CALWIRE Tech Report (Saturday, September 26, 2026)

Today's top story: I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it. This roundup covers 12 stories from TechCrunch, Ars AI, and OpenAI.

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ou... — TechCrunch

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere
The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smar... — TechCrunch

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans. — TechCrunch

Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave
After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board. — TechCrunch

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge
AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge. — TechCrunch

Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features — Ars AI

Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements — Ars AI

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features
Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list. — TechCrunch

The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?
When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) fig... — TechCrunch

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $2... — TechCrunch

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise. — Ars AI

Proaction boosts sales 60% and saves 75+ hours with Codex
With Codex, GPT-Live-1, and GPT-6 Astra, Proaction builds, operates, and sells modern fleet management faster.

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