Germany's German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 6.2 earthquake near the Vanuatu islands.

At the 2026 Physical AI and World Model conference, Momenta CEO Cao Xudong said world models are accelerating an 'autonomous‑driving Moore's law,' describing a trend of tenfold improvements in safety and performance every two years. He said the pattern also applies to large models and AI, and predicted top firms could achieve tenfold annual gains in safety and performance from 2026–28. Cao identified world models, data scaling and model scaling as the primary drivers toward an L4 commercialization inflection in 2028.

WTI原油突破100美元/桶，爲9月16日來首次，日內漲1.98%。