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AI changes for the week of 2026-09-28

Source-reviewed AI changes published from 2026-09-28 through the following Sunday.

2026-09-28–2026-10-04

5 source-reviewed changes

The week’s source-linked changes, without manufacturing a trend where the evidence does not support one.

Following the story · 2026-10-04 · 1 source

Google researchers find a way to keep self-improving AI agents from memorizing their tests

Newly verified: The RRSI authors report gains of up to 4.7 points across five out-of-distribution benchmarks.

Following the story · 2026-10-04

OpenAI: AI agents build 3D scenes from photos but have no idea if they got it right

Newly verified: The Decoder reports that GPT-6 Astra leads the accompanying benchmark with up to 53 percent reconstruction accuracy.

Following the story · 2026-10-01

Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring revenue, mounting costs, and "existential" risks

Newly verified: The Decoder reports that Anthropic's revenue increased twelvefold in 2025 to nearly $4.6 billion.

New this week · 2026-09-29 · 1 source

The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch

TechCrunch AI reports that before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.

New this week · 2026-09-29 · 1 source

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less

TechCrunch AI reports that OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.

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