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OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide

An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide. When Guiducci confronted Altman about the incident, the publicist warned Guiducci about running out of time, saying s

6 Oct 2026via theverge.com

Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force

This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety.

5 Oct 2026via techcrunch.com

NJ’s former Lt Gov is using AI to say he’s innocent of sexual harassment

New Jersey's lieutenant governor Dale Caldwell was forced to resign on September 25th after an investigation found he had sexually harassed a staffer and repeatedly violated ethics rules. The now-former Lt. governor has been making the media rounds trying to clear his name. But h

5 Oct 2026via theverge.com

An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat

StarSkirmish pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots against one another, as well as against human-made bots. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 were essentially tied as the best-performing AI-made bots, but they couldn't top Stardust, the top-rated human-made bot. On Friday, G

5 Oct 2026via theverge.com

Trump announces an AI czar for his newly created 'Super Intelligence Force'

That's really what it's called and there's actually someone in charge of it.

5 Oct 2026via engadget.com

How to disable or restrict your iPhone's Apple Intelligence features

You have a lot of control over AI on your iPhone.

5 Oct 2026via engadget.com

All the AI agents that can live in your text messages

We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

4 Oct 2026via techcrunch.com

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava thinks AI emails are killing conversations

Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops. Samples pulled from the service have found their way into massive hits like Lisa's "Money" and "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter. (The original samples are here a

4 Oct 2026via theverge.com

An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm

David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic. It's understandable if you're feeling a bit cynical about everyone suddenly comi

4 Oct 2026via theverge.com

Pearson’s Workera deal targets a big workplace problem: No time to AI upskill

Pearson has agreed to acquire Workera to help businesses assess employees’ AI skills and target training where it’s needed most.

4 Oct 2026via zdnet.com

Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents

Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.

3 Oct 2026via arstechnica.com

US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China

Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.

3 Oct 2026via arstechnica.com