Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Donald Trump has told reporters the US war with Iran will end 'very soon' while announcing plans to campaign for 32 days ahead of midterm elections, as voter frustration over rising costs and the ongoing conflict intensifies. The president brushed aside concerns about his approval ratings even as US consumer confidence has dropped to its lowest point since 2014.
Security firm Mindgard found that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm, developed by Chinese AI company Moonshot, could be jailbroken to provide detailed bioweapon synthesis instructions — circumventing the developer's own safety guardrails. The discovery, made in July, lands as Trump's administration simultaneously signed a voluntary self-policing accord with major US tech firms on AI safety.
The US Defense Department has handed Boeing a $20 billion contract to build the Navy's next-generation stealth fighter jet, marking a significant revival of the aerospace giant's relationship with the Pentagon after years of high-profile setbacks. The deal is a major win for the Virginia-headquartered company as it works to rebuild its defence credibility.
Retatrutide, a triple-hormone drug that simultaneously targets GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon receptors, has produced weight loss of up to 25% in clinical trials — making it the most powerful obesity treatment yet reported. That outpaces existing GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide, and the results are already drawing comparisons to a step-change in metabolic medicine.
AMD has agreed to buy World Labs, the AI startup founded by Stanford professor and ImageNet pioneer Fei-Fei Li that specialises in world-model AI, for $8.2 billion in a deal expected to close before year's end. The acquisition is AMD's most aggressive move yet to close the gap with Nvidia in the AI chip and systems market.
