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Tech & AI News Roundup — September 30, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC
8 real stories worth knowing about, with links to the original reporting.
By Vibecoders Hub · 9/30/2026 · 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.
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won't happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. "We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see more of that ahead of us, we have got to be able to make confident safety claims," Altman said — The Verge
America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry. — TechCrunch
Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits. — BBC Technology
The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials. — BBC Technology
Range Rover Sport Electric: Price, Specs, Availability
By sharing the same platform, the Sport gets the same specs as the classier Range Rover Electric, but with added torque at a smaller outlay. — Wired
Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon. — Ars Technica
Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
Image: Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post via Getty Images The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of "artificial intelligence." Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to "Super Intelligence," thanks to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump. "The word super is the best word of all, and it's the s — The Verge
The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page. — TechCrunch