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What changed in software regulation and policy this week?
Government decisions, new rules and policy shifts reported this week.
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The National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare, led by Professors Alastair Denniston and Henrietta Hughes, published its recommendations on 10 September 2026 to improve AI regulation in the UK.
Read at gov.uk ↗03
Microsoft released its September 2026 security update, addressing 972 CVEs, including 113 critical vulnerabilities.
Read at crowdstrike.com ↗04
Moonshot AI and its Kimi model are among six Chinese artificial intelligence companies accused by U.S. agencies of training their systems using capabilities extracted from American AI models.
Read at coindesk.com ↗05
The White House and U.S. Congress are considering restrictions on the sale of AI training data to Chinese companies, following concerns over the capabilities of the Kimi K3 model.
Read at lawfaremedia.org ↗06
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on September 8, 2026, warning that AI could cause human extinction by 2030.
Read at theguardian.com ↗07
The Harmony team has proposed shutting down the Harmony blockchain due to security threats from AI agents and state actors.
Read at decrypt.co ↗08
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki called for voluntary slowdowns in AI development until shared safety standards are established.
Read at decrypt.co ↗8 of 12 regulation and policy events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What funding rounds and acquisitions happened in software this week?
The week’s notable investments, financing rounds, acquisitions and strategic deals.
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Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire the Amsterdam-based visual workflow platform Miro for $1.36 billion in a cash deal.
Read at sifted.eu ↗10
AI sales and marketing startup Clay has raised $115 million in a funding round led by Wellington Management.
Read at techmeme.com ↗11
French AI company Mistral AI has secured €3 billion in a Series D funding round.
Read at finextra.com ↗12
Consensys Software Inc. is splitting into two separate entities by the end of 2026.
Read at thedefiant.io ↗13
Mistral AI has raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round, achieving a post-money valuation exceeding €21 billion.
Read at mistral.ai ↗14
Paris-based AI company Mistral has raised a €3bn Series D funding round, reaching a valuation of over €21bn.
Read at sifted.eu ↗15
Health tech startup Forus has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing its total valuation to $3 billion.
Read at fiercehealthcare.com ↗16
Anthropic has officially ended negotiations to acquire the AI startup Decart for approximately $6 billion.
Read at techmeme.com ↗8 of 29 funding and m&a events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What products launched in software this week?
Notable product launches, releases and platform updates from the week.
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Clearview AI is testing an experimental AI tool called InquiryIQ designed to automate web searches for law enforcement investigations.
Read at wired.com ↗18
Microsoft released 964 security patches in its September 2026 Patch Tuesday update, including fixes for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows.
Read at csoonline.com ↗19
Apple announced that the next versions of its operating systems, including iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, will be released on September 14, 2026.
Read at techmeme.com ↗20
Apple announced the launch of the iOS 27 update scheduled for September 14, 2026.
Read at theverge.com ↗21
On September 8, 2026, Microsoft released its largest-ever Patch Tuesday security update, addressing 966 vulnerabilities.
Read at bleepingcomputer.com ↗22
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is personally overseeing the development of a new AI model designed for real-time spatial video generation.
Read at techmeme.com ↗23
OpenAI unveiled its new GPT-6 Astra model on Thursday, September 3, 2026, which the company claims features significant advancements in computer use, coding, and scientific research.
Read at foxbusiness.com ↗24
OpenAI announced it has achieved its goal of developing an automated research intern by September 2026, capable of performing complex research tasks under human supervision.
Read at helpnetsecurity.com ↗8 of 60 product launches events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What financial results were reported in software this week?
Earnings, guidance and other financial results reported this week.
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Anthropic has informed investors that the company expects to be profitable for the second consecutive quarter.
Read at ft.com ↗26
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the company will not pursue an initial public offering (IPO) in 2026.
Read at coindesk.com ↗27
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has cancelled a trading plan that would have allowed him to sell up to 50 million shares of Oracle stock.
Read at wsj.com ↗28
DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria raised his price target for Palantir stock from $200 to $250 following the company's AIPCon 11 conference.
Read at thestreet.com ↗29
ServiceNow experienced a 30% drop in share price by mid-2026 amid market concerns over the impact of AI agents on SaaS subscription models.
Read at csoonline.com ↗30
Oracle has increased its data center revenue forecast, citing an accelerated AI strategy.
Read at ft.com ↗31
Oracle reported its Q1 fiscal results on September 10, 2026, showing a 30% year-over-year revenue increase to $19.35 billion, exceeding the estimated $19.14 billion.
Read at techmeme.com ↗32
Snowflake reported fiscal second-quarter results exceeding analyst expectations, with product revenue rising 37% year-over-year to $1.49 billion and total revenue reaching $1.55 billion.
Read at thestreet.com ↗8 of 13 financial results events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What court rulings and legal actions hit software this week?
Court rulings, filings and legal actions reported this week.
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On Thursday, September 10, 2026, Chinese robotics startup JoyIn and its CEO Guo Renjie accused OpenAI of stealing its AI model distillation techniques and design aesthetics for the GPT-6 Astra launch.
Read at gizmodo.com ↗34
MMAS Research filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on September 9, 2026, accusing professor Donald Morisky of fraud and breach of contract regarding the ownership of the 'Morisky Widget' intellectual property.
Read at courthousenews.com ↗35
A group of Claude subscribers has filed an expanded class action lawsuit against Anthropic in the United States.
Read at techmeme.com ↗36
The New York Times and other news publishers have filed summary judgment motions against OpenAI and Microsoft in a copyright infringement lawsuit.
Read at digitalcontentnext.org ↗37
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Health executives, including CEO Mike Sicilia and Chairman Larry Ellison, following a contentious hearing on September 3, 2026.
Read at medcitynews.com ↗What research was published in software this week?
New research findings and studies published this week.
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Security researcher Chris Domas and host David Bombal discussed how compiler optimizations can inadvertently introduce security vulnerabilities into C code during the Black Hat USA 2026 conference.
Read at davidbombal.com ↗39
WithSecure published a paper titled 'Navigating Trust in the Modern Salesforce Ecosystem' on September 11, 2026, outlining a new Trust Mapping Framework for Salesforce environments.
Read at helpnetsecurity.com ↗40
Noma Labs researcher Sasi Levi identified a new AI security vulnerability called 'workflow identity hijacking' that allows unauthenticated users to trigger privileged enterprise workflows.
Read at csoonline.com ↗41
SpyCloud released its 2026 Identity Threat Report on September 9, 2026, based on a survey of 750 cybersecurity leaders across North America and Europe.
Read at csoonline.com ↗42
Researchers from Multiverse Computing, including Antonio Tiene, Alejo Lopez Avila, and Iker García-Ferrero, published a paper on September 8, 2026, addressing the limitations of topic-level safety alignment in LLMs.
Read at huggingface.co ↗43
Mews analyzed data from over 6,000 hotels to evaluate the impact of its RMS Autopilot feature.
Read at hospitalitynet.org ↗44
Google DeepMind researchers published a paper detailing an experiment where 100 AI agents were tasked with solving math problems.
Read at techmeme.com ↗45
Cybersecurity vendor KnowBe4 reported on September 4, 2026, that attackers are using a multi-hop redirect chain involving various Google services to bypass security gateways in phishing campaigns.
Read at darkreading.com ↗8 of 9 research events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.