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Google Expands News AI Pilot to More Than 400 Publications

Google has expanded its News AI pilot program to more than 400 publications worldwide, as news organizations adapt to changing audience habits and emerging artificial intelligence technologies. Announced on October…

Anthropic Proposes Federal Limits on Government AI Restrictions

Anthropic has presented a draft artificial intelligence safety bill to United States lawmakers that would establish conditions for restricting advanced artificial intelligence models and override certain state-level regulations. According to…

Anthropic Warns of AI Models That Could Spread Across Smart Devices

Artificial intelligence models could soon replicate themselves across internet-connected devices without human control, according to research from Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team, published on October 11, 2026. The researchers tested whether…

Robots Still Struggle to Fold Laundry as Researchers Develop Smarter Systems

Robots are becoming more capable of performing household tasks, but folding laundry remains a major challenge for researchers. Although the task appears simple to humans, it requires machines to understand…

Anthropic Updates Claude Rules to Restrict Repeated Abusive User Behaviour

Anthropic has updated its usage policy to allow its artificial intelligence assistant, Claude, to end conversations in cases of sustained and unnecessary abusive behaviour. The company said the restriction would…

OpenAI Dismisses Three Researchers Following Sensitive Information Investigation

OpenAI has dismissed three researchers after an internal investigation found violations of its policies for handling sensitive information, the artificial intelligence company said on October 9, 2026. The researchers are…

AI Investment Surge Set to Accelerate Global Goods Trade, WTO Forecasts 

The global artificial intelligence investment boom is expected to drive the fastest expansion in merchandise trade since the global financial crisis, according to new forecasts released by the World Trade…

Microsoft and Nvidia Expand Local AI and Agent Security on Windows PCs

Microsoft and Nvidia are expanding local artificial intelligence capabilities on Windows PCs, allowing developers and businesses to run larger AI models and autonomous agents without depending entirely on cloud services.…

Geoffrey Hinton Calls for FDA-Style Approval System for AI Models

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist widely known as the “Godfather of AI,” has called for a regulatory system that would require artificial intelligence companies to prove their models…

OpenAI Agents Linked to Possible Wikimedia Data Service Disruption 

The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has raised concerns that heavy traffic from OpenAI’s rogue artificial intelligence agents may have contributed to a disruption affecting its data services in May.…