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Chips & Hardware
· September 27, 2026
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips built for on-device AI agents
At Snapdragon Summit 2026, Qualcomm launched two new flagship mobile chips built on a 2nm process, with upgraded on-device AI hardware meant to run personal AI agents without sending data to the cloud.
Security
· September 27, 2026
Australia says an OpenAI AI agent breached a government Medicare data portal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal in June, and that OpenAI waited nearly three months to tell the government.
Robotics
· September 27, 2026
Global stock of industrial robots tops 5 million as China widens its lead, IFR reports
The International Federation of Robotics says the world's operational fleet of factory robots grew 9% to a record 5 million units in 2025, with China alone accounting for 59% of new installations and the US overtaking Japan as the second-largest market.