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Victoria plans residential-zone ban for new data centres, sets renewable supply rules
Victoria’s plan would bar new data centres from residential zones and make projects fund renewable power, grid connections, water infrastructure and local benefits. The government says applications already under assessment will not face the rules retrospectively.
Sep 22, 2026
British Columbia sues OpenAI over alleged warning failure before school shooting
British Columbia and a school district allege OpenAI failed to warn police before the Tumbler Ridge shooting and are seeking damages and safety changes.
Sep 22, 2026
OpenAI says 1Password raised engineering productivity 20.9% with Codex
OpenAI says 1Password recorded higher engineering productivity and faster pull requests with Codex, while the capacity-value and ROI figures are company estimates rather than independently audited results.
Sep 22, 2026
Study finds SynthID-Text can shift model refusals and tool calls
Lasso Security found that SynthID-Text shifted some tool calls and refusals in open-weight model tests, with the effect varying by model and watermark key.
Sep 21, 2026
Strands releases open-source agent harness for local and cloud use
Strands released an Apache-2.0 agent harness for Python and TypeScript, pairing built-in tools and context controls with model and container deployment options.
Sep 21, 2026
Databricks releases Consort to test agent-written code on live database branches
Databricks released Consort, a community-supported agent framework that freezes specifications, separates development roles and tests changes on isolated Lakebase branches before they pass human approval gates.
Sep 21, 2026
Databricks details Proteus harness for shape-specialized GPU kernels
Databricks says Proteus keeps agent-written GPU kernel proposals separate from controlled validation, repeated timing and scoped context, while reporting faster shape-specific kernels for parts of Qwen3.5 122B.
Sep 21, 2026
OpenAI forms independent mathematics advisory group with nine researchers
OpenAI announced a nine-member mathematics advisory group. Its unpaid researchers may publish unsolicited advice but cannot make decisions for the company.
Sep 21, 2026
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding and long-running knowledge work
SpaceXAI has released Grok 4.7 through its API, Grok Build and Cursor, targeting coding and extended knowledge tasks with a 500,000-token context window.
Sep 21, 2026
Google backs 96 MW of Georgia Power nuclear uprates
Google will subscribe to a proposed Georgia Power nuclear-uprate tariff supporting 96 MW at Hatch and Vogtle, subject to state approval.
Sep 21, 2026
Local process can redirect Meta Muse dictation traffic on macOS
Security researcher Patrick Wardle says an undocumented setting in Meta’s Muse macOS app lets locally running code redirect dictation traffic, potentially exposing prompts and authentication material through access already granted to the assistant.
Sep 21, 2026
Google opens Googlebook preorders at $899 before October launch
Google has opened preorders for five partner-built Googlebook laptops, with U.S. prices starting at $899 and retail sales beginning October 4.
Sep 21, 2026