AI Round-up: 16 September 2026

AI safety arguments sharpened at Dreamforce as Anthropic and NVIDIA set out different views on how development should proceed. Reports of cooperation between OpenAI, Anthropic and Google sat alongside calls for cross-company model testing and OpenAI's support for legislation addressing biological threats.

Investment and deployment continued alongside the debate: OpenAI was reported to be considering another funding round, coding-agent company Factory reached a reported $5 billion valuation, and Anthropic signed its first Australian data-centre agreement. NVIDIA highlighted AI-assisted cardiac care, while practical videos covered Copilot sessions, workplace tools and personal agents.