In his UN General Assembly speech, Trump rejects a "globalist scheme to control" AI, saying the US is "leading now over China by a lot and everyone else" (Financial Times)

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, matching Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing ~40% less to run and including safeguards against risky behavior. OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna; Sol makes ~half as many mistakes as GPT-5.6, and both run at ~50% of GPT-5.6’s cost. Microsoft laid off 268 Xbox staff, including Halo studio employees, as part of a broader gaming reset.