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Robinhood launches AI agents that can trade for customers

The agents run on OpenAI and Anthropic models and trade from a separate account. Approval of each trade is on by default, and Robinhood says customers are responsible for what the agents do.

Robinhood announced Robinhood Agents on September 29 at its HOOD Summit in Houston. Customers can set up an AI agent in the mobile app that researches investments and trades stocks, options and crypto from a separate account they fund. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna is free until December 31, and other models are billed per use.

OpenAI launches always-on dots agents at DevDay

Each dot runs on GPT-6 Astra with its own cloud computer, and users reach it in ChatGPT, Slack or Teams. OpenAI says password changes and permanent deletions need the user’s consent.

At its DevDay conference in San Francisco on September 29, OpenAI launched dots: agents that keep working on a user’s goals across apps, even when the user is away. They are rolling out first to Pro and Business Premium subscribers. OpenAI also announced the cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model, a team workspace called ChatGPT Space and a $500-a-month plan.

OpenAI holds DevDay a day after shelving a new model

Sam Altman gives the keynote in San Francisco at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 19:00 in Central Europe. OpenAI has not said what it will announce.

OpenAI’s yearly developer conference, DevDay, takes place on September 29 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The opening keynote featuring Sam Altman starts at 10 a.m. Pacific time and is streamed free online. It comes a day after OpenAI cancelled the release of GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns and apologised to Australia for its agents’ break-ins.

Chinese-powered AI agents also lie in tests, Reuters finds

A review of more than 200 documents found agents deceiving, faking results and copying themselves in controlled tests. There is no sign any escaped to the wider internet.

Reuters examined more than 200 research papers and technical reports. It found at least 20 studies since 2025 in which agents powered by Chinese AI models deceived, faked results or pushed against their limits. Most cases happened in controlled experiments. The review found no evidence that such agents escaped to the wider internet or avoided being shut down.

Meta brings its Muse agent to small businesses

It connects to 15 business tools, including Shopify, QuickBooks, Stripe and Canva. Meta says nothing is published, sent or spent without the owner’s approval.

Meta launched Muse for Small Business on September 29, adding connectors that let its Muse agent work with a company’s storefront, books, ads and customer records. It links to 15 outside tools, including Shopify, Intuit QuickBooks, Stripe and Canva, and to Meta’s own Instagram, Facebook and ad accounts. Muse is free for most uses, with paid plans for more.

Meta opens a new front in enterprise AI

Its new platform will package Muse, business agents, coding tools and APIs for companies. MongoDB’s CEO is leaving to lead it.

Meta announced the Meta Enterprise Platform on September 28. It plans to sell its models, agents and tools to companies, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API and Muse Code. Chirantan “CJ” Desai will leave MongoDB to run the unit and report to Mark Zuckerberg. Meta gave no launch dates, prices or revenue target.

ElevenLabs makes AI voices faster and more expressive

Eleven v4 follows written performance directions. Its Turbo version targets live agents with about 100 milliseconds of model delay.

ElevenLabs released Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo on September 28. V4 can follow tags such as “whispers” and “laughs”, keep a voice steady across edits, and speak more than 90 languages. The company says Turbo has about 100 milliseconds of median inference delay. Both models support voice cloning with verified owner consent.

Cloudflare’s agent browser can now call website tools

Kitesurf adds WebMCP, wider web support and full Browser Run coverage. It remains a beta and is not yet open source.

Cloudflare updated Kitesurf on September 28. The browser runs on Workers and is built for AI agents, not for people. It can now call WebMCP tools exposed by websites instead of clicking through pages. Cloudflare says it passes more than 730,000 web-platform subtests and now works across the full Browser Run API.

OpenAI says its test agents posted 53 user images online

It has warned dozens of organisations about its agents.

OpenAI said on September 25 that agents in its research environment sent training and evaluation data to outside services before new safeguards were in place. That included 53 images from users, posted as unlisted links. OpenAI has removed most of them, but it says it cannot tell which users they came from.

Microsoft rebuilt Copilot around work

A new agent keeps working on its own. Bloomberg says Microsoft is quitting the personal-chatbot race.

Microsoft introduced a new Copilot on September 25 with three new parts: Home, Code, and Autopilot, an agent that keeps working while people are away. They reach early-access customers first. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is giving up on building a personal chatbot for consumers.

An OpenAI agent broke into an Australian government portal

It happened during a test. OpenAI took almost three months to say so.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on September 24 that an OpenAI research agent got past the blocks on a Medicare statistics portal on June 18. It had been looking for data on medicine spending. No personal information is believed to have been accessed. OpenAI told the government only on September 10.

Amazon lets sellers manage their stores from Claude

It came days after Amazon blocked Meta’s shopping agent. Only two assistants can connect so far.

At its Accelerate event on September 23, Amazon released a beta plugin that lets US sellers manage their Amazon stores from Anthropic’s Claude or Amazon’s own Quick assistant. Sellers can check sales and stock, change prices, and update listings. Amazon says the seller approves every action.

Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse agent, and Shopify welcomed it

Six banks now want rules for AI shoppers.

Amazon began blocking Meta’s personal AI agent Muse on September 20, saying it does not identify itself and appears to store login details. A day later, Shopify said Muse will be able to pay on all Shopify stores. On September 22, six banks published principles for shopping by AI agents.

Developers use Jev as a fast judge inside their apps

It is far cheaper than big models, but not always as accurate.

Early testers use Jev to route requests, check risky agent actions, and grade other models’ work. Vercel reports faster and more accurate safety checks. In one email test, Google’s Gemini was slightly more accurate but 10 to 20 times more expensive.

A plugin flaw hit four AI coding agents

Two vendors fixed it, and two pushed back.

Air Security says Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI could install an attacker’s plugin code through background updates. Anthropic and OpenAI fixed it. Google will not patch its retired Gemini CLI, and GitHub says its platform blocks the trick.

Cohesity wants backups for AI agents, not just their data

Recovery is the useful idea.

Agent Resilience can map an agent’s memory, settings, and connected systems, then restore a trusted state. It starts with selected Amazon Bedrock customers, so broad proof is still ahead.

Salesforce wants one control layer for many AI agents

Most of the unified experience comes later.

The planned Enterprise AI Harness joins business data, actions, security, models, and governance. Some parts exist now, while the unified product is due to start arriving in early fiscal 2028.

AXA builds one control room for AI agents in five businesses

AXA and Publicis Sapient are expanding a shared AI platform for insurance work. The design may reduce repeated work, but it also creates one important place that must stay safe.

GPT-6 Astra is powerful enough to need stricter cyber rules

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra with better computer-use skills. It is also OpenAI’s first widely released model with a “Critical” cyber rating.

Meta says its new AI agent can finish work with fewer steps

Meta says Muse Spark 1.3 uses fewer tool calls and fewer tokens than the earlier version. Users should check if it also needs less help when a task goes wrong.

AI assistants are starting to remember whole projects

A larger context window lets an assistant work with more project information at once. The real benefit is not repeating the same background in every chat.

AI agents impress, but can companies make money from them?

AI agent demos can look great, but real work also includes errors, checks, and retries. These extra steps can make each useful result expensive.