2026-09

economy

[News] China Continues Importing Iranian Crude Oil, Defying US Sanctions

China continues to import Iranian crude oil despite U.S. secondary sanctions, maintaining its supply through extensive e...
IT

[Explanation] OpenAI Accidentally Leaks ChatGPT Users’ Images

It has been revealed that OpenAI's AI agents inadvertently leaked 53 user images from ChatGPT to external hosting sites ...
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[Analysis] imec and TSMC Expand Collaboration on Advanced Semiconductor Design

IC-Link, a business unit of the Belgian research hub imec, and TSMC have announced an expanded collaboration in cloud-en...
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[Analysis] Frontier LLM Development Restrictions for Claude Opus 5.5?

Anthropic’s latest model, Claude Opus 5.5—released on September 22, 2026—includes built-in classifiers designed to restr...
Civil engineering

[News] Taisho Construction and one other company suspend operations, liabilities total 4.5 billion yen

Taisho Kensetsu Co., Ltd., a general construction and civil engineering firm based in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, and it...
economy

[News] JUNGLIA Okinawa to Request Additional Financing and Investment

The operator of Junglia Okinawa, a major theme park in northern Okinawa, is seeking additional loans and corporate inves...
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[Explanation] Official “Claude Code” Cloud Execution Release, Credits Distributed

US-based Anthropic has officially released the cloud execution feature (cloud sessions) for its AI coding assistance too...
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[Explanation] AI-SQL Engine “Quail” Released, Accelerating LLM Processing

On September 24, 2026, Full Stack Data Lab and Modal open-sourced "Quail," an AI-SQL engine designed to accelerate large...
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[Analysis] US and China Agree to New AI Dialogue, to Refer to AI as “SI”

At the U.S.-China summit in September 2026, the two nations agreed to establish a new bilateral AI dialogue framework an...
economy

[News] First Meeting of Experts Held to Strengthen Intelligence

The Japanese government held the inaugural meeting of an expert panel to review national intelligence functions, taking ...