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PrismML released Bonsai 2 27B on September 17, 2026, a 5.9 GB ternary build of Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 27B that the company says keeps 98.2% of its benchmark score. The figures are PrismML’s own, and independent testing has not caught up.
OpenAI has acquired smartphone camera startup Glass Imaging in a deal worth more than $300 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. Neither company has confirmed it.
OpenAI published a customer story on how Fyxer built its AI executive assistant. The funding history, independent reviews and security claims tell a messier story than the case study alone.
OpenAI published a customer story saying Perplexity now trusts GPT-6 Astra to write communications, edit production code, and monitor live systems with much less check-in than earlier models needed.
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra now powers testing across Devin’s cloud agent, CLI, and desktop products, with Cognition framing it as a path to less manual code review. The update lands three days after Cognition’s $48 billion valuation.
AEON, a crypto-funded payments startup, announced Agentic Checkout on September 4, 2026, a system that lets AI agents shop, build a cart, and pay using a new AEON AI Card settled over Visa and Mastercard rails.
INMO announced on September 4, 2026 that its GO3 AI glasses were named an IFA Innovation Award Honoree at IFA 2026 in Berlin, recognized in the Best in IFA Next and Emerging Technologies category.
Pony.ai and Korean mobility firm FutureLink signed a partnership in Seoul to deploy 200 Level 4 robotaxis in Korea by 2028, starting with a 10 vehicle certification fleet in Gangnam.
Hugging Face is reportedly evaluating acquisition interest at a valuation of at least $13 billion. No buyer or agreement has been disclosed, while the company’s community obligations may complicate any sale.
London startup Inherent, founded by Google DeepMind alumni, says its AI agent Faraday outperformed much larger models from Anthropic and OpenAI at independently reproducing published scientific findings, using a fraction of the parameters.