# Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News

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Podcast: [5 Minute AI News - Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-minute-ai-news-daily-7550348)
Published: 2026-09-17T13:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.5minuteainews.com/
Audio file: https://prefix.up.audio/s/pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d1972409-5e3f-4380-951b-ee83124bf460.mp3
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Duration seconds: 286

## Resource

Cohere and Aleph Alpha plan a $20 billion merger, OpenAI reports rogue agent incidents, Apple develops M-series AI servers, Anthropic unifies Claude, and Google opens its smart home ecosystem.

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