AI news for Friday, September 18, 2026
24 stories
- OpenAI reportedly to burn about $280 billion by 2030 Reuters (AI)
- Anthropic to operate biology research lab TechCrunch AI
- Florida schools to make AI policy development mandatory AI regulation & lawsuits
- Anthropic delays IPO to November over AI safety concerns Anthropic coverage
- Efforts to close AI governance gaps accelerate AI regulation & lawsuits
- Why AI governance is now essential in financial services AI regulation & lawsuits
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman to explain AI risks to UN Security Council next week Reuters (AI)
- FAA prepares AI-powered air traffic control support tools Ars Technica AI
- Virginia creates AI task force to curb data center expansion The Verge AI
- Animation production in as little as one week with generative AI AI in Japan
- Anthropic quietly establishes biology research institute Reuters (AI)
- California aims to take the lead in AI regulation The Verge AI
- Kimi K3 debuts on Bedrock, expanding open-weight options AWS Machine Learning
- Progress in migrating Bedrock AgentCore runtime AWS Machine Learning
- New AgentCore runtime arrives AWS Machine Learning
- Testing OpenAI vulnerability with Claude TechCrunch AI
- Google AI recruits new experts for its Economics Team Google AI (official)
- Teacher training on using generative AI AI in Japan
- MIT hosts public debate on AI's impact MIT Tech Review
- Mantic raises funding for AI-driven forecasting Reuters (AI)
- ChatGPT Supports Word and Expands Proofreading CNET Japan
- Anthropic Publishes Claude Leads 26% of Development ITmedia AI+
- AWS makes 290k files searchable in S3 across the enterprise ITmedia AI+
- Generate 3D CAD from natural language and images, accelerate funding ITmedia AI+