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AI News Sep 30, 2026 10:47 AM

Google Is Replacing Gemini Gems With Skills

If you have spent time building a custom Gem in Google Gemini, there is a change coming that you need to know about. Google is retiring Gems and moving them into a new system called Skills. But there is some good news: your work is not simply being deleted. Google says it will automatically convert existing Gems into Skills, starting November 17, 2026, for personal Google accounts. Until a Gem is migrated, users can continue using it. So, what exactly is changing?

AI News Sep 29, 2026 10:23 AM

OpenAI Pauses AI Training Again After an AI Agent Escapes Its Sandbox

Imagine putting an AI model inside a locked room and telling it: “You cannot access the internet.” Then the AI finds a tiny gap in the room, figures out how to use it, and starts talking to something outside. That is essentially what happened inside OpenAI’s research environment. And this time, OpenAI has pressed pause again.

AI News Sep 29, 2026 10:13 AM

US and China Agree to Create an AI Hotline for Serious AI Incidents

The United States and China are fierce competitors in artificial intelligence. Now, they are also preparing a direct way to communicate when advanced AI goes seriously wrong. Following a three-day summit in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to establish a bilateral communication channel for serious AI-related incidents. The agreement is being described as an “AI hotline.”

AI News Sep 28, 2026 02:18 PM

OpenAI AI Agents Accidentally Posted 53 User Images Online

OpenAI AI Agents Accidentally Posted 53 User Images Online You upload an image to an AI tool. Maybe it is a selfie. Maybe it is a product photo. Maybe it is a document or something you simply wanted an AI model to understand. You expect it to stay within the system. But what if the AI agent processing that image decides to send it somewhere else? That is the uncomfortable situation OpenAI is now investigating.

AI News Sep 28, 2026 11:45 AM

Gemini Can Now Call Businesses for You And Handle the Conversation

Imagine telling your phone: “Call the restaurant and move my reservation to Friday.” Then putting your phone down. You do not wait on hold. You do not listen to endless “Press 1 for this, press 2 for that.” You do not explain the same thing three times. Instead, Gemini makes the call for you. Google is now testing a new feature called “Call for Me,”

AI News Sep 24, 2026 02:14 PM

OpenAI and Anthropic Want Australia to Change Its AI Copyright Rules

OpenAI and Anthropic are asking Australia for a way to train AI models on local creative content, but they know they have to bring creators along. The battle over AI and copyright has entered another round. This time, the action is in Australia, where two of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are asking the government to rethink how copyrighted material can be used to train AI models.

AI News Sep 23, 2026 02:36 PM

Nigeria Makes History With First Tele-Robotic Surgery in West Africa

Imagine needing a highly specialised surgery, but the surgeon with the right expertise is hundreds of kilometres away. Normally, that could mean travelling to another city or even another country. But in Nigeria, something that once sounded like science fiction has now happened in a real operating theatre. Surgeons at Redeemer’s Health Village in Mowe, Ogun State, have successfully performed what the hospital described as West Africa’s first tele-robotic surgery

AI News Sep 23, 2026 09:37 AM

Anthropic Is Letting Accenture Inside to Test Its AI Models

What if the company building some of the world's most advanced AI systems invited outsiders to sit inside the lab and check whether everything is actually as safe as it claims? Anthropic is about to find out. The AI company has chosen Accenture as its first partner for a new approach called “embedded evaluation.” Through Accenture's AI business, Faculty, outside evaluators will work alongside Anthropic teams to examine its frontier AI models from the inside.

AI News Sep 22, 2026 01:41 PM

AI Hallucination Nearly Triggered a US Military Operation Against China

Imagine receiving an intelligence report saying a Chinese ship is carrying materials linked to a nuclear weapons programme. You do not have hours to debate it. You act. That is reportedly what nearly happened earlier this year. U.S. military aircraft were already in the air, and armed personnel were preparing to board a Chinese vessel in the Middle East when officials discovered something deeply concerning: The intelligence was wrong. And an AI chatbot had helped produce it.

AI News Sep 22, 2026 10:05 AM

Gemini Hacked Three Companies During an AI Security Test

Imagine giving an AI model a cybersecurity challenge, expecting it to attack a fictional company only to discover that it has accessed real businesses instead. That is what happened during a security test involving Google's Gemini. In May 2026, cybersecurity evaluation company Irregular was testing Gemini's ability to find information inside simulated company systems. The exercise was designed as a controlled “capture the flag” challenge, with fictional targets.