Wednesday, September 23: A compressed 24-hour model sprint: OpenAI ships GPT-6 Sol and Luna at half price, Anthropic counters same-day with Claude Opus 5.5 at Fable-grade performance, Xiaomi open-sources its 1-trillion-parameter MiMo-V2.6, and OpenAI quietly pulls the plug on Sora 2 in its API — all as the frontier pricing floor drops fast. In this hour: OpenAI Ships GPT-6 Sol and Luna — API Prices Halved · Xiaomi Open-Sources MiMo-V2.6 — Top-Ranked Open-Weight Model at 46 on AA Index · Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 — Fable-Level Performance at 40% Less Cost · Sora 2 Exits the OpenAI API — Six-Month Shutdown Window Closes Wednesday.

Wednesday, September 23: Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5.5 with a 40% cost cut; Qualcomm unveils two on-device agentic AI chips at the Snapdragon Summit; OpenAI rolls ChatGPT Ads to international merchants; the enterprise AI price war deepens across the frontier. In this hour: Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 5.5 — 40% Cheaper, Fable-Grade Performance · Qualcomm's Gen 6 Chips Put On-Device AI Agents Into Premium Android Phones · ChatGPT Ads Go International — OpenAI Opens Its Ad Platform to Global Merchants.

Wednesday, September 23: Altman and Amodei delivered live remarks at the UN Security Council calling for global AI standards; Claude Opus 5.5 launched at 40% lower cost; Xi Jinping landed Wednesday for a three-day US state visit with AI safety as a top agenda item; Trump's 'globalist scheme' framing now sits in direct public tension with his own country's AI lab chiefs. In this hour: Altman and Amodei Deliver Live Remarks — Bio-Weapons Ban and Verification Systems on the Table · Xi Lands — Tech CEO Dinner List Confirmed: Huang, Musk, Bezos, Pichai, Altman, Cook · Anthropic Drops Claude Opus 5.5 — 40% Cheaper to Run, EU Watermarking Built In · Trump's 'Globalist Scheme' Label Now Directly Faces His Own Labs' UN Appeal.

Wednesday, September 23: Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5.5 at 40% lower cost; OpenAI opens safety evals into model training; Newsom names kill-switch expert panel; Alibaba confirms Turkey-Finland-Netherlands cloud regions; Xiaomi drops MiMo-V2.6 open weights. In this hour: Anthropic Ships Opus 5.5 at 40% Lower Cost — First Release Since Its Own Pacing Call · OpenAI Will Let Outside Groups Audit Models During Training — Not Just Before Launch · Newsom Names Expert Panel to Design AI Kill Switch — Two-Month Deadline · Alibaba Confirms Turkey, Finland, Netherlands Cloud Regions in 12-Month Rollout · Xiaomi Drops MiMo-V2.6 Open Weights — MIT License, Top Open-Model Ranking This Week.

Wednesday, September 23: Meta Connect keynote delivers Ray-Ban Gen 3 and camera-free Luna glasses; UN Security Council hosts first joint US-China AI developer session; plus fresh moves on EU enforcement, Trump's UNGA rebranding push, and Senate staff locked out of frontier AI. In this hour: Zuckerberg Delivers: Ray-Ban Gen 3, Camera-Free Luna, and a Phoenix Preview · First Joint US-China AI Developer Session Happens Inside the Security Council Chamber · Brussels Demands Third-Party Audit of GPT-6's Safety Docs Before Wider EU Deployment · Senate Staff Still Can't Use Frontier AI — Even as AI Bills Move Through the Chamber · Trump Calls It 'Super Intelligence' at UNGA — and Vows to Block Any Binding Global AI Treaty.

Wednesday, September 23: Meta Connect 2026 keynote delivers Ray-Ban Gen 3, camera-free Luna glasses, and Project Phoenix MR headset; the UN Security Council hosts its first joint US-China AI developer session; Xi Jinping's state visit puts AI safety at the summit table; and Verizon commits $70 million to free AI training for American workers. In this hour: Zuckerberg Delivers: Ray-Ban Gen 3, Camera-Free Luna, and a Phoenix MR Headset Preview · First Joint US-China AI Developer Session Happens Inside the Council Chamber · Xi Lands — AI Safety Now a Confirmed Agenda Item as Red-Phone Protocol Takes Shape · Verizon Commits $70M to Free AI Training — Portal Pulls Content from Six Major Labs.

Wednesday, September 23: Altman pitches global AI benchmarks at the UN Security Council; Xiaomi's open-weight MiMo-V2.6-Pro ties frontier proprietary models; Meta's Connect keynote goes live tonight with AI glasses and Muse agent; and legal AI startup Chamelio closes a $26M Series A. In this hour: Altman Pitches Global AI Benchmarks at the Security Council — Bessent Confirms US-China Incident Line · Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.6-Pro Ties Grok 4.7 on Intelligence Index — MIT License, Sub-Dollar Pricing · Zuckerberg's Keynote Goes Live Tonight — Luna Glasses, Phoenix Headset, Muse AI Agent on Stage · Chamelio Closes $26M Series A — In-House Legal AI ARR Quadrupled in Eight Months.

Wednesday, September 23: DeepSeek and Moonshot enter the UN Security Council chamber; OpenAI opens model training to outside safety auditors; xAI's Grok 4.7 rolls into GitHub Copilot; Claude Opus 5.5 lands on Amazon Bedrock. In this hour: DeepSeek and Moonshot Enter the Security Council Chamber · OpenAI Opens Model Training to Outside Safety Auditors · Grok 4.7 Rolls Into GitHub Copilot — Flat Price, Bigger Model · Claude Opus 5.5 Goes Live on Amazon Bedrock · The Oversight Layer Is Assembling — Even If the Terms Aren't Set.

Wednesday, September 23: DeepSeek and Moonshot enter the UN Security Council chamber; OpenAI opens model training to outside safety auditors; xAI's Grok 4.7 rolls into GitHub Copilot; Claude Opus 5.5 lands on Amazon Bedrock. In this hour: DeepSeek and Moonshot Enter the Security Council Chamber · OpenAI Opens Model Training to Outside Safety Auditors · Grok 4.7 Rolls Into GitHub Copilot — Flat Price, Bigger Model · Claude Opus 5.5 Goes Live on Amazon Bedrock · The Oversight Layer Is Assembling — Even If the Terms Aren't Set.

Wednesday, September 23: Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5.5; OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna land on Amazon Bedrock at half the price of their predecessors; Alibaba's Apsara Conference adds new international cloud regions to its Zhenwu V900 rollout; Xi Jinping arrives in Washington as US-China AI talks move from dialogue to state visit; and Senate lawmakers remain locked out of frontier AI tools as they try to regulate them. In this hour: Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 5.5 — Beats OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol to Market by 90 Minutes · GPT-6 Sol and Luna Now Live on Amazon Bedrock — Half the Price, 1M-Token Window · Alibaba Pairs V900 Chip Rollout With Nine New Cloud Regions — Shares Jump 5% · Xi Arrives in Washington — AI Red-Lines Exchange Heads Into the Summit Room · NPR: Senate Staff Can't Use the Frontier AI They're Legislating.