Major Players

Ahead of President Trump's meeting with tech CEOs, a senior Senate Democrat is calling for a US-China treaty to prevent global AI chaos.

• •President Trump is preparing to meet with CEOs of tech and AI companies in Washington.
• •A senior Senate Democrat is calling for a US-China treaty to prevent global AI chaos.
• •It has been pointed out that negotiations to prompt action from both countries' leaders may be difficult.

Anthropic's IPO preview documents highlight expanding losses and increased risks of model harm, as the company targets a valuation exceeding $2 trillion.

• •Reports indicate the IPO preview includes details on accumulating losses and proposals for management to retain authority.
• •The documents explicitly state that AI development plans could further increase the risk of models causing harm.
• •Anthropic is preparing for its long-awaited IPO with a target valuation of over $2 trillion.

Lenovo announced two new models of the Lenovo Yoga Tab Android tablet, featuring gesture AI capabilities.

• •The two announced models are the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus Gen 2 and the Lenovo Yoga Tab Gen 2.
• •The release date for the Lenovo Yoga Tab Gen 2 is set for October 2.
• •The release of the Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus Gen 2 is scheduled for late October or later.

IIJ is publicly releasing materials for its 2026 "IIJ Bootcamp" training for new engineers for free, offering over 20 lectures covering web technology basics to generative AI utilization.

• •The 2026 edition materials are publicly available for free on the web, with some exceptions.
• •The content covers everything from Git and Docker basics to web app development using generative AI.
• •It is designed as a hands-on training program for new engineers.

OpenAI announced it will resume accepting new sign-ups for its top-tier ChatGPT Pro plan on September 29, accompanied by the removal of usage limits and new features.

• •New sign-ups for the top-tier Pro (20x) plan resume on September 29 (local time).
• •The previous five-hour usage limit will be completely removed.
• •New features that do not consume usage credits will be provided.

AWS released Strands Harness, an open-source tool that allows users to easily build AI agents based on major LLMs and runtimes.

• •It supports major LLMs such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Ollama.
• •Users can freely switch the underlying LLM without being locked into a specific model.
• •The tool is provided to support the creation of high-performance AI agents.

Gartner published its 2026 Hype Cycle for Cloud and AI, analyzing that frontier AI and other technologies are at the peak.

Google announced the discontinuation of its custom bot feature, Gem, in favor of the successor Skills, with automatic migration for personal accounts starting November 17.

• •Existing Gems will be automatically converted to Skills without user intervention.
• •Automatic migration for personal accounts begins on November 17.
• •The discontinuation and migration were announced through in-app notifications.

NSSOL signed a strategic partnership with Anthropic to promote AI agent integration and system modernization.

• •NSSOL became the first user-side SI in Japan to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Anthropic.
• •The partnership aims to promote AI agent integration and the modernization of legacy systems.
• •The announcement was made on September 28.

Anthropic announced its new model, Claude Sonnet 5.5, which is faster and smarter than previous models while keeping API prices unchanged.

• •Announced on September 28, with availability starting the same day via the Claude Platform API.
• •API prices remain unchanged from the previous model at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
• •Processing speed is improved by over 30%, and costs are reduced by up to 30%.