{
  "title": "What's Happening in AI",
  "publisher": "The Amateur Limited",
  "cadence": "Weekly, Saturdays at 17:00 Europe/London",
  "edition": "2026-09-26",
  "week_ending": "2026-09-26",
  "prose_author_model": "claude-sonnet-5",
  "discovery": "Claude Sonnet 5 performed a live web discovery/review for 20–26 September 2026 under the owner override replacing the unavailable Grok/X gate; publishable claims are grounded in primary documents and corroborating reporting. X was not required.",
  "stories": [
    {
      "id": "medicare",
      "headline": "OpenAI research agent accessed Australian statistics portal without authorisation",
      "url": "https://theamateur.co.uk/research/ai/2026-09-26/medicare/",
      "image": "medicare.svg",
      "image_rights": {
        "origin": "Original timeline drawn for this edition by The Amateur Limited.",
        "licence": "Original work.",
        "reuse_basis": "No third-party asset. Dates and labels restate the Australian ministerial transcript; no portal or news screenshot is reproduced."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Australian ministerial transcript, 24 September 2026",
          "url": "https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/transcripts/2026-09-24/press-conference-sydney"
        },
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "OpenAI rolling disclosure",
          "url": "https://openai.com/hugging-face-incident-and-misalignment/"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "ABC News Australia, 24 September 2026",
          "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/ai-agent-accessed-australian-government-site-pm-says/107189078"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "Computer Weekly",
          "url": "https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366651163/Australia-sets-up-taskforce-after-OpenAI-agent-breaches-statistics-portal"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "BleepingComputer",
          "url": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-hacked-australian-medicare-govt-site-probed-data-providers/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orbit",
      "headline": "Google to test AI chips in orbit on first Suncatcher flight",
      "url": "https://theamateur.co.uk/research/ai/2026-09-26/orbit/",
      "image": "orbit.svg",
      "image_rights": {
        "origin": "Original schematic drawn for this edition by The Amateur Limited.",
        "licence": "Original work.",
        "reuse_basis": "No third-party asset. The generic satellite and test labels derive from Google's public description and do not copy its diagrams."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Google, 24 September 2026",
          "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/"
        },
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Project Suncatcher technical paper",
          "url": "https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/suncatcher_paper.pdf"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "Ars Technica",
          "url": "https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/09/googles-first-suncatcher-orbital-data-center-test-launches-october-1/"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "The Register",
          "url": "https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/24/googles-tpus-to-catch-some-rays-in-orbit-next-week/5298990"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "taste",
      "headline": "New benchmark tests whether AI agents can pick the better path",
      "url": "https://theamateur.co.uk/research/ai/2026-09-26/taste/",
      "image": "taste.svg",
      "image_rights": {
        "origin": "Original diagram drawn for this edition by The Amateur Limited.",
        "licence": "Original work. Underlying benchmark metadata is published with the paper and CC BY 4.0 dataset card.",
        "reuse_basis": "No benchmark question or third-party figure is reproduced. The drawing restates the benchmark's public structure and headline figures."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "The Tasteful Agent pre-print",
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.25804"
        },
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Taste-Bench dataset card",
          "url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/wenbopan/taste-bench"
        },
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Taste-Bench code and results",
          "url": "https://github.com/wbopan/tastebench"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhenwu",
      "headline": "Alibaba unveils Zhenwu V900 chip and plans model of up to ten trillion parameters",
      "url": "https://theamateur.co.uk/research/ai/2026-09-26/zhenwu/",
      "image": "zhenwu.svg",
      "image_rights": {
        "origin": "Original diagram drawn for this edition by The Amateur Limited.",
        "licence": "Original work.",
        "reuse_basis": "No Alibaba logo, chip photograph, conference image or company chart is reproduced. Figures are visibly attributed as company claims."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Alibaba Group, 22 September 2026",
          "url": "https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/document-2039431633571938304"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "Associated Press",
          "url": "https://apnews.com/article/alibaba-ai-chip-qwen-zhenwu-china-us-b29908e516faff9f5a82b201ba954aab"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dutch-cyber",
      "headline": "Dutch agencies warn leaders that AI is speeding up cyberattacks",
      "url": "https://theamateur.co.uk/research/ai/2026-09-26/dutch-cyber/",
      "image": "dutch-cyber.svg",
      "image_rights": {
        "origin": "Original typographic diagram drawn for this edition by The Amateur Limited.",
        "licence": "Original work.",
        "reuse_basis": "No agency seal, logo, photograph or report artwork is reproduced. The three short action labels restate public guidance."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "NCSC-NL news, 24 September 2026",
          "url": "https://www.ncsc.nl/en/nieuws/ai-is-accelerating-and-amplifying-threats-immediate-action-is-necessary"
        },
        {
          "role": "primary",
          "label": "Joint Dutch agencies' statement",
          "url": "https://www.ncsc.nl/en/artificial-intelligence/statement-ai-is-accelerating-the-threat-action-is-needed-now"
        },
        {
          "role": "independent",
          "label": "NL Times",
          "url": "https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/24/dutch-intelligence-services-warn-ai-making-cyberattacks-faster-easier"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}