1. HiddenLayer Raises $100M to Secure AI Agents in Banking and Finance
FinTech Global · Finance & Banking
AI security firm HiddenLayer closed a $100 million Series B round led by Delta-v Capital, with Morgan Stanley among the backers, to protect agentic and generative AI applications used across banking, insurance, and financial services. The company’s annual recurring revenue grew more than 10x in 12 months, driven by over 50 new enterprise customers including major names in securities brokerage and banking. Funds will go toward expanding its Agentic Runtime Security platform and a new Agent Harness Security product, as financial sector regulators increasingly scrutinise how firms govern their AI models.
https://fintech.global/2026/09/03/hiddenlayer-bags-100m-to-guard-enterprise-ai-agents/
2. 94% of UK Lawyers Now Use AI, But 83% Fear Hallucinations, LexisNexis Finds
Artificial Lawyer · Law & Legal
A major LexisNexis UK survey of 543 legal professionals reveals that 94% of lawyers now use AI for legal work — up from just 11% in 2023 — with 15% at large firms saying they are fully dependent on it. Despite this rapid adoption, concerns are mounting: 83% worry about inaccurate or fabricated AI output, and 77% believe AI is causing clients and the public to misinterpret the law. The report also found that 55% of lawyers expect AI to change how law firms bill clients, signalling a potential shake-up to the profession’s traditional business model.
https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/09/02/15-of-large-firm-lawyers-now-dependent-on-ai/
3. FDA Pilot Lets Generative AI Medical Devices Reach Patients Before Approval
STAT News · Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
The FDA has launched a pilot programme called TEMPO that allows certain generative AI-powered medical devices to be used in real-world clinical settings before receiving full regulatory authorisation. The move gives the agency hands-on experience regulating AI tools that make care decisions, as it wrestles with how best to oversee this rapidly evolving technology. It signals a significant shift in how the FDA is approaching the challenge of keeping pace with AI innovation in healthcare.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/03/tempo-fda-pilor-generative-ai-medical-device-regulation/
4. Pentagon Nearly Done Purging Anthropic AI Ahead of September Deadline
Breaking Defense · Defense & Security
The Pentagon is on track to remove all Anthropic AI products department-wide by its September 29 deadline, with the US Deputy Secretary confirming nearly 90% of Anthropic’s tools have already been cleared from military systems. The ban stems from a dispute over Anthropic’s refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude model — including for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance — leading the Defense Department to designate it a supply chain risk earlier this year. The Air Force Research Laboratory had pushed contractors to complete removal even earlier, by September 1, underscoring urgency across the military services.
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/air-force-pushing-contractors-to-purge-anthropic-by-sept-1-memo/
5. CrowdStrike and NVIDIA Launch SafeMind Agentic AI Cybersecurity System
Security Boulevard · Technology & AI
CrowdStrike has unveiled SafeMind, a dual-model agentic AI cybersecurity system built with NVIDIA Nemotron, featuring Red Tempest (offensive) and Blue Solano (defensive) models that run in a continuous closed loop to find and close attack paths at machine speed. The system is trained on 15 years of CrowdStrike incident response data and operates natively within the Falcon platform, with standalone access via Project QuiltWorks. CrowdStrike claims SafeMind delivers a 29% higher detection rate and remediation six times faster than leading frontier models, as AI-enabled cyberattacks surge across the industry.
6. UK Launches £28M Challenge to Fund Ultra-Long-Duration Energy Storage
Energy-Storage.News / PowerGen Advancement · Energy
The UK government has launched the Ultra-Long Duration Energy Storage Challenge, offering £28 million in grants for technologies that can store and discharge clean electricity for over 100 continuous hours. Funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the programme targets electrochemical batteries and hydrogen storage solutions to reduce dependence on gas-fired generation and strengthen energy security. The initiative is part of a broader government strategy to modernise electricity infrastructure and integrate more renewable energy into the grid.
7. Carbon Robotics Targets IPO After Hitting $100M Revenue with AI Farm Robots
AgFunderNews · Agriculture & Food
Seattle-based Carbon Robotics is now aiming to go public after surpassing $100 million in revenue, driven by its AI-powered LaserWeeder and autonomous tractor platform. The company, which uses computer vision and high-powered lasers to eliminate weeds without chemicals, has deployed its machines to over 100 of the world’s largest specialty crop growers across North America, Europe, and Australia. Carbon Robotics is also developing a new, as-yet-unannounced AI agricultural robot and may raise additional capital to expand its tractor autonomy platform.
https://agfundernews.com/%F0%9F%8E%A5-carbon-robotics-100m-revenue-new-machine-and-a-path-to-ipo
8. IAA Transportation 2026 Opens in Hanover with AI and Autonomous Trucks in Focus
Fleet Transport / VDA · Transportation & Logistics
The world’s largest commercial vehicle and logistics trade show, IAA Transportation 2026, opens in Hanover, Germany this week (15–20 September), with artificial intelligence and autonomous transport solutions as headline themes. More than 2,500 exhibitors from 48 countries are presenting innovations including Level 4 autonomous trucks, AI-driven fleet management systems, and software-defined vehicles. Highlights include a world-premiere autonomous heavy-duty electric truck from Skyworth and a keynote session on the future of autonomous transport from Valeo’s Chief Sales Officer.
https://fleet.ie/iaa-transportation-2026-hannover-messe-september-2026/
9. Boston Public Schools Launch AI Educator Ambassadors as AI Literacy Hits Classrooms
Boston.gov · Education
Boston Public Schools and Mayor Michelle Wu have launched the inaugural cohort of BPS AI Educator Ambassadors — 25 secondary school educators trained during a Summer Institute in August 2026 — who will now lead AI learning projects across the district’s high schools. The programme is the cornerstone of BPS’s AI Literacy Initiative, a public-private effort backed by a $1 million grant, making Boston the first major US city to ensure every high school student graduates AI-proficient. The curriculum, developed with UMass Boston, covers responsible and ethical AI use alongside practical skills for college and the workforce.