Archive — Sept. 25, 2026

Past articles to inform your future.

Edition Sept. 25, 2026 (5pm)

Photo: Office of the New York State Attorney General

Brief
Anthropic’s $11.6 billion Akamai deal leads Friday’s AI news
Lark Pemberton Sept. 25, 2026, 5:01 p.m. CT
DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza

Policy
Appeals court lets Pentagon bar Anthropic’s Claude, 2-1
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 5:01 p.m. CT
Photo: Dan DeLong / Microsoft

Product
Microsoft rebuilds Copilot around Office, apps and an agent
Rowan Keel Sept. 25, 2026, 5:01 p.m. CT

Photo: Renelibrary / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Brief
OpenAI asks Texas judge to end Musk firms’ antitrust suit
Lark Pemberton Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
Photo: Ajay Suresh / Flickr (CC BY 4.0, cropped)

Markets
Anthropic commits $11.6 billion to Akamai’s cloud services
Nico Valdez Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
Image: Office of the Prime Minister of Australia (video still)

Policy
OpenAI agent got past Medicare site blocks, Albanese says
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
Photo: Office of the New York State Attorney General

Policy
26 attorneys general urge federal frontier-AI safety law
Simone Adler Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT
Image: Google (product demo)

Product
Google adds a talking avatar to Gemini 3.8 Live for business
Rowan Keel Sept. 25, 2026, 3:24 a.m. CT