AI news trends
Which AI topics are rising or cooling?
Agents & Apps: the topic pulse
This week · Oct 14–Oct 20
In the seven days to Oct 20, we published 2 stories, 4 fewer than the week before. Agents & Apps was the busiest topic, with 2 stories. Google appeared in more stories than any other tag: 1 this week.
- Stories this week
- 24fewer than the week before
- Busiest topic
- Agents & Apps2 stories
- Top tag
- Google1 story
- Sources linked
- 1421% primary sources
Each square is one day. The brighter the square, the more stories we published on that topic that day. The last column compares this week with the week before.
| Topic | Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 5 | Sep 6 | Sep 7 | Sep 8 | Sep 9 | Sep 10 | Sep 11 | Sep 12 | Sep 13 | Sep 14 | Sep 15 | Sep 16 | Sep 17 | Sep 18 | Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 | Sep 22 | Sep 23 | Sep 24 | Sep 25 | Sep 26 | Sep 27 | Sep 28 | Sep 29 | Sep 30 | Oct 1 | Oct 2 | Oct 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 5 | Oct 6 | Oct 7 | Oct 8 | Oct 9 | Oct 10 | Oct 11 | Oct 12 | Oct 13 | Oct 14 | Oct 15 | Oct 16 | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 | This week |
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| Agents & Apps | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24fewer than the week before |
Tags with the biggest growth in stories between this week and the week before. The bars show the last 4 weeks, with this week on the right.
Rising
No tag grew by more than one story this week.
Tags with the biggest drop in stories between this week and the week before.
Most covered since September 2, 2026
The companies, products and ideas that appear in the most stories. Open a tag to read every story about it.
- 01AI Agents19 stories
- 02Enterprise AI9 stories
- 03Meta7 stories
- 04Google5 stories
- 05Coding4 stories
- 06Creative Tools4 stories
- 07OpenAI4 stories
- 08UX4 stories
- 09Apple3 stories
- 10Music AI3 stories
The biggest hubs in our knowledge graph
These topics link the most stories together. Open one in the graph to see what connects to it, and why.
- AI Agents33 connections · 33 storiesAgents & Apps
- Google22 connections · 22 storiesAgents & Apps
- Agent Workflows16 connections · 16 storiesAgents & Apps
- Enterprise AI11 connections · 11 storiesAgents & Apps
- Meta11 connections · 11 storiesAgents & Apps
- Open Source11 connections · 11 storiesAgents & Apps
- Permissioned Context11 connections · 7 storiesAgents & Apps
- Coding7 connections · 7 storiesAgents & Apps
The mood of our news
5.5/10
Mixed
Last 30 days · Sep 21 – Oct 20 · moves forward with every edition
How positive or negative our news was, on a scale from 1.0 (extremely negative) to 10.0 (extremely positive). AI scores every story with a scoring guide for tech and AI news. There is no neutral middle: every story leans positive (6.0 and above) or negative (4.9 and below). It describes our stories, not all AI news. How we rate the mood
The evidence behind the coverage
Every story links its sources. Primary sources are the original documents, such as company announcements, filings, court papers and official statements. The rest is independent reporting and research.
| Topic | Stories | Sources per story | Primary sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agents & Apps | 43 | 4.2 | 42% |
| All topics | 43 | 4.2 | 42% |