At the 2026 Bund Conference, Alipay announced that AI payment will further advance from 'payable' to 'trusted payment', and plans to launch an AI wallet agent to help individuals manage every AI payment.
On September 11, OpenAI announced that due to unprecedented demand for the GPT-6 Astra model, it would suspend accepting new subscribers for the Pro 20X plan at the $200-per-month tier.
Department of Defense, publicly refuted warnings from Anthropic engineer Jacob Cawson that AI could kill all of humanity at a defense industry conference held in Washington on September 10 local time, saying such concerns stem from fear of technological revolution.