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Tech & AI News Roundup — September 18, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC
8 real stories worth knowing about, with links to the original reporting.
By Vibecoders Hub · 9/18/2026 · 4 min read
Quick links to what's actually happening in AI, tech, and IT right now — curated from real reporting, not rewritten, so you can go read the full story wherever it's genuinely worth your time.
A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers
Jev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence. — TechCrunch
Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for data center projects, requires expedited — The Verge
Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO
You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appointed someone to the position for the very first time. Today, Disney announced that Karandeep Anand is joining the company as its new CTO. Anand will report directly to recently appointed CEO Josh D'Amaro, and he will head up the company's infrastructure — The Verge
Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology officer. — TechCrunch
New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install. The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported the flaw, calls the attack chain Click2Shell. On its own the flaw only — The Hacker News
Zuckerberg, Musk and Huang Reportedly Urged Trump to Reject AI Regulator
Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang reportedly urged President Trump to reject an industry-funded AI regulator as debate over frontier AI oversight intensifies. The post Zuckerberg, Musk and Huang Reportedly Urged Trump to Reject AI Regulator appeared first on TechRepublic. — TechRepublic
An Undercover Google Analyst Infiltrated a Notorious Supply-Chain Hacking Gang
TeamPCP pulled off the worst-ever software supply-chain hacking spree and breached thousands of companies. Now Google’s threat intelligence group says it had a mole inside the hackers’ inner circle. — Wired
Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourself
These invites sneak past your security software to embed themselves in your calendar. But you can thwart them before they do any damage. — ZDNet