Week 26, 2026 AI roundup

Models New AI models, token minimization and IBM’s new sub-1nm chip IBM Technology Security The Promptware Kill Chain: How Prompt Injection Becomes AI Malware IBM Technology Models Have we finally solved social engineering? Plus: World Cup fraud, AI IDs and an IBM/OpenAI collab IBM Technology Security China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity The Verge AI Enterprise Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine The Verge AI Dev Tools Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short TechCrunch AI Models Prompt injection is exploiting enterprise AI's biggest design flaws by targeting agents, RAG pipelines and model routers VentureBeat AI Models Latest open artifacts (#22): Zyphra, Cohere, and Poolside are expanding the breadth of the ecosystem Interconnects Enterprise HP Inc. launches Frontier strategic partnership with OpenAI OpenAI News Dev Tools Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia TechCrunch AI Security Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial The Verge AI Policy AI won't become a real coworker until it stops answering and starts finishing tasks The Decoder