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Google says Extended Thinking can talk through longer tasks as it works, with rollout beginning in Gemini Live, developer tools and selected Workspace features.

Core and Premium combine paid features across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Meta says the apps’ core experience will remain free.

The company says it banned accounts, but has not established harmful intent or an imminent biological threat.

Meta is advancing custom MTIA silicon, planning to deploy MTIA 450 (Arke) in H1 2027 and MTIA 500 (Astrid) by end-2027. These target efficient inference workloads with better performance-per-watt and cost than Nvidia systems. Meta partnered with Broadcom and TSMC.

CBS News reports that Sanders believes AI’s potential danger is “probably greater than nuclear weapons” and considers the nuclear-weapons analogy appropriate for his proposed penalties.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging industry to slow frontier AI development. Microsoft released a draft 37-page Humanist AI Code of Conduct emphasizing human control and bans on harmful uses. Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly supported the slowdown; Mark Zuckerberg and Trump advisers pushed back.

The Hill reports a 49–50 vote on a motion to proceed, with all Democrats and a few Republicans blocking the cryptocurrency regulation bill from advancing.

WIRED describes repeated clothing comments as an attempt to evade politics. CBS News recounts an interview with the AI actor that left its interviewer feeling creeped out.

The September 14 updates address Remote Desktop failures, Linux shared folders and multichannel audio. Microsoft says some USB audio devices still may not work.

TechCrunch reports that the five-year-old startup raised $108 million from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.

The Nevada Independent reports on a spending disparity in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District alongside its look at data center politics.

Apple rolled out iOS 27 with a major Siri overhaul powered by Apple Intelligence, offering conversational and context-aware responses. New child safety features include age-based app controls, Ask to Browse for website approval, Communication Safety detection, and Time Allowances for daily usage limits.

ZDNET says its picks follow testing of every iPhone model in recent years, including the iPhone 18 series.

Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.8 Live, a native speech-to-speech model with low-latency voice interactions, and Extended Thinking for complex multi-step reasoning. Both support visual context, multilingual switching, and agentic workflows available via Gemini API and Google AI Studio.

Pulse2.com reports that Qianggang Capital Fund led the Series C as RobotPlusPlus expands internationally and develops AI systems for hazardous industrial work.

Pulse2.com reports the fund will target pre-seed and seed-stage companies, primarily backing founders building from Southeastern Europe for global markets.

The Texas Tribune says it is unclear whether the lieutenant governor’s campaign sought permission from three Texas universities to use their trademarks in the college football-inspired ad.

Apple released iOS 27 with conversational Siri AI featuring personal context awareness, app actions, and onscreen understanding. Supports iPhone 11 and later, with advanced AI on iPhone 15 Pro/16+ models, plus performance gains and Liquid Glass UI refinements.

Meta introduced Muse, a proactive personal AI agent handling email, travel booking, payments, and workflow automation across connected apps. Running in a secure VM with privacy controls, it is available in the US via app, WhatsApp, and web with free and subscription tiers ($20/$100).

Mark Zuckerberg posted on building safe AI futures, emphasizing alignment incentives and independent evaluators. Meta launched paid tiers (Meta One) and delayed Muse feature for safety reasons.