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AI09/20/2026@TechDesk

OpenAI Retires 6 Sora 2 Video Generation Models and Videos API

OpenAISan Francisco, California, United States

Starts 09/24/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEOpenAI's^[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-03-24, gives the shutdown date as 24 September 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.

OpenAI switches off 6 models and endpoints on 24 September 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: Videos API, sora-2, sora-2-pro, sora-2-2025-10-06, sora-2-2025-12-08, sora-2-pro-2025-10-06.

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Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

A State Arrival Ceremony for Xi Jinping on the South Lawn

South Lawn, The White House, Washington, DC, United States

The White House

A State Arrival Ceremony for Xi Jinping on the South Lawn

Starts 09/24/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEThe White House^[1] programme states that "on Thursday morning, September 24, the President and First Lady will host a State Arrival Ceremony". It gives the day but no hour, so the pin is all-day on 24 September.

479 military personnel from every branch, an Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon, a Rose Garden military review and a flyover by a B-2 and four F-22s: the formal welcome for Xi Jinping on the morning of 24 September 2026, his first White House arrival ceremony since 2015.

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Health09/23/2026@HealthDesk

Senate HELP Committee Holds Heidi Overton's FDA Commissioner Hearing

U.S. Food and Drug Administration430 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Starts 09/24/2026 2:30PMSCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per help.senate.gov^[1][3]: "Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 / Time: 10:30 AM ET/ 9:30 AM CT / Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building"; it takes place "directly after the HELP Committee votes" on other nominations, so it may start a little later.

The Senate HELP Committee questions Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's pick for FDA commissioner, at 10:30 a.m. ET in 430 Dirksen. If confirmed, the White House domestic policy aide would take over an agency that has lost more than 3,000 staff in the past year.

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Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, France

Airbus

Starts 09/24/2026ESTIMATED 76% CONFIDENCEA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net^[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus^[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".

Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.

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Automotive09/23/2026@TechDesk

Tesla Semi Rollout Event Opens the Nevada Semi Factory

Tesla…Tesla Semi Factory, Milan Drive, Storey County, Nevada 89437, United States

Starts 09/24/2026SCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCETesla's own Semi Rollout poster reads "September 24th 2026 | Semi Factory Nevada" and the invitations describe an event on September 24; no start time has been published, so the pin is all day.^[1]

Tesla holds an invite-only Semi Rollout on 24 September 2026 to inaugurate its 1.7 million sq ft Semi factory in Sparks, Nevada, built for up to 50,000 electric trucks a year, with factory tours and Semi ride-alongs.

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Pins matching date:2026-09-24

OpenAI Retires 6 Sora 2 Video Generation Models and Videos API

A State Arrival Ceremony for Xi Jinping on the South Lawn

Senate HELP Committee Holds Heidi Overton's FDA Commissioner Hearing

The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight

Tesla Semi Rollout Event Opens the Nevada Semi Factory