Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, which it calls the world's most intelligent and aligned model, first to a limited set of organizations and then to paid ChatGPT plans, the API and AWS; it is the first OpenAI model rated Critical for cybersecurity.

New Core ($195), Advanced ($395) and Max ($550 per user a month) editions of Agentforce Sales, Service and Industries bundle Slack, Tableau Next, security and Flex Credits into one purchase.

NVIDIA is buying Hugging Face, the open-model hub used by more than 18 million developers, for $12,930,300,000, and says the platform will stay open to other chips, clouds and model makers.

The final of the 13th LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers took place September 4, 2026 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, where Belgian designer Julie Kegels won the top prize and a 400,000-euro endowment; Chinese designer Zane Li (Lii) won the Karl Lagerfeld Prize and Kenyan designer Anil Padia (Yoshita 1967) won the Savoir-Faire Prize.

Qualcomm will build customised AI inference silicon and up-to-1.6T optical connectivity for Amazon's data centres over several generations, and gave Amazon a warrant for up to 25 million Qualcomm shares vesting against up to $60 billion of purchases.

At Nike's virtual 2026 annual meeting the advisory vote on executive pay passed 736,936,017 to 349,508,277, director Thasunda Duckett drew 310,517,784 withheld votes, and John Rogers Jr. left the board, which shrank to 11.

The FDA approved Abbott's TactiFlex Duo, a catheter that can deliver pulsed field ablation, radiofrequency energy or both in one procedure to treat complex atrial fibrillation. The approval rested on the FlexPulse IDE study.

Alo signed actor, singer and racing driver Wang Yibo, who has more than 41 million Weibo followers, as a global ambassador weeks after opening its Tmall store in China.

Amazon adds cybersecurity veteran Kevin Mandia, who founded Mandiant and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion, to its board of directors and its Audit and Security committees.

OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.5 to every ChatGPT tier, generating images up to 50% faster, and two API models: GPT-Image-2.5 Flare for fast everyday images and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst for precise editing.

A Fifth Circuit panel of Judges Richman, Higginson and Douglas heard Louisiana's bid to end telehealth prescribing of mifepristone and pressed the state hard on whether it has standing to sue.

The International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry announced its 300th brand signatory, a legally binding worker-safety agreement covering more than 3.4 million workers across 2,000 factories in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Square Enix surprise-released Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion on Nintendo Switch 2, bringing the remastered FFVII prequel's enhanced graphics, remastered soundtrack, and updated combat to the new console.

Wireless open-back headphones with 53mm drivers and LDAC hi-res audio support.

Inditex's first-half 2026 net sales rose 7.6% to €19.8 billion (9.2% at constant currency) and net income increased 6.8% to €3.0 billion, with the Zara owner citing strong demand for its Spring/Summer collections in stores and online.

Xbox has taken over publishing duties for Physint, Kojima Productions' stealth-action project previously tied to Sony, deepening the studio's relationship with Xbox following their earlier collaboration on OD.

NVIDIA and Palantir pair custom Nemotron open models with Palantir's Ontology, Foundry and AIP to run NVIDIA's own supply chain, securing the 1.3 million parts in each Vera Rubin rack, and offer the stack to other industries.

Salesforce closed its roughly $3.6 billion purchase of Fin, formerly Intercom, whose AI customer agent resolves an average 76% of queries and now sits in Salesforce's AI Labs.

Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs agreed a multi-year licensing deal - ElevenLabs' first with a major label - to launch a licensed AI platform on which fans can remix, mash up and reinterpret tracks from participating artists, and to build AI tools for artists and songwriters.

Lightweight handheld gimbal camera with a Leica lens and 8K/30fps capability.

The CFDA's official New York Fashion Week schedule for Spring/Summer 2027 ran citywide from Thursday, September 10 through Tuesday, September 15, 2026, opening Fashion Month ahead of London, Milan and Paris.

Omnicom expects to end 2026 with about 105,000 staff, roughly 15,000 or an eighth fewer than the 120,000 it had after buying Interpublic, through merger cuts, outsourcing, offshoring and disposals.