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OpenAI releases MentalHealthBench, an open benchmark to evaluate AI responses in realistic mental health conversations, developed with 80 licensed experts (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/introducing-mentalhealthbench/

A livestream of the Meta Connect 2026 opening keynote (Meta on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9RyNj0ukWo
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Chamelio, which is building AI tools designed to execute routine legal workflows and escalate only the cases that require human judgment, raised a $26M Series A (CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjxcxry9gl

Chamelio raises $26 million Series A to replace legacy legal software with AI agents
Backed by Entrée Capital, the startup is building software designed to execute routine legal workflows and escalate only the cases that require human judgment.

Patreon co-founder Sam Yam says he is joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product, alongside Patreon's Head of Product Drew Rowny and Head of Engineering Shannon Ma (Sam Yam/@samyamiam)
https://x.com/samyamiam/status/2102503574492332141

Sam Yam 🎶 (@samyamiam) on X
1/ I'm joining @OpenAI to lead Creator Product after over 13 years since starting @Patreon. Coming with me are my favorite crew Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma, Patreon's (now former) Head of Product and Head of Engineering. We're going to build together with Creators at OpenAI and share early access to …

OpenAI says it will give its AI cyber defense system Daybreak and GPT-5.6 Sol to the Ukrainian government for free to help it protect civilian infrastructure (Zoe Kleinman/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c90kly26d7pzo

OpenAI gives AI cyber defence tools to Ukraine
Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

Sources: Flock Safety is weighing a potential sale and has held preliminary talks with outside advisers (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/23/2026/flock-safety-weighs-selling-itself

Exclusive: Flock Safety weighs selling itself
The license-plate reader and surveillance company has come under scrutiny for alleged misuse of its data.

AI agents, including those from OpenAI, attempted to hack UNM's digital library, Data USA, and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in May and June (Transluce)
https://transluce.org/agent-activity

Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net
We found evidence on urlquery that AI agents were active earlier than previously reported and attempted hacks against public data providers.

Cognex agrees to acquire robotics and 3D computer vision company RealSense in a ~$600M deal, including $500M in cash; Intel spun off RealSense in July 2025 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1tqir19fl

Intel let RealSense go. Now Cognex is paying $600 million to buy it
The Haifa-based robotics company grew rapidly after its spinout 14 months ago, and its CEO says independence allowed it to pursue opportunities that would have been difficult to develop inside Intel. 

OpenAI says ChatGPT Voice can now be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, use plugins like email and calendar, and be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile (@openai)
https://x.com/openai/status/2102808325742322002

OpenAI (@OpenAI) on X
We heard you loud and clear. ChatGPT Voice can now: - Use plugins like your email, calendar, and Slack. - Be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna. - Be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile, so you can create docs, decks, sites, and spreadsheets or tackle complex tasks in the browser, just by …

Apple announces new $350 Beats 360 headphones, with IPX4 rating, swappable ear cups, a replaceable battery, ANC, Find My support, and more (John Higgins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/998566/beats-360-headphones-review

The Beats 360 are what I’d bring to the gym if I hated earbuds
With swappable ear cushions and IPX4 water resistance, the Beats 360 should stand up better to sweat than other headphones from Sony, Bose, and Apple.