AI news of 2 September 2026

Google, Gemini

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google announces Gemini 3.8 Flash and specialized Cyber variant.

Google DeepMind 1mo ago also at Hacker News

The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

Trump administration supports OpenAI in New York Times copyright lawsuit.

The Verge 1mo ago also at Wired

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, a budget model matching Claude Opus 5 on coding tasks but consuming more output tokens.

Ars Technica 1mo ago also at The Decoder

autonomous vehicles

Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Tesla begins operating Cybercab robotaxis, testing Elon Musk's autonomous driving approach.

The Verge 1mo ago

cybersecurity, AI

Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Government cyber defense program offers AI-powered tools to detect and counter threats.

Google DeepMind 1mo ago also at Google AI

ChatGPT automation

ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with ChatGPT Opens at the publisher in a new tab

ATV Big Air Tour uses ChatGPT to automate marketing and merchandising tasks, completing hours of work in minutes.

OpenAI 1mo ago

Claude 5.1

Claude Fable 5.1 made me a really nice animated pelican

Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1, claiming improvements in coding, knowledge work and long-running problem-solving.

Simon Willison 1mo ago

AI regulation

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Lawsuit seeks to reveal Trump administration's secret rules for AI safety testing of frontier models.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

AI capabilities

These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mostik startup develops technique allowing AI models to communicate without words.

Wired 1mo ago

OpenAI safety

OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI's recurrent depth reasoning technique in Astra model raises concerns among AI safety experts.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test

Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises Opens at the publisher in a new tab

ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with ChatGPT Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Claude Fable 5.1 made me a really nice animated pelican

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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