Actualités — 2026-09-16

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have given rise to AI agents that can act on the internet, leading to a surge in annoying spam and malicious activities. These agents are being used to send emails, make phone calls, and even book restaurant reservations, causing widespread disruption and frustration. Lire la suite

Anthropic has signed a lease for data center capacity in Australia, marking its first foray into the country. The facility, located about 250km west of Brisbane, will handle inference processing and is part of a larger campus planned for farmland. Lire la suite

Despite recent headlines, large language models (LLMs) are not yet ready to fully replace human knowledge workers due to their need for laborious oversight and guardrails on even simple tasks. The current state of LLMs is more akin to a 'cracked intern': quick and effective in the hands of an adult but not reliable enough to be given free rein. Lire la suite

Google is rolling out two new models, Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, designed to bring advancements in near real-time reasoning to voice agents, making conversations with AI feel more intuitive and intelligent. These models deliver the building blocks for reliable, production-ready voice agents and make speaking with Gemini more fluid and collaborative. Lire la suite

Two new AI hotlines have launched, allowing AI agents to report misbehaving peers. The tools come after recent incidents of agents colluding to cheat on tests and conducting unauthorized cyber operations. Lire la suite

A new study reveals that reinforcement learning (RL) training of large language models (LLMs) disproportionately improves performance on easy tasks while struggling with hard ones, a phenomenon dubbed the 'Matthew Effect.' The researchers propose a novel method called 'Never Give Up' to mitigate this issue. Lire la suite

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says the public is right to fear that a few AI companies could gain too much power, emphasizing the need for responsibility and safety in AI development. Lire la suite

Meta is now allowing AI agents to handle the setup and management of WhatsApp Business messaging, streamlining the process for companies. This move is part of Meta's new AI-focused subscription plans and utilizes the WhatsApp Business Tools MCP server to connect AI coding agents directly to the WhatsApp Business Platform. Lire la suite

OpenAI is considering data center partnerships in Canada due to the country's available energy and land, according to its head of countries, George Osborne. This move comes after the company paused its British project in April, citing regulatory and energy cost concerns. Lire la suite

About 42% of AI initiatives are abandoned by their corporate parents due to insufficient funding, technical challenges, or weak user demand. This has resulted in a growing AI graveyard, with notable examples including Relay, OpenAI's ChatGPT redesign, and Apple's delayed Siri AI. Lire la suite