The EU General Court dismisses Opera's challenge against the European Commission's decision to exempt Microsoft Edge from DMA gatekeeper regulations in 2024 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-court-rejects-opera-challenge-against-eu-exemption-microsofts-edge-dma-rules-2026-09-02/
https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-court-rejects-opera-challenge-against-eu-exemption-microsofts-edge-dma-rules-2026-09-02/
Survey: 27% of Americans say they turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for personal, emotional, or social queries, rising to nearly 40% among adults under 50 (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/09/02/27-us-adults-turn-ai-personal-emotional-social-queries/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg4MzIxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzAzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODgzMjE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZkY2JlZjdhLTY4ODMtNDFkYy05NGE2LWJhN2IxMGIxOWMxMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjYvMDkvMDIvMjctdXMtYWR1bHRzLXR1cm4tYWktcGVyc29uYWwtZW1vdGlvbmFsLXNvY2lhbC1xdWVyaWVzLyJ9.J487dBdOpj_Igs68fQjkRD4rhFpHKk42vgJMo11qwhc&itid=gfta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/09/02/27-us-adults-turn-ai-personal-emotional-social-queries/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg4MzIxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzAzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODgzMjE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZkY2JlZjdhLTY4ODMtNDFkYy05NGE2LWJhN2IxMGIxOWMxMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjYvMDkvMDIvMjctdXMtYWR1bHRzLXR1cm4tYWktcGVyc29uYWwtZW1vdGlvbmFsLXNvY2lhbC1xdWVyaWVzLyJ9.J487dBdOpj_Igs68fQjkRD4rhFpHKk42vgJMo11qwhc&itid=gfta
Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street, with participation from Nvidia, to develop optical circuit switch tech (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p18#a260902p18
https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p18#a260902p18
Techmeme
Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street, with participation from Nvidia, to develop optical…
Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street, with participation from Nvidia, to develop optical circuit switch tech
OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-lawsuits-mount-over-canadian-school-shooting-ca24c762?st=JmNUeS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-lawsuits-mount-over-canadian-school-shooting-ca24c762?st=JmNUeS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The Wall Street Journal
OpenAI Lawsuits Mount Over Canadian School Shooting
New lawsuits add to list of cases in which the chatbot maker faces questions about the safety of its products.
Wonderful, which helps enterprises deploy AI, raised a $550M Series C led by Insight at a $5B valuation; investors also paid $170M for shares from employees (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/ai-startup-wonderful-hits-5-billion-valuation-plans-1-000-strong-team-3d18bebe
https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/ai-startup-wonderful-hits-5-billion-valuation-plans-1-000-strong-team-3d18bebe
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | AI Startup Wonderful Hits $5 Billion Valuation, Plans 1,000-Strong Team
Founded just last year, the startup already has 650 employees and is expanding its forward-deployed engineering teams around the world.
Conveo, which uses AI to conduct customer interviews in 15 languages and analyzes transcripts for market insights, raised a $50M Series A led by DST Global (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/09/02/conveo-consumer-insights-dst
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/09/02/conveo-consumer-insights-dst
Axios
Exclusive: Conveo raises $50M for consumer insights
The startup expects to raise again next year, its CEO says.
A US federal judge rules that Google does not have to sell off its ad exchange and instead must make its ad tech tools work with those operated by rivals (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-02/google-avoids-ad-exchange-sale-as-judge-orders-tech-integration
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-02/google-avoids-ad-exchange-sale-as-judge-orders-tech-integration
Bloomberg.com
Google Avoids Ad Exchange Sale as Judge Orders Tech Integration
Alphabet Inc.’s Google doesn’t have to sell off its advertising exchange and instead must make its ad tech tools work with those operated by rivals, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a move that saves the tech giant from a second bid to force a breakup.
Adobe launches Adobe for Slack, making 70+ creative and productivity tools, including Firefly, Photoshop, and Express, available via Slackbot prompts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/adobe-is-making-its-tools-available-in-slack/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/adobe-is-making-its-tools-available-in-slack/
TechCrunch
Adobe is making its tools available in Slack | TechCrunch
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with NYT, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-government-backs-openai-new-york-times-copyright-case-2026-09-02/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-government-backs-openai-new-york-times-copyright-case-2026-09-02/
Austin-based HiddenLayer, which makes security tools to protect AI models, agents, and workflows, raised a $100M Series B led by Delta-v Capital (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/hiddenlayer-nabs-100m-as-enterprises-rush-to-secure-their-ai-deployments/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/hiddenlayer-nabs-100m-as-enterprises-rush-to-secure-their-ai-deployments/
TechCrunch
HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments | TechCrunch
Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, three weeks after 3.7 Flash launch, for an introductory price of $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens until December 31 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/09/02/gemini-3-8-flash-launch/
https://9to5google.com/2026/09/02/gemini-3-8-flash-launch/
9to5Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash rolling out three weeks after last release
After the last model release three weeks ago, Google today is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Flash. This marks the third Flash update...
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for partners in its new Fairwind Program, and says Gemini 3.8 Flash beats Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on some benchmarks (Google)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/
Google
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber deliver next-generation intelligence for agentic workflows and cybersecurity.
MrBeast, whose YouTube channel recently hit 500M subs, will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in his videos as part of a multi-year Google deal (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/988355/mrbeast-google-partnership-gemini-fitbit
https://www.theverge.com/tech/988355/mrbeast-google-partnership-gemini-fitbit
The Verge
Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI
MrBeast’s videos are about to feature a lot more Gemini.
The US Army awards $192M in contracts to Palantir and Anduril to produce eight TITAN AI-powered mobile ground stations, to be delivered over the next 18 months (Barratt Dewey/Tectonic Defense)
https://www.tectonicdefense.com/the-army-awards-palantir-and-anduril-192m-for-eight-titan-mobile-ground-stations/
https://www.tectonicdefense.com/the-army-awards-palantir-and-anduril-192m-for-eight-titan-mobile-ground-stations/
Tectonic Defense
The Army Awards Palantir and Anduril $192M for Eight TITAN Mobile Ground Stations
Watch out, world. The US Army’s kill chain is going mobile. On Tuesday, the Army awarded two contracts worth a combined $192M—$127M to Palantir and $65M
Huskeys, which uses agentic AI to help companies block AI-driven attacks, raised a $27M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments at a $100M+ valuation (Maria Armental/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/pro/private-equity/blackstone-backs-cybersecurity-startup-huskeys-to-fight-unwanted-ai-traffic-410c5c6a?st=RxHExB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/pro/private-equity/blackstone-backs-cybersecurity-startup-huskeys-to-fight-unwanted-ai-traffic-410c5c6a?st=RxHExB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | Blackstone Backs Cybersecurity Startup Huskeys to Fight Unwanted AI Traffic
The company, valued at more than $100 million, uses agentic AI to block threats.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says "we trust Anthropic" as they are "back on the right side" with the administration and that "they've done what we asked" (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/lutnick-anthropic-trump
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/lutnick-anthropic-trump
Axios
Lutnick: Anthropic is "back on the right side" with Trump administration
The statement marks a remarkable turnaround in a relationship strained by a bitter fight over national security and AI safeguards.
Thyme Care, which focuses on filling gaps in cancer treatment through a virtual navigation platform, raised a $125M Series E at a $2B+ valuation (Ian Thomas/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/thyme-care-raises-125-million-cancer-startups-value-over-2-billion.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/thyme-care-raises-125-million-cancer-startups-value-over-2-billion.html
CNBC
Thyme Care raises $125 million, pushing cancer care startup's valuation above $2 billion
Thyme Care has raised $125 million from investors in a deal doubling the cancer startup's valuation as it tackles critical disease treatment gaps.
X says US payouts for its Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions will now be handled through X Money (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/x-shifts-us-creator-payouts-from-stripe-to-x-money/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/x-shifts-us-creator-payouts-from-stripe-to-x-money/
TechCrunch
X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money | TechCrunch
X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.
Meta rolls out Muse Spark 1.3 in Muse Code and Meta's API, saying it significantly improves coding and agentic performance, at the same price as its predecessor (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/meta-debuts-muse-spark-13-as-personal-agent-work-continues
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/meta-debuts-muse-spark-13-as-personal-agent-work-continues
Axios
Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.3 as personal agent work continues
AI chief Alexandr Wang tells Axios the update brings Meta closer in performance to OpenAI's GPT 5.6 and other frontier models.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are "coming soon" (Mark Zuckerberg/@finkd)
https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p37#a260902p37
https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p37#a260902p37
Techmeme
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are “coming soon”
Mark Zuckerberg / @finkd: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are “coming soon”
Letter: OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing "automated shutdown capabilities" for AI systems (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-is-building-automated-shutdown-capabilities-ai-tools-letter-lawmakers-2026-09-02/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-is-building-automated-shutdown-capabilities-ai-tools-letter-lawmakers-2026-09-02/