AI News Roundup — Sep 25, 2026

Here is what happened in AI on September 25, 2026, collected from 14 reports across techcrunch.com, arstechnica.com, simonwillison.net, theverge.com. Each item links to the original publisher.

Top stories

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.” Reported by arstechnica.com on Sep 25.

Read more: AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later. But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT’s... Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Microsoft's new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding. Reported by arstechnica.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Quoting John Gruber

Muse is getting a lot of attention — including mine — because it’s both groundbreaking technically (each user gets their own entire persistent Linux VM running in Meta’s cloud) and because it’s packaged in an easy-to-install easy-to-use way. It’s literally presented as a cute mascot. It’s the first consumer-accessible agentic AI system, and Meta has truly done an amazing job with that. But it’s... Reported by simonwillison.net on Sep 25.

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Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible

Yesterday, with a little prodding, it was discovered that Meta's Muse would expose its filesystem to curious users. The files offered a fascinating peek under the hood of an AI chatbot, and appeared to expose details we weren't meant to see, not least because Muse itself told people, including us, it wasn't supposed to reveal […] Reported by theverge.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible

Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agent's promotion across its own apps and beyond. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later. But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT’s... Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO

Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters. Reported by techcrunch.com on Sep 25.

Read more: Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO

One company is at the center of a wave of rogue AI attacks

In July, OpenAI revealed that its AI agents had attacked Hugging Face without permission, sparking widespread concerns about AI safety. Since then, a string of similar incidents involving agents from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and other companies has fueled further fears about rogue AI. As disclosures implicating numerous AI models trickled out over the past few […] Reported by theverge.com on Sep 25.

Read more: One company is at the center of a wave of rogue AI attacks

What to watch

• Follow the linked reports above for follow-up coverage over the next 24-48 hours.