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12 September 2026 · 5 stories

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OpenAI opens a single doorway to put an AI agent to work in the cloud

Picture a single counter where you drop off a complex request in the morning and something takes care of it in the background while you go about your day. That is what OpenAI unveiled on Thursday, September 10: a new way to plug an AI agent directly into its cloud, with its own...

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Cognition, the maker of coding agent Devin, hits a $48 billion valuation — a massive Wall Street bet

Picture an intern who, instead of replying to an email, writes the perfect reply by itself, runs the code and fixes the bugs live. That is the job of Devin, the coding agent of the moment: it does the work of a junior developer, but with no coffee break. On Friday, the Wall...

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DeepSeek launches V4.1 Flash — the cheap AI that sets a new world floor price

Picture a one-cent coffee, served by a robot that knows how to make any drink. That is the picture DeepSeek, a Chinese lab, paints with its new V4.1 Flash model: for three thousandths of a cent per million already-read words, it promises performance on par with the best American...

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Zscaler launches a team of AI agents built to shut down cyberattacks

Picture a watch room where, instead of human analysts staring at screens, AI agents sort alerts, investigate, deliver verdicts and block threats — all in seconds, at machine speed. That is what Zscaler unveiled on Wednesday, September 9: a complete redesign of its security...

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Mistral AI raises three billion euros from Samsung — a European tech record

Picture a French company that, in twelve months, sees its value multiplied by twelve. That is the leap Mistral, the French start-up often dubbed a "European OpenAI", just made. Its new three-billion-euro round is led by South Korean giant Samsung, alongside Swedish, American...

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