New infosec products of the month: September 2026 - Help Net Security

• Lawmakers introduced several new AI-focused legislative measures this week to address the capabilities of advanced models. • These bills include proposals to create a dedicated AI-focused agency and conduct reviews of AI-assisted cyber attacks.

• U.S. tech companies laid off at least 94,046 workers between January and August of this year. • This figure represents a 16.8% increase compared to the 80,486 layoffs recorded during the same period in 2025.

• Several high-growth startups in cybersecurity, AI, and health sectors secured major funding rounds this week. • Island, a company creating secure digital operation tools for enterprises, raised $400 million in Series F financing.

• Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are establishing an industry-led standards body, currently called SAFA, to manage frontier AI safety. • The group is focusing on creating unified auditor standards, incident reporting protocols, and third-party testing requirements.

• Donald Trump and US House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with technology CEOs on September 29 to discuss AI governance and regulatory frameworks. • OpenAI plans to preview GPT-6 Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused AI model, and a new deployment product within days.

• Oracle updated its Project Jupiter timelines while Akamai and Anthropic committed billions of dollars to AI infrastructure during the week of September 21-25. • OpenAI proposed the creation of global AI standards to help enterprises evaluate models and understand AI incidents across different vendors.

• Global investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and model architectures is projected to surge to approximately $769 billion by 2026. • This figure represents more than five times the $145 billion invested in 2025, according to McKinsey’s Technology Trends Outlook 2026.

• Investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and model architectures is projected to reach approximately $769 billion in 2026. • This estimate follows nearly $384 billion invested in the first half of 2026, a massive increase from the $145 billion spent in 2025.

• The large language model market is projected to grow to USD 129.97 billion by 2034. • This growth represents a compound annual growth rate, or steady yearly increase, of 36.7%.

• A coalition of nine European nations, including France, Belgium, and Germany, formally requested a grace period extension from the European Commission in September 2026. • The group consists of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Italy, and Switzerland.

• Investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and model architectures is projected to grow more than fivefold to reach approximately USD 769 billion by 2026. • This estimate from McKinsey’s Technology Trends Outlook 2026 is based on nearly USD 384 billion invested during the first half of 2026.