AI news — Sep 24, 2026

8 stories, headline tone across 6 companies, and 14 agent releases.

Today's stories

Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law TechCrunch
The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.
OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government website in search for data The Verge
OpenAI's artificial intelligence agents hacked an Australian government website and attempted to breach numerous other government and university we…
OpenAI's agent hacked into an Australian government website Engadget
Researchers and the Prime Minister of Australia have revealed more instances of OpenAI's agents going rogue.
Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief The Verge
Google is reportedly nearing the launch of its long awaited Gemini 4 model, after dawdling behind rival developers on flagship AI releases. Speakin…
Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net Hacker News
Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse TechCrunch
CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the company’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park on Wednesday with a keynote that made one thing clear: Meta is goin…
Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents" Hacker News
ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features TechCrunch
Pro and Plus users will be able to use the Work tab on their phones to complete agentic tasks.

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