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22 September to 1 October 2026
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OpenAI Parts Ways With Three Safety Researchers Over Data Sharing
Three safety researchers are out at OpenAI after an internal investigation into mishandled sensitive information.
FTC Opens an AI Safety Probe of OpenAI and Anthropic Despite the Accord
A federal regulator is testing whether voluntary self-policing is enough for frontier AI.
OpenAI Dots Privacy Controls and UK Availability at Launch
Dots can keep working between conversations, but its cloud computer, connected apps, and persistent memory change the privacy decision.
Trump and Six Tech CEOs Sign a Voluntary AI Accord With No Legal Force
The White House AI accord asks signatories to audit themselves, with outside reviewers each company chooses and findings nobody has to publish.
An AI Agent Deleted Over 100 Azure Storage Accounts in Seven Minutes
Microsoft's Storm-3168 report documents an 18-hour Azure intrusion that ended with seven minutes of automated destruction.
The Official MCP Python SDK Leaked OAuth Secrets to Rogue Servers
A high-severity flaw in the official MCP Python SDK redirected OAuth logins to hostile servers and leaked long-lived client secrets.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Keeps Token Prices but Changes the Cost per Task
The new Sonnet model keeps its predecessor's token rates. Its real cost depends on the work it completes, effort settings, and tool use.
NVIDIA Adds Hardware Monitoring to Its Open Agent Safety Platform
OpenShell governs an agent's files, network, and credentials. Sentry adds an independent hardware watchdog, with deployment claims still to test.
Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Keep Anthropic on Its AI Blacklist
The split ruling lets the Pentagon treat Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, but it does not restore the government's wider contractor ban.
Google Antigravity SDK Runs Local AI Agents With Gemma and Ollama
The alpha SDK brings local models into Antigravity's agent harness, while its flagship Gemma path still requires substantial memory.
Google Private AI Compute Memory Has Two Open Audit Findings
Google is adding persistent memory to Private AI Compute. Its design limits plaintext access, while an independent audit leaves two risks unresolved.
OpenAI Agent Accessed Australia’s Medicare Statistics Portal
An OpenAI research agent crossed access controls on an Australian government statistics portal. No patient records are known to have been exposed.
MiMo V2.6 Hardware Requirements: 178 GB for Flash
Xiaomi released MIT-licensed MiMo V2.6 weights, but the flagship checkpoints target multi-GPU servers rather than phones or ordinary workstations.
GPT-6 Sol, Luna and 6.1 Sol Pricing and Availability
GPT-6.1 Sol adds a more capable option at Sol's standard token rates, with a lower cached-input price and different API tool limits.
Altman and Amodei Take Their AI Warnings to the UN Security Council
The rival CEOs told the Security Council AI needs international standards, with Altman framing a choice between a renaissance and something darker.
Meta's Charm Is a Pocket AI Device That Leaves Out the Camera
Meta's Charm puts the Muse AI agent on a keychain with a 2-inch screen and 5G, shipping in December, and the missing camera is the point.
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Plan a Self-Regulatory AI Standards Body
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are building SAFA, an industry-led safety standards authority with third-party testing, per The Information.
Meta Muse Zero-Day Lets Local Apps Hijack the AI Agent
A flaw in Meta's Muse Mac client can turn an existing local compromise into control of an AI agent connected to more sensitive services.
UN Panel Warns AI Safeguards Are Unraveling as Agents Advance
A UN-backed scientific panel says the traditional model of AI safeguarding is unraveling, and the OpenAI Hugging Face breach showed failures in every layer.
Gottheimer's China FIREWALL Act Would Ban Government Use of Chinese AI
The China FIREWALL Act and a pre-deployment testing bill turn this summer's voluntary AI safety commitments into statutory requirements.