AI news — Sep 25, 2026
8 stories, headline tone across 8 companies, and 14 agent releases.
Today's stories
- Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test The Verge
A few years back, I was at a beachside Easter egg hunt, watching my kids dash through sand dunes searching for sweet treats. My phone buzzed in my …
- Microsoft's Copilot app adds Office, natural coding and automation Engadget
Microsoft is giving its Copilot app another facelift.
- Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office The Verge
After teasing its new Copilot "super app" last month, Microsoft is officially unveiling it today. The redesigned Copilot app bundles three AI capab…
- Google adds creepy avatars to Gemini 3.8 live's agents Engadget
Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 live avatars designed for customer service and other tasks.
- Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI TechCrunch
The venture firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.
- Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face The Verge
Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "L…
- PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses TechCrunch
Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
- Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together TechCrunch
The app gives agents their own identities and inboxes and lets them partake in conversations as naturally as people can.
Headline tone
| Company | Index | Sampled |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | +12 | 2 headlines |
| +3 | 9 headlines | |
| Anthropic | +0 | 1 headlines |
| Apple | +0 | 1 headlines |
| NVIDIA | +0 | 1 headlines |
| xAI | +0 | 1 headlines |
| Meta | -1 | 9 headlines |
| OpenAI | -64 | 1 headlines |
The index scores the wording of headlines, not company performance. 0 means mentioned with no scoring term matched.
Agents that shipped
- OpenClaw v2026.9.6
- Hermes v2026.9.24
- OpenCode v1.18.32
- Claude Code v2.1.282
- Codex rust-v0.157.0
- Pi v0.87.1
- Gemini CLI v0.62.0-nightly.20260925.gbedef96ef
- OpenHands v1.23.0
- Cline desktop-v0.0.36
- Open Interpreter rust-v0.0.45
- Goose v1.52.0
- Qwen Code v0.24.5
- Kimi CLI 1.52.0
- Copilot CLI v1.0.89-3