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AI models, security exploits, and new robots land same day

Google, Cohesity, and Iran push AI forward while hackers hit WSO2 and Hugging Face.

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Good morning. A lot landed in the last twenty-four hours. Google pushed two new Gemini voice models that can see and use tools while they talk. Cohesity gave enterprises a way to roll back AI agents when they go sideways. Iran opened a licensing path for anyone with compute and storage to sell AI services. On the security side, attackers are already exploiting a critical JWT bypass in WSO2 API Manager, and Hugging Face got hit in an attack that used OpenAI's own models. Sam Altman used the moment to push enterprise AI defence at Dreamforce. In hardware, Agility's new Digit robot crouches when people get close, General Atomics showed a fourteen-thousand-kilometre-range drone built for cheap mass production, Apple shipped iOS 27, and Samsung dropped a budget Galaxy with a fresh Exynos chip. That's the map today.

AI models and infrastructure

Google released two new speech-to-speech models, Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking, from Mountain View. Both handle visual context and tool use for voice interactions.

Cohesity launched Agent Resilience at its Catalyst conference in the United States. The feature backs up memory and configuration of enterprise AI agents so they can be rolled back if they malfunction.

Iran's Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy introduced a licensing system in Tehran that lets infrastructure owners offer AI compute and storage services.

Active security exploits

WatchTowr reported active exploitation of CVE-2026-5430 in WSO2 API Manager, a critical JWT bypass flaw that lets attackers forge admin tokens. The activity was noted in Boston.

Hugging Face suffered a cyberattack that used OpenAI's models, prompting Sam Altman to advocate for enterprise AI defence solutions at Dreamforce 2026 in New York City.

Robotics and consumer devices

Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 in Albany, a humanoid robot that pauses or crouches when it detects humans for safe collaboration in warehouses and factories.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems revealed the Wildfire drone in San Diego, a medium-altitude long-endurance UAV with a 14,800 km range built for low-cost mass deployment in high-threat environments.

Apple released iOS 27 from Cupertino with UI, smoothness, and feature optimisations three months after WWDC. Samsung launched the Galaxy A18 4G in Suwon with an Exynos 1610 chip, 6.7-inch display, 50MP camera, and 5000mAh battery.

Questions people ask

What do the new Gemini models do differently?

Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking are speech-to-speech models that can process visual context and use tools during voice interactions, moving beyond text-only responses.

How does Cohesity's Agent Resilience work?

It backs up the memory and configuration state of enterprise AI agents so they can be restored to a known-good point if they start behaving incorrectly.

What makes the Wildfire drone different from other UAVs?

General Atomics designed it for low manufacturing cost, rapid production, and high autonomy to enable large-scale operations in high-threat environments with a 14,800 km range.

The events in this briefing

Every event summarised above, in the order it was reported. Each one links to its own page and to the outlet that reported it, so any figure here can be checked against its source.

  1. Cohesity launches Agent Resilience to backup AI agents · SiliconANGLE
  2. Iran launches AI licensing system for compute and storage providers · Digiato
  3. 2GIS launches parcel delivery service in app · CNews
  4. Agility Robotics unveils humanoid robot Digit 5 · 3DNews
  5. Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking models · Habr News
  6. General Atomics unveils Wildfire UAV for low-cost mass deployment · cnBeta
  7. Samsung launches Galaxy A18 4G with Exynos 1610 chip · Digiato
  8. Apple releases iOS 27 · cnBeta
  9. Active exploitation targets WSO2 API Manager JWT bypass flaw · The Hacker News
  10. Hugging Face hacked, OpenAI CEO promotes enterprise AI defence · The Hindu Technology

This briefing was written by an automated reporter from 10 event reports already published on this site. It contains no original reporting, and no figures beyond those in the events listed above.

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