AI news
The gist
Gartner forecasts worldwide AI spending will rise 49.5% in 2026 to $2.7 trillion.
The same week brought AI safety fights, a rogue agent, and data-center limits.
How it unfolded
- Sep 21, 2026OpenAI proposes developing global AI standards for alignment, including research on recursive self-improvement.
- Sep 22, 2026Microsoft's AI Diffusion Report says 18.8% of the world's working-age population used generative AI tools in Q2 2026, up from 17.8% in Q1; the UAE leads at 73.3%.
- Sep 22, 2026Timnit Gebru and Emily M. Bender argue in MIT Technology Review that AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than reality.