The day in AI

Tuesday 8 September 2026

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Launches and products

8 Sep 2026CognitionCognition $2B+ Series E at $48B Cognition raises over $2B at a $48B valuation led by a16z and Accel; run-rate revenue about $900M, up from $492M in May.8 Sep 2026Google DeepMindAlphaGenome Atlas AlphaGenome Atlas gives predicted molecular effects for all 9 billion possible single-letter human DNA variants, a 1 PB resource free for academic use.8 Sep 2026OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 (Sunburst and Flare) and ChatGPT Images 2.5 GPT Image 2.5 ships as Sunburst for editing precision and Flare for fast everyday generation, with new xhigh and max quality settings.

Research

8 Sep 2026OpenAIAI-generated Navier-Stokes finite-time blow-up proof (with Lean formalization) OpenAI claims an internal agent system proved a Navier-Stokes finite-time singularity with smooth forcing, resolving the Millennium Prize problem, with a Lean proof.

People and teams

Jacob CoxonAnthropic → unknown. Resigned and posted a widely viewed warning that labs are compromising oversight to keep pace; ynet reported he forfeited unvested equity. Others questioned his motives.