Week 38, 2026 AI roundup

Models Alibaba's open-weight Qwen-Image-2.1 claims to beat closed models in image generation with just 7 billion parameters The Decoder Dev Tools Trump now says he wants to form an ‘AI Force’ The Verge AI Creative A24’s reputation is on the line with the SCP Foundation movie The Verge AI Security What Is Prompt Injection? The Security Flaw Every AI User Should Understand unite.ai Creative Runway wants to turn AI video generation into a live stream you control in real time The Decoder Agents The Sequence Radar - Issue 936: Last Week in AI: Gemini Talks, Astra Practices Law, Figure Folds Laundry, and Crusoe Powers It All The Sequence Dev Tools Daily AI usage in the U.S. has more than doubled in just six months The Decoder Dev Tools Trump Proposes Renaming Artificial Intelligence, Announces AI Force unite.ai Dev Tools Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force TechCrunch AI Creative Listeners Say They Don’t Want AI-Generated Music. Is That Actually True? unite.ai Dev Tools TypeSafe AI Releases Jev: A System One Model That Returns Typed, Calibrated Decisions Instead of Text MarkTechPost Models Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies TechCrunch AI