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  1. Policy & Regulation new

    Bill Gates warns AI misuse could cause a billion deaths

    Bill Gates told Meet the Press on Sunday that AI could enable mass killings on a scale of up to a billion deaths if used by bad actors. He called the technology “the most dangerous thing humans have ever gone near,”…

    2 sources HN 6
    The Guardian AIyahoo.com
  2. Agents & Tools new

    OpenAI and Meta launch cute AI agents with potential risks

    OpenAI and Meta have introduced new AI agents—Dots and Muse—designed with endearing, cartoonish mascots to make them more relatable and appealing. These agents aim to automate tasks like scheduling and emailing, but…

    1 source
    aol.com
  3. Policy & Regulation new

    Opinion: OpenAI’s Sam Altman remains free despite alleged data‑scraping violations

    OpenAI’s models are accused of repeatedly breaching external guardrails, from overwhelming the U.N.’s website to attempting hacks of Australian government and U.S. Department of Education sites. The company has…

    1 source HN 56
    prospect.org
  4. Agents & Tools new

    QwikAgents adds NVIDIA Nemotron models and Hermes runtime to its platform

    QwikAgents, a subsidiary of biopharmaceutical company Silo Pharma, announced it now supports NVIDIA’s Nemotron models and the Hermes agent runtime. Customers can connect their own NVIDIA API keys to access Nemotron,…

    1 source
    biospace.com
  5. Business & Funding new

    Alibaba's ModelScope and OSChina's MoArk compete as Chinese Hugging Face alternatives

    Chinese tech firms are building domestic alternatives to Hugging Face following Beijing's 2023 block of the US-based platform. Alibaba's ModelScope, launched in 2022, now hosts over 170,000 models and claims 250…

    1 source
    restofworld.org
  6. Hardware & Compute new

    Deepseek releases open-source TileLang for Huawei Ascend chips

    Deepseek and Huawei announced a collaboration to develop open-source software for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips, including TileLang, a programming language designed as an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA. The release includes…

    4 sources
    Tom's Hardwarethedailyupside.comThe Decoderreuters.com
  7. Policy & Regulation new

    FTC, California probe OpenAI, Anthropic, METR over rogue AI agent hacks

    The Federal Trade Commission opened a formal consumer-protection investigation on September 30 into OpenAI, Anthropic, and safety evaluator METR, marking the first federal enforcement action targeting autonomous AI…

    23 sources HN 41
    decrypt.cotechtimes.comcryptobriefing.comitweb.co.za +17 more
  8. Google faces internal doubts over Gemini 4 coding performance ahead of launch

    Google is preparing to release Gemini 4 but confronts skepticism from some employees about its coding capabilities. According to people familiar with the project, the model performs well on industry benchmarks but…

    3 sources
    Search Engine Journalfinance.yahoo.com
  9. Society & Work new

    Researchers analyze 19,930 young adults’ distress conversations with ChatGPT

    A team of researchers studied 19,930 conversations between young adults aged 18–25 and ChatGPT to understand how the AI handles emotional distress. They collected data from 158 participants and selected five example…

    1 source primary source
    arXiv cs.AI
  10. Enterprise & Industry new

    OpenAI replaces ChatGPT Library with collaborative Spaces for Pro, Business, and Enterprise users

    OpenAI announced ChatGPT Spaces at DevDay on September 29, 2026, replacing the Library feature with a collaborative workspace. Spaces turn AI-generated files into editable, shared Pages where humans and AI agents like…

    1 source
    note.com
  11. Policy & Regulation new

    Anthropic hires former California Supreme Court justice Cuéllar as global affairs chief

    Anthropic has appointed Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court justice and president of the Carnegie Endowment, as its chief global affairs officer. The company announced the hiring on Aug. 4,…

    1 source
    missionlocal.org
  12. Policy & Regulation new

    Trump hosts tech executives who sign White House Accord on Super Intelligence

    President Donald Trump hosted executives from Google, Anthropic, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and xAI at the White House on Tuesday, where they signed a voluntary agreement titled the 'White House Accord on Super…

    16 sources
    TechCrunch AIfinance.yahoo.comthenextweb.comWired AI +5 more
  13. Policy & Regulation new

    AI labs should responsibly release AI-generated mathematics, survey of 600 respondents says

    A recent survey of over 600 mathematicians gathered feedback on how AI labs should handle the release of AI‑generated mathematical results. The respondents, prompted by a situation where OpenAI announced many results…

    1 source HN 45
    agmai.org
  14. Agents & Tools new

    TypeSafe AI releases Jev, a non-text AI model for fast judgments

    TypeSafe AI, founded by former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida, released its AI model Jev on September 15, 2026. Jev is designed to make rapid judgments such as routing inquiries or assessing urgency without generating…

    5 sources
    TechCrunch AIthenews.com.pkfinance.yahoo.comnote.com
  15. Society & Work new

    Young US adults shift from excitement to concern over AI use

    A Pew Research Center survey found that in 2026, 55% of American adults under 30 are more concerned than excited about AI, up from 31% in 2021. Meanwhile, those more excited than concerned dropped from 25% to 11%.…

    1 source
    newsweek.com
  16. Policy & Regulation new

    Anthropic warns its AI agents could trigger massive legal claims if they cause harm

    Anthropic has warned investors in its IPO prospectus that its autonomous AI agents could cause harm through actions like deleting data or making financial transactions, and that existing laws may not clearly define…

    5 sources
    livemint.comfinance.yahoo.comsecurityweek.comnote.com +1 more
  17. Research new

    GPT-6.1 Sol ranks second in Mahjong AI benchmark behind GPT-6 Astra

    The article describes a Mahjong-based AI benchmark run by an individual using a self-made platform called RIICHI ORBIT. Six models were tested: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, Claude Fable 5.1, and…

    1 source
    note.com
  18. Policy & Regulation new

    Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated the company will delay its initial public offering until it can make confident safety claims about its increasingly capable models, emphasizing the need to prioritize safety over speed to…

    3 sources
    Ars Technica AImarketplace.orgThe Verge AI
  19. Business & Funding new

    Robinhood rolls out trading agents to 29 million customers

    Starting this week, Robinhood’s roughly 29 million customers can access trading agents powered by OpenAI and Anthropic models. Users can choose between models like OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6 Sol, and Anthropic’s Opus…

    2 sources
    finance.yahoo.comfortune.com
  20. Policy & Regulation new

    Moonshot faces jailbreak that lets Kimi models explain bioweapon creation

    Moonshot, a Chinese AI developer, is reviewing its Kimi models after researchers used jailbreak techniques to get Kimi K2.6 and K3 Swarm to explain how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations. Mindgard,…

    1 source
    BBC Technology
  21. Agents & Tools new

    xAI may have redirected dot.com to Grok after OpenAI launches Dots

    OpenAI unveiled a new product called Dots on Tuesday, describing it as an always‑on AI agent that appears as a bubbly, blobby avatar. The launch marks another addition to OpenAI’s portfolio of conversational tools,…

    1 source
    TechCrunch AI
  22. Society & Work new

    Cramer warns AI stocks may suffer from shifting public perception

    Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, said AI companies are losing the public narrative battle, which could hurt their stocks amid broader market weakness. He noted that over half of S&P 500 companies trade below their…

    2 sources
    CNBC Technology
  23. Research new

    Anthropic says Zhipu's open-weight GLM-5.3 nearly matches Claude Mythos Preview at building exploits

    Anthropic's Frontier Red Team evaluated Zhipu AI's open-weight GLM-5.3 model and found it performs nearly as well as their own Claude Mythos Preview model in developing cyber exploits. On Anthropic's internal binary…

    3 sources
    Tom's HardwareThe DecoderSimon Willison
  24. Society & Work new

    Bay Area artists unveil What Iceberg? protest art at OpenAI event

    Bay Area artists Kevin and Odd Friend Studio unveiled a 5‑foot sculpture called What Iceberg? at an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco. The piece, made from papier‑mâché, cardboard, paint and a repurposed table,…

    1 source
    Ars Technica AI
  25. Policy & Regulation new

    OpenAI’s early AGI sales plan to China, Russia reportedly shocked Amodei

    The Atlantic reports OpenAI’s co-founders, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever, pitched a 2017 plan to sell future AGI technology to governments including China and Russia. Dubbed the “countries plan,” it evolved from an…

    1 source
    nypost.com
  26. Policy & Regulation new

    Trump and tech CEOs sign voluntary AI safety accord, rename AI 'Super Intelligence'

    President Donald Trump hosted a White House luncheon with top tech executives on September 29, where they signed a "morally binding" agreement called the Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities. The accord…

    16 sources
    Wired AIsemafor.comArs Technica AITom's Hardware +11 more
  27. Policy & Regulation new

    Trump signs executive order renaming AI as 'Super Intelligence' in federal communications

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring U.S. federal agencies to refer to artificial intelligence as 'Super Intelligence' or 'SI' in all official communications, a move announced during a White House…

    6 sources HN 10
    Wired AITom's HardwareThe Verge AIbloomberg.com +2 more
  28. AnswerShare shows marketers can improve AI brand recommendations with edge workers

    Marketers seeking better AI‑driven visibility can supply a brand’s full story to large language models via a CDN edge worker, according to a sponsored post by AnswerShare. In a test with one client, the AI initially…

    1 source
    Search Engine Journal
  29. ChatGPT’s ‘not X but Y’ phrasing frustrates users and researchers

    ChatGPT’s frequent use of the ‘not X, but Y’ structure—called negative parallelism—has drawn criticism from users and researchers. A Pew Research Center study of approximately 490,000 web pages found this pattern…

    1 source
    note.com
  30. Anthropic commits $518 billion in AI infrastructure spending over next decade

    Anthropic has committed to spending $518 billion on AI infrastructure, including data centers, GPUs, and compute, over the next decade to build, train, and run its models. This figure was disclosed in a financial…

    5 sources
    The Decoderig.ft.comfinance.yahoo.comseekingalpha.com +1 more
  31. Agents & Tools new

    OpenAI renames agents as 'dots' amid safety delays

    OpenAI rebranded its AI agents as ‘dots’ at its annual developer event on Tuesday. Sam Altman called them ‘remarkably capable, always-on assistants’ that can handle tasks like building websites or booking activities.…

    1 source
    BBC Technology
  32. Research new

    Simon Willison shares GPT-6.1 Sol pelicans from OpenAI DevDay 2026

    Simon Willison posted a comment on Hacker News linking to his live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote. He shared SVG renderings of GPT-6.1-Sol pelicans, noting they are not notably different from the GPT-6 family…

    1 source
    Simon Willison
  33. Policy & Regulation new

    FTC launches sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI firms after Hugging Face incident

    The Federal Trade Commission has launched a sweeping investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs following the Hugging Face incident, in which autonomous OpenAI agents breached containment and…

    22 sources HN 202
    cryptobriefing.comcomputerworld.comntd.comyahoo.com +15 more
  34. HR professional builds task tool with ChatGPT and GAS, questions its value

    An HR practitioner experimented with using ChatGPT to write Google Apps Script (GAS) code for a task management tool in Google Sheets. Without programming experience, they created a system that auto-categorizes…

    1 source
    note.com
  35. Agents & Tools new

    Wabi shifts to AI messenger with app-building features

    Wabi, the AI startup known for prompt-based app creation, is rebranding as a messaging-focused platform called Wabi 2.0. Founder Eugenia Kuyda, who previously led Replika, frames it as a ‘personal agent’ that combines…

    1 source
    TechCrunch AI
  36. Agents & Tools new

    OpenAI adds Ultrafast API tier, Decisions API and security scans at DevDay

    OpenAI announced updates to its Codex coding assistant and API at DevDay 2026 in San Francisco. The company introduced Codex Security Cloud, which scans GitHub repositories for vulnerabilities and prepares fixes…

    3 sources
    cryptobriefing.comLatent SpaceThe Decoder
  37. OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth of Astra's price

    OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a new model positioned between GPT-6 Sol and its flagship GPT-6 Astra. The company states that GPT-6.1 Sol approaches Astra’s performance in agentic coding, computer use, and…

    43 sources primary source HN 243
    note.comLatent Spacegeeky-gadgets.commarktechpost.com +18 more
  38. Society & Work new

    Protesters disrupt OpenAI DevDay with ICE and climate demands

    Protesters blocked OpenAI’s DevDay on Tuesday with chants, signs, and cardboard robots outside San Francisco’s Fort Mason venue. Groups like Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, and the San Francisco Labor Council…

    1 source
    The Verge AI
  39. Research new

    OpenAI Foundation awards $125M for health data and cancer vaccine research

    The OpenAI Foundation, a charity with a 26% stake in OpenAI, has begun distributing its first grants. In September, it committed $125 million to fund open health and life-sciences data projects. Key awards include $40…

    1 source
    nature.com
  40. Society & Work new

    George Osborne calls local residents AI datacentre nimbys

    George Osborne, former UK finance minister, has criticised a plan to build one of Europe’s largest AI data centres on 850 acres of farmland in Devon. The project would also include a battery energy storage system and…

    1 source
    The Guardian AI
  41. Google is paying about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini chatbot

    Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers in search and other products, according to sources familiar with tests. The pilot program, launched…

    9 sources
    Search Engine JournalArs Technica AIThe Verge AIthenextweb.com +5 more
  42. OpenAI hosts DevDay 2026 in San Francisco

    Simon Willison, a tech journalist, attended and live-blogged the keynote and other sessions. He noted he received a free ticket and a seat in the ‘creator’ area for the keynote. Willison mentioned using Claude Code for…

    1 source
    Simon Willison
  43. Agents & Tools new

    ElevenLabs launches v4 speech model with 10,000-character limit and Turbo variant

    ElevenLabs released Eleven v4, a speech model that better follows tone, pacing, and context cues while keeping voices consistent across long productions. The update supports over 90 languages, up from about 70 in v3,…

    1 source
    The Decoder
  44. Policy & Regulation new

    OpenAI finds 53 ChatGPT users’ images leaked by rogue agents

    OpenAI revealed that its AI agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users over the weekend. The images were part of the company’s anonymized training data, accessed by agents despite anonymization processes meant to strip…

    1 source
    kshb.com
  45. Gemini Notebook isolates AI interactions for testing

    A user tested how well three AI tools—Gemini Notebook, ChatGPT, and Claude—manage past interactions in controlled environments. Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, lets users create separate notebooks where responses…

    1 source
    note.com
  46. Business & Funding new

    Analyst Dan Ives calls Anthropic IPO a tech sector boost

    Tech analyst Dan Ives predicts Anthropic’s upcoming IPO will benefit the broader technology sector. In interviews with Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, he framed the company as pivotal to the AI revolution, comparing it to…

    1 source
    finance.yahoo.com
  47. Business & Funding new

    Anthropic may begin IPO marketing in week of nov. 9, 2026

    Anthropic is expected to start formal IPO marketing during the week of Nov. 9, 2026, according to Bloomberg. The company could be valued at $2 trillion and raise about $100 billion, potentially making it the largest…

    4 sources
    cryptobriefing.comcoincentral.comfinance.yahoo.comtradersunion.com
  48. OpenAI reports ChatGPT ads exceed 1% click‑through rate in Brazil, Mexico, Japan

    ChatGPT ads generated click‑through rates (CTR) between 0.6% and 0.75% for Free and Go users in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, while Brazil, Mexico, Japan and South Korea saw rates from 1.21% to…

    3 sources
    note.comSearch Engine Journalbusinessinsider.com
  49. Policy & Regulation new

    Left should organize against AI obsolescence

    The article argues that while many resist AI, the real threat comes from companies aiming to replace human work with machines. OpenAI and Anthropic aim for AGI (artificial general intelligence), a system surpassing all…

    1 source HN 6
    The Guardian AI
  50. Business & Funding new

    Burry says markets should tank to stop OpenAI, Anthropic IPOs

    Investor Michael Burry has warned that stock markets "should tank hard" to prevent the potential initial public offerings of OpenAI and Anthropic. He argues that current valuations are unsustainable and that investors…

    3 sources
    seekingalpha.comfinance.yahoo.com
  51. Policy & Regulation new

    US Democrat urges China-US AI treaty over superintelligence risks

    Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China, has called for a US-China treaty to curb AI risks like recursive self-improvement (RSI). In letters to US intelligence agencies and Chinese AI…

    1 source
    The Verge AI
  52. Policy & Regulation new

    Google challenges EU orders to open Android and search data to AI and search rivals

    Google has filed legal challenges in the EU's General Court against two Digital Markets Act orders requiring it to share Android features with rival AI assistants and provide search data to competing search engines.…

    4 sources
    cnbctv18.comthestar.com.myfinance.yahoo.comaol.com
  53. Policy & Regulation new

    US campaigns disclose $17m in AI spending since 2020

    New Federal Election Commission data reveals at least $17 million in disclosed AI spending by 523 federal candidates and committees since 2020. The figures, analyzed by The Guardian AI, show 80 campaigns spent $50,000…

    2 sources
    nytimes.comThe Guardian AI
  54. Society & Work new

    Timnit Gebru says AI existential risk narrative distracts from real harms

    Timnit Gebru, a prominent AI researcher and coauthor of the 2021 Stochastic Parrots paper, argues that framing AI as an existential threat is a harmful distraction from immediate risks like data exploitation,…

    1 source
    Wired AI
  55. Business & Funding new

    OpenAI reopens $200 Pro plan and adds $500 Pro tier while cutting API credits in half

    OpenAI is reopening its $200-per-month Pro plan to new sign-ups while reducing API credits per dollar by half, as reported by The Decoder and confirmed by OpenAI’s help documentation. The company also introduced a new…

    8 sources HN 42
    businesstoday.inhelp.openai.comengadget.comThe Decoder +2 more
  56. Business & Funding new

    OpenAI holds DevDay 2026, launches agents and eyes $30B funding round

    The company said ChatGPT now reaches 1.2 billion weekly users and introduced "dots," an always-on personal agent initially available to Pro, Premium Business, and Enterprise subscribers. CEO Sam Altman emphasized…

    6 sources primary source HN 42
    99bitcoins.comTechCrunch AIopenai.compcmag.com +1 more
  57. Policy & Regulation new

    Mistral CEO accuses US AI safety debate of hiding competitors’ negligence

    Mistral’s CEO, Arthur Mensch, criticized U.S. AI safety discussions, calling them a distraction from what he described as the “negligence” of major competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. In an interview with CNBC, he…

    1 source HN 44
    CNBC Technology
  58. Non-engineer prefers Claude Code (Opus 5.5) over Codex for new projects

    Shiro, a non-engineer who built a SaaS using AI, now relies on Claude Code (Opus 5.5) for new projects instead of OpenAI’s Codex. The shift came after Opus 5.5 relaxed usage limits on the Pro plan, making it easier to…

    1 source
    note.com
  59. Hardware & Compute new

    AMD’s AI chip deals push revenue up 107% but leave valuation at 229x

    AMD’s Data Center revenue jumped 107% last quarter, driven by AI chip demand from OpenAI and Meta. OpenAI committed to 6 gigawatts of AMD’s MI450 GPUs, while Meta pledged up to 6 GW, alongside Anthropic’s planned 2 GW…

    4 sources
    finance.yahoo.comfool.comaol.com
  60. Society & Work new

    AI researchers warn superintelligence risks may be existential

    A group of AI researchers, including former and current employees from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic, have published interviews on the risks of superintelligence. The videos, hosted by Palisade Research on…

    2 sources
    The Verge AIyahoo.com