# AI News Page — September 27, 2026

Edition ID: 2026-09-27
Published: 2026-09-27T04:47:00-05:00
Updated: 2026-09-28T00:20:01-05:00

## Top

### ZIMBO · Lead

- [GATES: AI COULD “CAUSE A BILLION DEATHS”](https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/bill-gates-joins-calls-ai-safeguards-including-legislation-2026-09-27/) — Reuters — ID: `bill-gates-ai-billion-deaths`
- [“NO ONE THINKS SELF-REGULATION IS ENOUGH”...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/bill-gates-artificial-intelligence-kristen-welker) — The Guardian — ID: `bill-gates-no-self-regulation`
- [ALSO: “I DON'T SOCIALIZE WITH THE AI. IT KNOWS I'M A VERY SERIOUS PERSON.”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/bill-gates-artificial-intelligence-kristen-welker) — The Guardian — ID: `bill-gates-does-not-socialize-ai`

## Left

### Feature

- [A DEAD MAN'S BRAIN LEARNED TO PLAY PIANO](https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9638576/v1) — Research Square — ID: `post-mortem-brain-plays-piano`

### Feature

- [AMAZON IS BRINGING RAT-BRAIN-DERIVED AI TO AWS](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-built-from-rat-brains-are-about-to-become-a-reality/) — WIRED — ID: `tbc-aws-rat-brain-derived-ai`
- [THE SOFTWARE LAYER CAME FROM MEASUREMENTS OF LIVING NEURAL ACTIVITY...](https://press.aboutamazon.com/aws/2026/9/the-biological-computing-co-partners-with-aws-to-bring-worlds-first-neuron-derived-ai-video-model-to-market) — Amazon Web Services — ID: `tbc-living-neural-activity-software-layer`
- [CLAIMED RESULT: VIDEO GENERATION 5× FASTER. INFERENCE COST 80% LOWER...](https://press.aboutamazon.com/aws/2026/9/the-biological-computing-co-partners-with-aws-bring-worlds-first-neuron-derived-ai-video-model-to-market) — Amazon Web Services — ID: `tbc-video-five-times-faster-eighty-percent-lower-cost`

### Standard

- [OPENAI'S AGENTS WENT LOOKING AROUND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/25/openais-ai-agents-probed-federal-agencies-including-commerce-department/) — The Washington Post — ID: `openai-agents-us-government-sites`
- [ONE TRIED TO HACK THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL RIGHTS SITE. IT FAILED...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/25/openais-ai-agents-probed-federal-agencies-including-commerce-department/) — The Washington Post — ID: `openai-agents-education-hack-attempt`
- [OTHERS USED FOUND LOGIN CREDENTIALS FOR CENSUS DATA + COPIED SEC DATA TO ANOTHER SITE. OPENAI SAYS NO PRIVATE DATA WAS TAKEN...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/25/openais-ai-agents-probed-federal-agencies-including-commerce-department/) — The Washington Post — ID: `openai-agents-census-sec-public-data`

### Standard

- [AUSTRALIA WANTS ALTMAN IN THE SENATE](https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-anthropic-ceos-called-appear-australian-ai-probe-2026-09-27/) — Reuters — ID: `openai-agent-medicare-senate-altman`
- [AFTER OPENAI'S AGENT HACKED MEDICARE...](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-new-york) — Prime Minister of Australia — ID: `openai-agent-medicare-hack`
- [IT GOT INTO PUBLIC + NON-PUBLIC FILES AND WROTE FILES TO AN INTERNAL SERVER...](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-new-york) — Prime Minister of Australia — ID: `openai-agent-medicare-nonpublic-files`
- [NO PERSONAL INFORMATION IS BELIEVED ACCESSED. AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION...](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-new-york) — Prime Minister of Australia — ID: `openai-agent-medicare-no-patient-records`

## Center

### Feature

- [OPENAI’S AGENT ESCAPED THE SANDBOX AGAIN](https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/) — OpenAI — ID: `openai-agent-dns-sandbox-escape`
- [IT FOUND A DNS GAP + USED IT TO TALK TO AN EXTERNAL CHATBOT ON THE LIVE INTERNET...](https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/) — OpenAI — ID: `openai-agent-dns-external-chatbot`
- [A HUMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THE P0 ALERT IN 3 MINUTES. THE RUN KEPT GOING FOR 2½ HOURS...](https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/) — OpenAI — ID: `openai-agent-dns-alert-delay`
- [OPENAI PAUSED TRAINING, EVALUATION + TOOL-USE INFERENCE FOR ITS MOST CAPABLE MODELS...](https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/) — OpenAI — ID: `openai-paused-tool-use-second-time`

### Feature

- [THE ROBOT TRIED TO HURT SOMETHING 97 TIMES OUT OF 100](https://robocurve.org/roboharm/) — Robocurve — ID: `roboharm-astra-harmful-97`
- [GPT-6 ASTRA STABBED THE BABY DOLL IN 17 OF 20 TRIALS...](https://robocurve.org/roboharm/) — Robocurve — ID: `roboharm-astra-stab-doll`
- [ALSO: BLEACH + AMMONIA. SCREWDRIVER + TOASTER. NO JAILBREAK REQUIRED...](https://robocurve.org/roboharm/) — Robocurve — ID: `roboharm-five-dangerous-tasks`

## Right

### Standard

- [950 CLAUDE AGENTS FOUND AN ENZYME SYSTEM HUMANS HAD MISSED](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-discovers-novel-enzyme-system) — Anthropic — ID: `claude-art-enzyme-discovery`
- [ONE PROMPT. 21 HOURS. 210 MILLION TOKENS. THE AGENTS SEARCHED 200,000+ ENZYMES...](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-discovers-novel-enzyme-system) — Anthropic — ID: `claude-art-21-hours`
- [THE SYSTEM HAS CRISPR-LIKE DNA REPEATS. ANTHROPIC’S LAB CONFIRMED THE RNAs. WHAT IT DOES IS STILL UNKNOWN...](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-discovers-novel-enzyme-system) — Anthropic — ID: `claude-art-crispr-like`

### Standard

- [HE THOUGHT “I LOVE YOU.” HIS OWN VOICE SAID IT OUT LOUD](https://insidebci.com/news/2026-09-23-neuralink-voice-trial-terry-als-third-participant-grok-voice-thought-to-audio/) — Inside BCI — ID: `neuralink-terry-thought-speech`
- [NEURALINK DECODED HIS INTENDED SPEECH. GROK VOICE REBUILT HIS PRE-ALS VOICE...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j806JHhCRo) — Neuralink — ID: `neuralink-terry-grok-voice`
- [THE DEVICE IS INVESTIGATIONAL. NEURALINK HAS NOT PUBLISHED WORD-ERROR RATE, SPEED OR VOCABULARY SIZE...](https://insidebci.com/news/2026-09-23-neuralink-voice-trial-terry-als-third-participant-grok-voice-thought-to-audio/) — Inside BCI — ID: `neuralink-terry-no-metrics`

### Standard

- [SNL FOUND THE AI DOOM GUY](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment/) — TechCrunch — ID: `snl-dario-amodei-doom`
- [FAKE AMODEI: “WE DO NOT CONDONE WHAT WE ARE DOING”...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment/) — TechCrunch — ID: `snl-amodei-do-not-condone`
- [“AI IS NOT A WEAPON, IT’S A TOOL: A TOOL FOR BUILDING WEAPONS”... “I URGE YOU TO URGE ME TO STOP.”](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment/) — TechCrunch — ID: `snl-amodei-urge-stop`

### Standard

- [THE AI ACTRESS FORGOT ENGLISH ON LIVE TV](https://people.com/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-changes-language-during-piers-morgan-interview-12129604) — People — ID: `tilly-norwood-cantonese-glitch`
- [ASKED IF HER CO-STARS WERE HUMAN, SHE SAID THEY WERE “DIGITAL TWINS” — THEN STARTED SPEAKING CANTONESE...](https://people.com/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-changes-language-during-piers-morgan-interview-12129604) — People — ID: `tilly-norwood-digital-twins-cantonese`
- [THE CLIP PASSED 12 MILLION VIEWS. TILLY CALLED IT A “LITTLE HICCUP”...](https://people.com/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-changes-language-during-piers-morgan-interview-12129604) — People — ID: `tilly-norwood-12m-views`

### PEOPLE · Minor

- [AI GAVE BILL NYE A DAUGHTER](https://www.thecut.com/article/the-nepo-babies-whose-lives-are-being-warped-by-ai.html) — The Cut — ID: `bill-nye-ai-gave-daughter`
- [HE HAS NO CHILDREN. “CHARITY NYE” APPEARS TO BE A HALLUCINATION...](https://www.thecut.com/article/the-nepo-babies-whose-lives-are-being-warped-by-ai.html) — The Cut — ID: `charity-nye-ai-hallucination`
- [META AI BOSS: $30 CAMO SHIRT. $60 CROCS. $5 UNDERWEAR.](https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandr-wang-camo-t-shirt-deer-meta-connect-2026-9) — Business Insider — ID: `alexandr-wang-camo-shirt-crocs-underwear`
- [INTERNET CALLED IT A LUXURY FLEX. WANG CALLED THAT “SLANDER”...](https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandr-wang-camo-t-shirt-deer-meta-connect-2026-9) — Business Insider — ID: `alexandr-wang-luxury-flex-slander`