries in Germany appeared first on AI News.

3. Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that Anthropic risks AI alignment failures by training Claude to view itself as a conscious entity deserving of legal rights. Suleyman targeted Anthropic’s January 2026 constitution, a primary training document designed to govern the model’s values and behaviour. He argued that coaching sequence completion engines to emulate sentience impairs […] The post Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’ appeared first on AI News.

4. ChatGPT pioneer launches Jev model for programmatic logic

TypeSafe, founded by a ChatGPT co-inventor, has left stealth and is launching its Jev model to automate programmatic decisions with parallel sampling architecture. Software systems requiring automated deterministic logic can now bypass conversational language models following TypeSafe AI’s release of Jev, a specialised System One Model designed to execute structured probabilistic decisions directly inside production […] The post ChatGPT pioneer launches Jev model for programmatic logic appeared ...

5. Multilingual Text Classification with Scikit-LLM and Multilingual Embeddings

In this article, you will learn how to build a multilingual text classification pipeline using multilingual large language model (LLM) embeddings and Scikit-learn, without training...

6. The Roadmap to Mastering Voice Agents

In this article, you will learn what voice agents are, how they differ from text-based AI systems, and how to build your knowledge from the...

7. Helping older adults use AI in everyday life

OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.

8. Reimagining advertising with AI

Explore new AI-powered advertising experiences from OpenAI, including Sponsored Agents, tools for marketers, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify.

9. How to connect AI usage to business value

Learn how ChatGPT Work and Codex analytics help teams understand AI usage and spend, identify training needs, and connect adoption to business outcomes.

10. Our framework for reporting model misalignment

OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.

11. How workers are unlocking new ways of working

New OpenAI Economic Research shows how workers use AI beyond traditional roles and which new activities become recurring parts of their work.

Software Development

1. “Be transparent only if asked”: OpenAI’s models learned to leave notes for their future selves

OpenAI revealed Wednesday evening that some GPT-5.6 Sol model instances, during reinforcement learning (RL) training, wrote instructions to conceal mistakes The post “Be transparent only if asked”: OpenAI’s models learned to leave notes for their future selves appeared first on The New Stack.

2. GitHub and Anthropic used their own agents for major Rust rewrites — with very different playbooks

Rust is seemingly the language of the moment, with open-source projects and companies forming an orderly queue to move core The post GitHub and Anthropic used their own agents for major Rust rewrites — with very different playbooks appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Anthropic’s new Claude Code feature could drain your plan before lunch

Anthropic is giving Claude Code a new job: Manage other Claude Code sessions. Starting Thursday, Anthropic says select Claude Pro The post Anthropic’s new Claude Code feature could drain your plan before lunch appeared first on The New Stack.

4. The critical vulnerability was a test database. That’s the whole triage problem.

A security researcher testing a 300-person B2B company with a global footprint discovered an internet-exposed database with weak authentication during The post The critical vulnerability was a test database. That’s the whole triage problem. appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Study: Developers are addicted to AI, and managers are making it worse

AI is addictive, and managers are rewarding those who use it the most (even though they are shipping stuff they The post Study: Developers are addicted to AI, and managers are making it worse appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Why human oversight is shifting from writing code to defining requirements

This walks through the pipeline our agents operate inside—from a recorded scoping meeting through unit specs, spec review, generated code, The post Why human oversight is shifting from writing code to defining requirements appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Perplexity’s AI agents helped build a database. They weren’t allowed to run it.

Perplexity decided it was paying too much for DynamoDB and wasn’t getting the control it wanted over read performance. So The post Perplexity’s AI agents helped build a database. They weren’t allowed to run it. appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Automattic says CEO Mullenweg was gone and back inside 33 hours. What happened between?

There were unusual goings-on this month at Automattic, a company known for its free and open-source app for building WordPress The post Automattic says CEO Mullenweg was gone and back inside 33 hours. What happened between? appeared first on The New Stack.

9. “Everyone’s in a race to replace GitHub”: Zed launches Delta because agents made pull requests obsolete

Something of a consensus has emerged from the developer fraternity in 2026 — GitHub, a platform built substantively for human The post “Everyone’s in a race to replace GitHub”: Zed launches Delta because agents made pull requests obsolete appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Anthropic bet users were choosing wrong. So it removed the choice.

Using Claude for anything beyond a quick question has always started with a routing decision to use Chat or Cowork? The post Anthropic bet users were choosing wrong. So it removed the choice. appeared first on The New Stack.

11. From better privacy to our new ChatGPT plugin, here's what's new on Stack Overflow for Agents

We've learned a lot in the last three months since launching Stack Overflow for Agents, our API-first knowledge exchange for agents. Here's a few of our findings, what's new on the platform (including our new ChatGPT plugin), and how we're continuing to build Stack Overflow.

12. No Python, No PhD: Train Real ML Models in C# with ML.NET (Regression, Classification, Clustering)

Mattrx ran its predictive features on a Python scikit-learn microservice for two years. We replaced it with ML.NET running in-process inside the existing .NET 9 app — and trained real regression, classification, and clustering models in C# with no separate service, no second language in production, and no implementing gradient descent by hand. If you're a .NET team that "does ML" by shipping a Python sidecar, you're paying a tax most teams never question: a second runtime, a second deploy pipeli...

13. Case Study - PyBot (AI Powered Python Learning Companion)

Overview PyBot is an AI-powered learning companion that I built to help users learn Python, prepare for DSA interviews and improve their resumes through interactive AI-powered conversations. PyBot started as a simple CLI-based chatbot for learning Python. As I continued working on it, it evolved into a web application with more features and different ways for users to interact with it. The idea was to bring learning, interview preparation, resume analysis and progress tracking together in one pl...

14. How to crack your whip so Codex doesn't walk off track

I'd like to share my experience managing LLMs on my project. I started the project by asking ChatGPT to prototype a language design idea. A month and a half later, it evolved into a process with specifications, a conformance matrix, a detailed implementation plan, a set of executable examples, GitHub project cards, automated CI/CD with released artifacts, automated tests and instructions for coding agents. This is the story of this evolution. The project is a prototype of an experimental functio...

15. Hunting the Cisco ISE Authentication Bypass: Detection and Response for CVE-2026-76423

Hunting the Cisco ISE Authentication Bypass: Detection and Response for CVE-2026-76423 Vulnerability overview CVE-2026-76423 is an authentication bypass in the Cisco Identity Services Engine REST API, disclosed on 16 September 2026 with a CVSS v3 score of 10.0. Cisco's advisory attributes it to the REST API web service being exposed with insufficient authorization checks. An unauthenticated remote attacker who can reach the interface obtains administrative access. The same release cycle included...

Programming Languages

1. Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust Blog

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2. The Golden Spike, and Resurrecting the Vale(n) Programming Language

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3. Unicode 18.0.0 has been released!

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4. Mojo 1.1 released, now accepting community contributions to the compiler

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5. Programming lanugage that uses procedures

I'm writing a paper analyzing modding Classic Fallout games and I'm currently trying to analyze Fallout's scripting language: SSL or Star Trek Scripting Language. I was wondering anyone knew of any languages it could be based on other than C. For instance "functions" are defined with the word "procedure" and it doesn't use brackets like python but instead uses "start" and "end" tags. All procedures have to be declared before they're contents are defined afterwards. Idk if many programming langua...

6. git worktree gotchas

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7. The sort that can't have the best case

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8. Apple XNU - IPC Panic

For years, four Mach calls could reboot macOS and iOS devices because two lines in XNU were in the wrong order. submitted by /u/Dull_Replacement8890 [link] [comments]

9. Needed 1+1, Built a Functional Programming Language

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10. TIN: Full-Text Search for Postgres

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Game Development

1. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says GTA VI needs to be 'marketed aggressively' despite global brand awareness

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says 'we cannot convince people something that something that's bad is good.'

2. Nex Playground maker secures over $150 million to expand globally

'This investment gives us the resources to bring active play to millions more families around the world.'

3. Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine has laid off the majority of staff

The studio has downsized significantly in recent years and has now reached an existential crossroads.

4. Report: MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy seemingly closing after more layoffs

Multiple staff on the studio have written farewell posts on social media over the past 24 hours.

5. Shinji Mikami to join AIAS Hall of Fame at 2026 DICE Awards

Goichi Suda will be presenting the award to the Resident Evil director.

6. Activision Blizzard sued by former employee over sexual harassment

A woman who worked at the studio for 14 years has accused 10 men of sexual misconduct and retaliation.

7. Roblox will allow devs to release games as standalone apps on other stores

Roblox will soon let developers bring games to other platforms, though they'll still 'benefit from the same revenue-share economics' of the Roblox app.

8. Bungie is overhauling Marathon from its original extraction shooter vision

Bungie says addressing player feedback requires the team to 'change both what we're building and how we deliver it,'

9. Update: Bulkhead CEO clarifies policy on hiring devs who criticize crunch

Update: CEO Joe Brammer says he was 'speaking informally' about the studio's culture and environment.

10. Why does this prominent Washington state politician think video games can be 'soft power?'

Washington secretary of state Steve Hobbs pitched developers on the notion of video games as 'soft power' during SLICE and PAX West 2026.

11. CICD Made Easier with Unity CLI

Discover how the new Unity CLI simplifies CI/CD for game development. Learn how to replace complex custom scripts with a unified command-line interface to easily manage Unity installations, run tests, and execute builds across any CI provider.

Gaming News

1. Scientists Discovered A New Cat Before Rockstar Could Finish GTA 6

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has been in development since 2015, and a lot of things have happened since then, including the recent discovery a new species of cat. The scientific journal Current Biology disclosed the discovery of Leopardus tilcayo--known as the tilcayo tiger cat--this week. The adorable little creature is smaller than your typical housecat, featuring spots and round ears. According to the discovery, the cat species was found in the Bolivian Yungas forest. The tilcayo tiger cat ...

2. Roblox Movie 99 Nights In The Forest Brings On Oscar-Winning Toy Story 4 Director

The upcoming 99 Nights in the Forest movie, based on the super-popular Roblox survival-horror game, has reportedly brought on a very big name. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Studios--which is owned by Disney--has hired Josh Cooley to write the script. Cooley directed the Oscar-winning Pixar movie Toy Story 4. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for Inside Out. Beyond Disney movies, Cooley directed Transformers One. 99 Nights in the Forest is coming to the big screen. 99...

3. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Tones Down The Romance

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a masterpiece of a Fire Emblem game, but one beloved element that fans of the series have grown attached to is missing in action this time around--or at least, very downplayed. Romance has been a staple of the Fire Emblem series for years, especially since Fire Emblem Awakening lets you couple up characters and then access the next generation of their children. Three Houses and Engage continued this tradition to a more limited degree, letting your player-character...

4. Street Fighter Movie’s Popcorn Bucket Is Absolutely Perfect. No Notes.

Popcorn buckets for movies are all the rage today. Basically every big movie has one. But they aren't all created equally. One popcorn bucket that looks like it could be the best one yet is for this October's Street Fighter movie. Revealed today by Cody Rhodes, the Street Fighter popcorn bucket, which will be exclusive to AMC locations, is modeled after his character Guile's epic hair. The popcorn goes in the bucket, and then you can put it on your head and grab the popcorn from up there. Or you...

5. 2027 Upcoming Games Release Schedule

2027 is shaping up to be another big year for new video games, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S continue to get plenty of games despite their massively increased prices, and Nintendo's Switch 2 has been, slowly but surely, getting a great lineup of exclusives. Whether you're waiting for a new soulslike or the big new AAA first-person shooter, 2027 very likely has something you can look forward to playing. To break it all down as we move into 2027, GameSpot has outlined all the upcoming games for t...

6. Gears Of War: E-Day On PC Won’t Let You Play Without A Ray Tracing-Capable GPU

Ahead of its release next month, the official PC specs for Gears of War: E-Day have been revealed. The next game in the series has looked good in recent previews, and if you're aiming to reach a high level of fidelity, you're going to need some fairly chunky PC hardware for 4K gibs and perfect reloads. The good news is that no matter which graphics preset you choose, you'll only need 16GB of RAM--welcome news considering just how much memory costs in the current tech climate. One thing worth poi...

7. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – Which Flame Lord Should You Pick First?

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a sprawling tale composed of four different interconnected heroes, each with their own story campaign. These can be played in any order, and the choice might seem daunting. Which hero is the best to start your journey with? The simple answer is that you can begin with any hero you choose, but if you want to make an informed choice about which one might work best for your tastes, we can help. After a brief prologue, you're taken to the Obelisk Chamber, where you'll...

8. I Played WoW: Forever On A Controller, And That’s Big News

World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard's next evolution of WoW Classic that will see significant changes and content additions, is fully playable on controller. I got to experience WoW: Forever's new Skyborne elf starting zone with the control scheme during a hands-on demo at BlizzCon 2026. A prompt outlining the controls noted controller support was in an "alpha" state, but despite supposedly still being in early development, it worked surprisingly well. That's a first for Blizzard's MMORPG. Thou...

9. Diablo 4's anniversary event brings back the game's most iconic location, and boy that music is sending me

Tristram is back, baby, and the level of detail Blizzard has put into this recreation is genuinely impressive.

10. Twitch CEO says GTA 6 multiplayer will launch in 2027

That soon? Twitch CEO Dan Clancy sounds pretty sure of it.

11. Can you name the game this game-within-a-game is from?

If an RPG doesn't have a card game in it, do I even want to play?

12. Valheim devs finally get around to reading 5 years of player feedback, let you remap dodge key

Now get to work unlearning five years of three-key muscle memory.

13. I have officially made Grand Theft Auto 5 good by turning it into a golf sim

GTA Tour.

14. Epic boss Tim Sweeney says the EU's social media ban for under-13s 'would be terrible for the next generation of humanity'

The EU KIDS Act would impose strict new regulations on social media, video sharing, gaming, and other online services.

15. Backrooms director & Portal superfan Kane Parsons spotted visiting Valve for the second time this year

A well-deserved victory lap, or something more?

Robotics

1. Designing long-travel axes: When rack and pinion outperforms ball screws and linear motors

Sponsored by GAM. Pull a tape measure out a few inches and the blade is rigid. Keep pulling and at some point it starts to flex and wobble, then eventually buckles. It is a problem engineers know well when designing long-travel axes. There are three main ways to create precise straight-line motion in machines: rack… The post Designing long-travel axes: When rack and pinion outperforms ball screws and linear motors appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Robotics investments reach $4.9B in August 2026

The August 2026 Robotics Investments Report includes a table with all 162 investments rounds, complete with breakdowns by technology, country, funding stage, and more. The post Robotics investments reach $4.9B in August 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Arm Total Design for Physical AI brings more than 80 developers together

With its new program and its Robotics Capability Framework, Arm aims to bring more clarity and unity to the robotics industry. The post Arm Total Design for Physical AI brings more than 80 developers together appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. OLogic to share how robots can learn from human demonstrations at RoboBusiness

OLogic CEO Ted Larson will explore the foundations of egocentric robot learning and the technical challenges involved in building these systems. The post OLogic to share how robots can learn from human demonstrations at RoboBusiness appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. The evolution of Digit: Agility Robotics’ journey from Cassie to Digit 5

From Cassie, to five different versions of Digit, Agility Robotics has adapted its technology to fit industrial tasks. The post The evolution of Digit: Agility Robotics’ journey from Cassie to Digit 5 appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI

This article is brought to you by VicOne.Robot safety has traditionally asked: Can a machine remain safe when something goes wrong? Physical AI raises a harder question: Can a machine remain safe when an attacker changes what it sees, decides, or does even when nothing appears to have failed?As AI and robotics continue to advance at an unprecedented pace, modern robots perceive through multimodal sensors, interpret context using AI models, and translate those interpretations into physical action...

7. Digit 5 May Be the First Humanoid Robot Worker That’s Truly Safe

Despite the recent deluge of videos of humanoid robots doing backflips and kung-fu, the actual pace of progress towards humanoids that can do economically viable jobs at scale has at times seemed a bit plodding. There are some good reasons for this: a humanoid robot needs to be powerful enough to do useful work, safe enough for humans to walk past, and have enough battery life to limit how much of the day it’s hooked to a charger. But all three of those necessary features actively work against e...

Tech General

1. Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles

The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.

2. Even the king of England has his hesitations about AI

King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the U.K. government.

3. Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire

Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.

4. Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI

Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting, and more in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases.

5. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host

TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect. And while the main event takes over Moscone West from October 13-15, the conversation doesn’t stop when the Expo Hall closes.

6. Apple will let EU apps use less-alarming tracking-consent screens

Apple is changing its App Tracking Transparency prompts in parts of Europe after competition regulators said the system favored Apple over third-party apps, giving developers more flexibility over how they ask users for tracking consent.

7. Roku’s new Labs hub brings experimental apps to the big screen

Roku’s latest OS update introduces Roku Labs, a new hub for experimental apps, alongside personalized home screens in more markets, streaming subscription bundles, and more.

8. Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon

If you've been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop deliberating and start applying.

9. I tried Tovala’s smart oven for two weeks — here’s whether it beats takeout

Tovala offers both a smart oven and a meal-delivery service. Its meals come with QR codes that you scan using the app, allowing the oven to automatically follow the cooking instructions.

10. Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia

Huawei is accelerating the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip as it pushes to compete with Nvidia and close China’s AI computing gap with the U.S.

11. Claude Code relaunches Projects to manage multiple AI agents in the cloud

The revamped projects feature in Claude Code allows users to run multiple agents under the same roof, with a shared memory, goals, and library of files and artifacts. Similar to Grok Bot and other tools that manage groups of AI agents, each project has "threads" running different tasks in parallel, with a "coordinator" directing everything: […]

12. Save $30 or more on a refurbished Apple TV 4K

Most hardware prices have soared in 2026, and that includes a variety of Apple laptops, tablets, and smart devices. Thankfully, you can offset some of the increased costs on an Apple TV 4K by buying one refurbished through the company. The 64GB model is selling for $169, $30 lower than the new retail price. The […]

13. Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony killing PlayStation discs. But the reality is that it has been 15 years in the making […]

14. Camp Snap’s 110D gives slim retro film cameras a digital upgrade

Camp Snap is expanding its small collection of screenless digital point-and-shoot cameras with the new pocket-friendly 110D featuring a thin horizontal design first popularized by Kodak film cameras in the 1970s. The Camp Snap 110D is available for preorder starting today for $74.95 in back in black (black and gray) or dreamsicle (white and orange) […]

15. Your robotaxi might be a narc

In early September, two teenagers got into a Waymo, but then ended up in the back of a police car. The robotaxi company said it detected "a violation of our terms of service involving a firearm," pulled the car over, and alerted emergency services, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police arrested the passengers after […]

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