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Monday, Oct 26

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Policy · NewsSwedish government offices block ChatGPT and Claude: what the ban covers and whySweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude in the browser on staff work computers from Monday, October 26, 2026, as Sveriges Radio's Ekot reported and the offices confirmed to SVT; staff are pointed to Microsoft Copilot. What the ban covers, who can still use the models, and how it compares with other government restrictions.05:28·5 min read

Developers · NewsCursor Computer Use: Cursor's agent can now drive desktop apps and the iOS SimulatorCursor Computer Use, announced October 23, 2026, lets Cursor's agents click and type in desktop apps such as the iOS Simulator to test what they build. What Cursor has confirmed, what its docs say about permissions, and what it hasn't said yet.05:28·5 min read

Industry · NewsOpenAI fired three safety researchers a week after a review of their Signal chats: what the WSJ reported, and what each side saysWhy were three OpenAI safety researchers fired? The Wall Street Journal reported on October 22–23, 2026, that security staff found disappearing Signal chats with an outside safety researcher. OpenAI says the three mishandled sensitive information; they say they weren't the source of any leak.05:28·6 min read

Saturday, Oct 24

27 stories

Products · GuideIs Claude free? What the free plan includes in October 2026, its limits, and when Pro is worth itIs Claude free? Yes: as of October 23, 2026, Anthropic's free plan includes chat with Sonnet and Haiku, web search, memory, connectors, and Claude Docs, Slides and Design. It doesn't include Opus, Claude Code or Research, and Pro costs $20 a month.18:21·7 min read

Products · CompareChatGPT vs Perplexity (October 2026): plans, prices, search, models and which to pickChatGPT vs Perplexity in October 2026: Perplexity Pro lists $17 a month billed annually and Max $200 a month, against ChatGPT Plus at $20 and Pro from $100. How search and citations, deep research, agents, models, file limits, ads and privacy compare, from both companies' own pages.18:20·Checked Oct 23

Products · CompareChatGPT vs Microsoft Copilot (October 2026): plans, prices, models, Microsoft 365 integration and which to pickChatGPT vs Copilot in October 2026: ChatGPT Plus costs $20 a month; Microsoft bundles Copilot into Microsoft 365 from $9.99, with Premium at $19.99 and a new $99.99 Pro plan. Models, Office integration, business pricing and data protection, from both companies' own pages.18:20·Checked Oct 23

Products · GuideHow to turn off AI on Google: what you can switch off in Search, Chrome, Gmail and Android, and what you can'tHow to turn off AI on Google, as of October 23, 2026: Google says AI Overviews can't be turned off, but the Web filter hides them. Here are the documented settings for AI Mode, Gemini in Chrome, Gmail and Android, plus Workspace admin controls.18:20·7 min read

Models · CompareGPT-6 Astra vs GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 Luna: what each OpenAI model is for, prices, limits and which to use (October 2026)GPT-6 Astra vs 6.1 Sol vs Luna, compared on OpenAI's own pages as of October 23, 2026: Astra costs $10/$50 per million tokens, GPT-6.1 Sol $2/$10 and Luna $0.10/$0.50, all with a 1.05M-token context, but they sit in different parts of ChatGPT.18:20·Checked Oct 23

Models · BenchmarksBest AI image generators (October 2026), according to LMArena and Artificial Analysis: OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.5 ranks first on bothLooking for the best AI for image generation? On October 23, 2026, OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst ranks first on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard and on Artificial Analysis's text-to-image and editing boards. Here's who follows, what each costs and where you can use it.18:19·8 min read

Products · NewsArc browser is shutting down on December 22, 2026: how to export your data, moving to Dia, and the alternativesThe Arc browser is shutting down: The Browser Company says Arc stops working on Mac and Windows on December 22, 2026, and account data is deleted within 30 days. How to export your data, what moves to Dia, and which browsers offer vertical tabs and spaces.18:19·7 min read

Industry · NewsDeepSeek's $15 billion funding round: Bloomberg and Reuters report the 100 billion yuan raise, days after the US federal ban was made publicDeepSeek's $15 billion funding round: Bloomberg reported on October 22, 2026 that DeepSeek has raised about 100 billion yuan, and Reuters reported the round was set to complete within days at about 500 billion yuan before the new money. It's the round 9to5AI first reported on October 16. DeepSeek hasn't confirmed it.18:19·4 min read

Research · AnalysisOpenAI agent monitor red team: how METR and Redwood researchers found agents could slip past itAn OpenAI agent monitor red team exercise by one METR and one Redwood Research employee, published October 22, 2026, describes how OpenAI's internal agents could have avoided or broken misalignment monitoring as it stood on July 21. What access OpenAI gave, how the monitor works, each weakness, what OpenAI says it patched and what the public post leaves out.18:19·8 min read

Developers · ExplainerOpenAI CLI explained: what OpenAI's official command-line tool does, and how it differs from Codex CLIThe OpenAI CLI is OpenAI's official `openai` command for calling its API from a terminal: Responses, files, images, audio and admin endpoints, with an API key. Codex CLI is a coding agent. How to install the OpenAI CLI, what it covers and how the two tools differ, as of October 23, 2026.18:19·7 min read

Industry · NewsMeta's $825 billion in future commitments: what its Q3 2026 10-Q shows about leases, contracts and data-center guaranteesMeta's $825 billion in future commitments comes from its Q3 2026 Form 10-Q, filed October 22, 2026: $355.73 billion of leases that haven't started yet, $454.52 billion of non-cancelable contracts and up to $14.72 billion of contingent cloud purchases. How each figure has grown, and what the filing says about data-center guarantees.18:18·5 min read

Policy · NewsAI lobbying in Q3 2026: Meta reported $5.88 million, Nvidia $2.15 million, Anthropic $2.11 million and OpenAI $1.53 millionAI lobbying in Q3 2026, from the companies' own federal disclosures filed October 20, 2026: Meta reported $5.88 million, Amazon $4.49 million, Google $3.23 million, Apple $3.09 million, Microsoft $2.44 million, Nvidia $2.15 million, Anthropic $2.11 million and OpenAI $1.53 million, and what each says it lobbied on.18:18·4 min read

Policy · NewsGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI: who quit, the Pentagon and Nimbus contracts, and what Google saysGoogle DeepMind resignations over military AI became public on October 21, 2026, when the BBC and The Intercept reported that researchers had quit over Google's classified Pentagon deal and its Israel cloud contract. Who left, what the contracts say, and what Google says.18:18·5 min read

Developers · NewsStorm-0940 and ARTEX: what's confirmed about the ConnectWise Cloud Backup breach, and what the 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants figure really meansMicrosoft says Storm-0940, a China state-aligned group, was behind the ConnectWise Cloud Backup compromise and used ARTEX, an AI agent framework, to try sign-ins at more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants. That figure counts attempts, not breaches. What Microsoft, ConnectWise, Huntress and others have confirmed, and what to check.18:18·6 min read

Agents · NewsNVIDIA OpenShell: the open-source runtime that sandboxes fleets of AI agents, and what it actually enforcesNVIDIA OpenShell is an Apache 2.0 runtime that runs AI agents such as Claude Code and Codex in sandboxes, checks every network request against a policy and keeps real credentials out of the agent's reach. What it isolates, how, which platforms it supports and what's still early, as of October 23, 2026.18:18·6 min read

Policy · NewsPalantir says NATO's Maven AI system has 'no kill switches': what it claimed, what NATO has said, and Europe's US tech worryIs there a Palantir NATO Maven kill switch? Palantir's Europe chief Louis Mosley told Reuters on October 21, 2026 that 'there are no kill switches' and that neither Palantir nor the US can turn off the Maven Smart System NATO uses. What he said, what NATO has announced about the system, and the European debate after Ukraine's Starshield disruption.18:18·4 min read

Hardware · NewsAgility Robotics standardizes Digit 5 on Nvidia IGX Thor: what changes, when the humanoid ships, and why safety certification mattersOn October 22, 2026, Agility Robotics said Nvidia's IGX Thor will be the only onboard computer in the general-availability Digit 5 humanoid, and that Digit will go through Nvidia's safety inspection lab before third-party certification. Early access is due in the first half of 2027.18:18·5 min read

Products · NewsGM's OnStar AI Assistant: what it does at launch, the errands GM demoed, which cars get it first, and whether Gemini powers itGM's OnStar AI Assistant, announced October 21, 2026, arrives first on the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq by over-the-air update. What it does at launch, which errand-running demos are years away, what it costs, and the conflicting reports on whether Google's Gemini is underneath.18:18·5 min read

Industry · NewsWarp Sciences raises $215 million: Kevin Weil's AI-and-robotics chemistry lab wants to bring drug-development work back from ChinaWarp Sciences, Kevin Weil's startup after OpenAI, came out of stealth on October 22, 2026, with a $215 million Series A led by Lightspeed. What it builds, who backs it, and the China outsourcing and BIOSECURE Act context.18:18·5 min read

Policy · NewsNvidia B300 chips on China Telecom's network? What Lava's GPU scan found, and what it doesn't proveNvidia B300 chips reported on China Telecom's network: security firm Lava said on October 22, 2026 that it found 32 Nvidia B300 GPUs reporting through IP addresses geolocated to China. The Information tied them to systems linked to China Telecom. Lava's own post doesn't name the operator and says the finding doesn't establish an export-control violation.18:18·5 min read

Developers · NewsLinux kernel vulnerabilities posted to a public mailing list: what ZDI sent, the two CVSS 9.0 ksmbd flaws, and whether AI reports are the causeLinux kernel vulnerability reports from Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative reached public mailing lists on October 21, 2026, without patches. What was disclosed, who is exposed, what maintainers and ZDI said, and what the kernel's May 2026 rule on AI-found bugs has to do with it.18:18·7 min read

Developers · NewsPHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619): the AI-assisted PHP flaws, affected versions, patches and early exploitationPHP2Shell is the name for two critical PHP remote code execution flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, fixed on October 21, 2026 in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. Who found them with AI, which versions are affected, what Amazon says about exploitation, and the stopgaps if you can't patch yet.18:18·8 min read

Products · ExplainerClaude Duet explained: Anthropic's proactive agent, the US waitlist for Pro and Max, and what it asks before actingClaude Duet is Anthropic's proactive agent app, opened as a research preview on October 21, 2026 by waitlist for US Pro and Max subscribers. How to join, what it can do, what it asks permission for, and how it compares with OpenAI's dots and Meta's Muse.18:18·7 min read

Developers · GuideLiteLLM 1.107.0 PyPI compromise: which versions and Docker tags were affected, how to check, and what to rotateThe LiteLLM 1.107.0 PyPI compromise put a credential stealer and a GitHub-driven backdoor into every 1.107.0 wheel and four Docker tags on October 21, 2026. Which versions are safe, how to check your machines, and what LiteLLM says to rotate.18:18·8 min read

Models · NewsMistral Large 4: $1.36/$4.18 per million tokens, a 1M-token context claim, mid-pack independent scores, and open weights due October 31Mistral Large 4 is a roughly 1-trillion-parameter MoE with 52B active parameters, in API preview since October 6, 2026 at $1.36 input and $4.18 output per million tokens. Independent evaluators place it mid-pack, and the open weights are scheduled for October 31.18:18·5 min read

Industry · NewsOpenAI models on Google Cloud: GPT-6 Astra, 6.1 Sol and Luna enter private preview, and what it means for MicrosoftThe OpenAI Google Cloud deal, announced October 21, 2026, puts GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna in Google's Model Garden in private preview, billed through Google Cloud Marketplace, with Codex inference to follow. It's possible because Microsoft's license to OpenAI's models became non-exclusive in April.18:17·5 min read

Industry · AnalysisAnthropic IPO revenue: the draft prospectus shows $16.3 billion in first-half sales and an $80.7 billion loss, as reportedAnthropic's IPO revenue, per its draft prospectus: $16.3 billion in the first half of 2026, the WSJ reported, and an $80.7 billion net loss, mostly a $72 billion non-cash charge, Reuters reported. What the numbers are, what the loss consists of, and why the compute-commitment figures don't match.18:17·7 min read