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AI release tracker puts fresh dates on 20 models as Chinese usage surges

A hobbyist tracker published on 16 September lists release dates and training cutoffs for 20 current AI models, while separate data shows Chinese models taking a majority of tokens on two developer platforms.

Alibaba Cloud Puts $3M Behind Omarchy as AI Startup Funding Keeps Flowing

Alibaba Cloud is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with a $3 million commitment, announced on 28 September, matching DigitalOcean's backing for the Omarchy Linux project. The pledge lands in a week that also brought smaller European AI rounds and a fresh batch of developer tools for coding agents.

China's tech export strategy: EVs, open-source AI and the fight over standards

China's technology exports are no longer just cheap goods. A record shipment of 5,000 EVs reached Melbourne in June 2026, and free Chinese AI models and open-source licences are pushing the White House and Silicon Valley into open argument.

Europe's chip machine supplier sells nothing at home as energy costs bite

Hyundai's Ulsan strike shows humanoid robots are already a labour issue

US shed 23,000 jobs in July as AI anxiety splits voters and hiring weakens

Robotaxi Buildout Hits a Servicing Wall as VW Weighs Moia Exit

Google, IBM and the Quantum Milestone That Keeps Moving

Agents That Rewrite Themselves: The Governance Gap Enterprise Tooling Hasn't Closed

Starling's FALCON Can Find Its Own Orbit Without GPS. Now the Swarm Will Share It

Search referral traffic is collapsing unevenly, and small publishers are hit hardest

Lovable's $6.6B round and the two other AI funding stories of the week

Fitbits in the field: what wearable sleep studies can and cannot tell us

AI and the labour market: data centres add blue-collar jobs as hiring weakens

Brazil solar costs up 7% as inference pricing tools land on the same spreadsheet

Universal anyons, a DOE roadmap and an early-universe simulation: quantum's week

Geothermal, not fusion: the research result DOE funded on 21 September

UK Space Squadron Latest Sign Military Space Is Becoming a Jamming Contest

From a One-Day Fab to Spruce Pine: What Actually Limits Chip Capacity

Europe's AI rulebook meets a US doomer panic it does not share