September 2026

Y Combinator has funded 106 companies related to AI observability in recent years

OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable AI models learn to hide it.

Not everyone agrees with Amodei’s call for globally coordinated action for AI safety.

The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI’s data practices “theft” while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.

Alec Litowitz says Citadel founder Ken Griffin appreciated ‘how his brain worked.’

A 30-year study of scholarship recipients offers an unusual look at what can happen when people are given opportunities early in life.

The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.

Here’s what I learned from a failed international expansion — and how founders can validate a market before committing capital.

More employers are using a new kind of interview, prompting job-seekers to adapt.