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Google.org announced on Sept. 15 that the MIT Transit Lab is a recipient of $2.1 million in funding — one of only 15 projects selected in the worldwide Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Government Innovation. The funding from Google’s philanthropic arm will support NGOs, social enterprises, and
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I believe the margin for success is enterprise AI projects is still narrow. All the more reason to learn from vendors getting traction with AI agents. But make no mistake, this is not the rogue agent approach that is dominating tech headlines with sensational scares. No, this is a different
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Save $110: The Ring Battery Doorbell 4K Pro is down to $150 right now, slashing the original $260 asking price by $110 for a limited time ahead of October Prime Day. This deal comes to a close on Oct. 7, so you don’t have too long to pick up
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A new AI system that excels at challenging games with hidden information could someday help human decision-makers select ideal strategies to outfox opponents in complicated situations like military maneuvers. Using advances in machine-learning, researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and Stanford University developed an AI that defeated
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You can now text your DoorDash orders instead of using the app or website. DoorDash DoorDash has revealed more details about its drone delivery program. Chipotle and Popeyes are among the first restaurant partners to sign up for DoorDash Air, which will initially be available in northern California. The company
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AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence research company co-founded and led by AI pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $8.2 billion. The acquisition is aimed at strengthening AMD’s AI capabilities by bringing World Labs’ model
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Around 100 publishers have joined Google’s pilot program, The Information reports. by Emma Roth Sep 30, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a
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* AI coding agents exposed sensitive screenshots while attempting to document software changes * Researchers found thousands of publicly accessible images across hundreds of organizations * Findings highlight security risks from autonomous developer tools and Shadow AI practices Artificial Intelligence (AI) doesn’t have to be malicious, evil, or gullible, to be a
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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7:50 AM PDT · September 30, 2026 On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top AI leaders announced a signed pledge called a “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” — a voluntary promise to implement more controls and safety measures as the rapid development of artificial intelligence continues. But there seems to be
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GSA Deputy Administrator Mike Lynch speaks at GovExec’s Government Efficiency Summit on July 16, 2026. Zaid Hamid/Nextgov/FCW ByFrank Konkel, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2026 10:32 AM ET Michael Lynch joined the General Services Administration in January 2025 as a senior advisor and later became the agency’s
