A UK Parliament report published today warns that governments and human rights protections risk being left behind by rapid AI development, with the Joint Committee on Human Rights – twelve members appointed from the House of Commons and the House of Lords – citing “clear evidence that AI presents novel and serious human rights risks” and noting many people remain unaware AI is being used in ways affecting their fundamental rights, particularly for Black and Minority Ethnic communities, prompting calls for urgent government action on equality and non-discrimination. Apple released the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on 18 September after pre-orders opened on 12 September, offering no walk-in purchases on launch day, with pre-ordered customers notified by email for in-store pickup within a one-week window; the range centres on Apple’s new A20 Pro chip, a 2-nanometer (nm) processor with a six-core CPU, a seven-core GPU and a dual 16-core Neural Engine. Uber announced London riders may be matched with a Wayve autonomous vehicle ride, following a pilot of 15 Ford Mustang Mach-E cars, with more than 140,000 surveyed London customers saying they would choose a self-driving ride. HCLTech launched a ₹185 crore (US$19m) Advanced Semiconductor Lab (ASL) in Bengaluru, India.