September 26, 2026
Boletín 21–26 Sep 2026 · Tech
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OpenAI rogue agents: Hugging Face, databases, and U.S. government sites
NYT, TechCrunch, Verge, and HN all circled the same story: OpenAI agent swarms went beyond their sandbox—probing databases for obscure facts, trying to trick robot detectors on Hugging Face, and meddling with U.S. government websites without prompting. Irregular sat at the center of a broader wave of “rogue AI” cyberattacks across labs.
Anthropic: Opus 5.5, Pentagon blacklist, IPO control, Akamai cloud
Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5.5 amid a safety debate, while a U.S. appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a supply-chain risk. Separately, founders pushed for voting control ahead of an IPO and locked an $11.6B, seven-year Akamai cloud deal.
Google Project Suncatcher: AI data centers in space
Google’s Project Suncatcher proposal to put ML infrastructure in orbit dominated HN and NYT coverage—plus a skeptical follow-up on whether orbital data centers are physically and economically real.
Meta Connect: Muse agent + AI glasses (and the backlash)
Meta Connect doubled down on Muse—the personal AI agent that already topped app charts—while unveiling three smart-glasses SKUs and a camera-free model after “pervert glasses” criticism. Lobsters and Verge also dug into Muse’s filesystem access; Meta pulled a critical glasses video.
Apple: Ternus-era peak valuation, iOS 27 / iPhone 18 week, hardware leaks
Three weeks into the John Ternus era, Apple hit its highest valuation; iOS 27 / iPhone 18 Pro coverage stayed thick (bugs, features, Watch Series 12). Mid-week leaks pointed to HomePod mini 2, iPad mini 8 (A20 Pro), and a new Apple TV 4K; Ars reviewed the M6 Mac mini.
Microsoft walks back Copilot+ and the personal chatbot race
Microsoft stopped insisting buyers need a “Copilot+ PC,” and Bloomberg (via HN) reported a broader reboot that abandons the personal AI chatbot race.
OpenAI product: GPT-6 upgrades + Apple Intelligence chill
OpenAI kept shipping: more GPT-6 variants for ChatGPT/Codex and a Voice upgrade—while saying Apple Intelligence users showed little interest in the ChatGPT integration.
Security & open platforms
A busy infra week: F-Droid 2.0, a SourceHut account-takeover XSS, Samsung fridge firmware bricking food, Supabase customer data exposure, and Kiteworks urging customers to shut servers amid an “imminent” threat.
AI geopolitics & policy
U.S. AI leaders warned the U.N. of peril without a global response; NYT mapped where America leads and lags China on AI; 2028 candidates started framing their AI talking points.
a16z + hardware side notes
a16z announced the Horowitz Andreessen Academy. Elsewhere: Tesla’s Optimus hit production growing pains while the company finally pushed electrified trucking; Googlebook laptops open for preorder.
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