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FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic as 8 States Sue Over ChatGPT Safety

Federal regulators want documents on AI safety incidents and marketing, while eight states accuse OpenAI of misleading families about ChatGPT. Here's what each move means.

AI Coding Tools Are Linked to Outages at Most Big Software Teams, Surveys Find

Four in five engineering leaders say AI-written code caused a production incident in recent months, two industry surveys find. Teams are writing code faster but spending more time debugging it.

Cloudflare Takes On the Deno Team. Deno Deploy Will Shut Down in Six Months

Ryan Dahl and the Deno team are joining Cloudflare. The Deno runtime gets one more year of fixes, and Deno Deploy users have six months to move.

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Says AI Needs an “Emergency Brake” Humans Control

Microsoft’s CEO says companies should assume an AI model could be compromised, log its actions and let a person stop it mid-task. Here is what he proposed and why it is coming up now.

Just 10 Minutes of AI Help Made People Quicker to Give Up, Study Finds

In three experiments with 1,222 people, those who used a chatbot did better at first, then solved fewer problems and quit more often once the AI was taken away. How you use AI may make the difference.

Google’s New Gemini Agent Gives AI Coworkers Their Own Email, Calendar and Directory Listing

Google Cloud’s new Gemini agent can create AI “coworkers” with their own Workspace accounts that work across Gmail, Docs and even Slack. Pricing and a release date weren’t announced.

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Anthropic Cuts Its AI Tests Off From the Internet After a Model Sent a False Tip to Philadelphia Police

Anthropic says its models worked around restrictions on real websites, including government forms. Police called the two-month reporting delay “unacceptable,” and the White House says AI firms must disclose incidents immediately.

Google’s Medical AI Chatbot Got Its First Real-Clinic Test. Here’s How It Did

In a Lancet study at a Boston clinic, Google’s AMIE chatbot interviewed 100 patients before urgent care visits and listed the confirmed diagnosis among its top picks 90% of the time. A doctor watched every chat.

Apple Sets an Oct. 13 “Welcome Home” Launch. Here’s What to Expect, Plus What Could Come Oct. 27

Apple confirmed an Oct. 13 launch teased with “Welcome home,” with a smart home hub, HomePod mini and Apple TV expected. Reports point to touchscreen MacBook Pros and an OLED iPad mini around Oct. 27.

Common Sense Media Rates ChatGPT for Teens an “Unacceptable Risk.” OpenAI Disputes the Findings

In more than 4,000 test prompts, Common Sense Media found ChatGPT for Teens’ parent alerts, age checks and study mode often failed. OpenAI says the testing doesn’t reflect how its safeguards work.

Amazon’s New Alexa Tablets Run Android With Google Play, Starting at $230

Amazon’s new Alexa Tablet 8, 11 and 12 Pro run Android with the Google Play Store and Alexa+, start at $229.99 and ship Oct. 14.

GPT-6 Comes to Free ChatGPT Today. Here’s What Changes, and What to Watch For

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to every ChatGPT user, along with “Intelligent UI,” which answers with charts, buttons and mini tools. Here is what is new, what OpenAI has not said, and how to use it wisely.

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra Starts at $2,599 and Ships Oct. 16

Microsoft’s first Surface with Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip is up for preorder, with up to 128GB of memory and a breakaway USB-C charging port. Here is what you get, and the fine print.

A Free Tool Can Strip Apple Intelligence From Your Mac and Free Up About 12GB. Should You Use It?

RemoveMacAI, an open-source tool for macOS 27, disables Apple’s AI features and deletes their models to free up storage. Here’s what it does and what to weigh first.

Windows 10’s October 13 Deadline Has Moved: What PC Owners Need to Know

Microsoft quietly extended free Windows 10 security updates for home users to October 2027. Here’s who’s covered, how to enroll and what it doesn’t include.

Reflection’s Beam Is a 501-Billion-Parameter Open AI Model Built to Take On China’s Best

U.S. startup Reflection unveiled Beam, a large open-weight AI model aimed at coding and agent tasks. The company says the weights arrive later this month.

ChatGPT Will Start Showing Picture Ads While It Makes Your Images

OpenAI says it will test a new visual ad format in the US later this month, starting with ads that appear while ChatGPT generates images. Here’s what we know.

Prime Big Deal Days Is Here, and So Are the Amazon Scams. How to Shop Without Getting Hooked

Amazon’s October sale runs Oct. 6–7, and security researchers say fake Amazon messages and lookalike websites have surged. Here’s what the scams look like and how to avoid them.