AI news — Sep 29, 2026

8 stories, headline tone across 5 companies, and 13 agent releases.

Today's stories

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses TechCrunch
The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.
Lola is Booking.com's new AI travel agent Engadget
A new AI agent can book trips, concert tickets, restaurants and more.
OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites TechCrunch
The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.
OpenAI reportedly cancels GPT-6.1 Astra's release over deceptive behavior Engadget
According to The New York Times, OpenAI scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra's release because it didn't meet safety standards.
OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns TechCrunch
A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.
OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up The Verge
OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it's fallen behind in one of the industry's hottest c…
Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person The Verge
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Flo…
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue Hacker News

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