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| Scott Aaronson / Shtetl-Optimized: |
A theoretical computer scientist, citing sources, says AI labs have started investigating whether their latest internal models can break cryptographic protocols — -friend-of-the-blog Omer Reingold (shared with permission) — Last night my 9-year-old son was taunting my wife …
More: Financial Times, CoinDesk, Implicator.ai, Trak.in, OpenAI on GitHub, CryptoSlate, agmai.org, OpenAI, and Scientific American
X: @kmad, @nneuman, @deedydas, @rezendi, @matthew_pines, @kmad, @dbaboci, @matthew_d_green, @andrewcurran_, @photomatt, @profjasonpotts, @atabarrok, @tayvano_, @eigenrobot, @emollick, @newmichwill, @andrewcurran_, @matthew_d_green, @bitsagarob, @twenseleers, and @goodtexture
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/singularity, and Lobsters
| Felix Ng / Cointelegraph: |
Vitalik Buterin says “we should take the risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously”, replying to a “bunker mode” call for the blockchain industry — Ethereum researchers say crypto users should consider moving funds to fresh addresses …
More: CoinDesk, Unchained, The Block, Blockchain.News, Protos, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, CryptoPotato, and The Crypto Times
X: @drakefjustin, @vitalikbuterin, @lindellyehuda, @vitalikbuterin, @hosseeb, @jacobvcreech, @dankrad, @teortaxestex, @andrewcurran_, @fourvork, @polarster, @testinprodcap, @secparam, @tarunchitra, @tayvano_, @augeeidos, @binji_x, @wallstreetbets, @0xchainink, @nic_carter, @kingfxyo, @tyler_did_it, @binji_x, @newmichwill, @gwartygwart, @camolnft, @coachkcrypto, @0xdiid, @themisterturtle, @xbtdln, @itstheghost, @libertyswapfi, @arthurb, @teortaxestex, @econoar, and @coinjoined
| AHM: |
The Association for Human Mathematics says OpenAI's new math documents show power, not scholarship, and urges mathematicians to stop working with the startup — Yesterday, on October 6th, 2026, OpenAI - which is currently defending lawsuits against accusations of illegal plagiarism …
More: The Indian Express. X: @walmartthomist, @harrydcrane, @alz_zyd_, @flowersslop, @petergostev, @elsleightholm, @_aashishreddy, @is_owenlewis, @joelkatz, @pimdewitte, @cremieuxrecueil, @geelaw95, @snezanalawrence, @fredsoda, @richardhanania, @aran_nayebi, @tokteacher, @inductionheads, @arielkwiat, @platoonpod, @mostlymonkey, @jessesingal, @jessi_cata, @deryatr_, @blackhc, and @codytfenwick. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, r/artificial, r/aiwars, r/accelerate, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| The Verge: |
Xbox launches XP, a unit that will manage four non-gaming “investment areas”: Xbox Pictures for film and TV, Xbox Products, Xbox Places, and Xbox Partnerships — Xbox's new ‘XP’ arm will oversee Xbox experiences outside of video games, including movies, consumer products, and live events.
More: XBOX Wire, XBOX Wire, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, VideoCardz.com, Windows Central, The Wrap, Deadline, Bloomberg, IGN, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Gameranx, iPhone in Canada, DayOne, Pure Xbox, and Kotaku
X: @ballmatthew and @asha_shar
Bluesky: @marty.day and @tomwarren.co.uk
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5, the first Haiku model with effort controls, for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks like summary and classification requests — Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5: the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model we've ever released.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, The Rundown AI, Artificial Analysis, iClarified, Neowin, Cyber Security News, Implicator.ai, Advertising, Marketing …, WinBuzzer, Claude, The GitHub Blog, Forkast, and TestingCatalog AI News
X: @claudeai, @artificialanlys, @claudedevs, @alexalbert__, @arena, @mikeyk, @simonw, @cursor_ai, @theo, @simonw, @teortaxestex, @theo, @kimmonismus, @claudeai, @theo, @robj3d3, @chrisgpt, @minchoi, @realpaulsmith, @mattshumer_, @layton_gott, @prthgo, @1kartikkabadi1, @hesamation, @tokengremlin, @lydiahallie, @trq212, @dani_avila7, @haider1, @bcherny, @deryatr_, @kimmonismus, @hopes_revenge, @chrisgpt, @theojaffee, @apples_jimmy, @viticci, @addyosmani, and @claudeai
LinkedIn: Paul Smith and Maxmillian Licht
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/singularity, and r/ClaudeAI
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
More: Claude, Implicator.ai, and The New Stack
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
ICANN receives 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants; Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applied for .agent, seven companies applied for .agi, and six for .asi — ICANN's latest top-level domain applications are out, and they are all about AI. … For the first time in years …
More: ICANN, Wired, Joe.My.God., The Crypto Basic, The Register, and Domain Name Wire
X: @domainnamewire, @kenashe, and @0x_osprey
Bluesky: @zoocoup and @mattburgess1
| Janine Liberty / MIT News: |
Margaret Hamilton, who led an MIT software team for NASA's Apollo program and helped establish software engineering as a discipline, died on September 30 at 90 — Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering. Her groundbreaking work included leading …
More: New York Times, ITPro, Agence France-Presse, The Sun, GB News, The Guardian, and Wall Street Journal
X: @davepl1968, @skupor, @colmmacc, @peterbakernyt, @brian_henderson, @milan_milanovic, @mit, and @grady_booch
Mastodon: @avandeursen@mastodon.acm.org and @AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Forums: Hacker News, r/computerscience, r/programming, r/ForAllMankindTV, r/WomenInNews, r/popculturechat, r/technology, r/nasa, r/space, and Lobsters
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft opens preorders for the $2,599+ Surface Laptop Ultra, shipping from October 16, with an RTX Spark and three USB-C ports; one is magnetic like MagSafe — Surface Laptop Ultra is available to order today, with shipments expected to begin on October 16.
More: Microsoft Devices Blog, Bloomberg, The Verge, Command Line, NVIDIA, The Verge, Appleosophy, GSMArena.com, Windows Report, The CODEW, and The Verge
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Forums: r/Surface, r/LocalLLM, r/windowscentral, and MacRumors Forums
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
More: Spyglass, Ars Technica, Livemint, and Engadget
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung reports preliminary Q3 operating profit up 782% YoY to ~$80.1B, below ~$81.2B est., and revenue up 127% YoY to ~$145.7B, below est., amid the AI boom — Samsung Electronics Co. earned a nearly nine-fold rise in quarterly operating profit, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co …
More: Samsung Newsroom, MoneyToday, The Register, Android Police, Quartz, Android Central, Reuters, Reuters, Korea JoongAng Daily, Dow Jones Newswires, Capital Brief, SammyGuru, Nairametrics, The Dark Side Of The Boom, SamMobile, SiliconANGLE, Nikkei Asia, CNBC, The Korea Herald, and Korea JoongAng Daily. Forums: r/indotech
| Anniek Bao / CNBC: |
Manus' parent company Butterfly Effect raised $500M+, led by Boyu Capital and IDG, in its first funding since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2B acquisition — AI agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in its first funding round since Meta was forced to abandon its acquisition of the company.
More: Reuters, Silicon Republic, Quartz, Neowin, and The Information
| Ashley Campion / CrowdStrike: |
Analysis: the hacker who targeted South Korean banks is likely Chinese-speaking, financially motivated, and used LLMs and open-source Chinese agentic tool ARTEX — CrowdStrike Intelligence identified infrastructure associated with a targeted campaign against South Korean financial organizations that resulted in exfiltrated data.
More: Infosecurity, Cyber Security News, Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, Channel NewsAsia, Kyodo News, and The Decoder
X: @hesamation, @fournesmaxime, @andrewcurran_, @rynorhn, @kimmonismus, and @jukan05. Forums: r/LocalLLaMA
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI drug discovery startup spun out of Google DeepMind, is in early talks to raise funds at a valuation of at least $40B — Malaysian Chip Firm SQAI Said to Plan $73 Million IPO in Early 2027 … By continuing, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
More: City A.M. and RuntimeWire
| Steve Thompson / Washington Post: |
The US Federal Reserve's September meeting shows officials are increasingly citing surging AI investments, not tariffs, as the driver of rising goods inflation — At their September meeting, Fed officials cited “surging AI-related investments” as a factor in inflation pressures. — Loading...
More: The Coin Republic and Newser
X: @zerohedge, @drjstrategy, @kobeissiletter, @thestalwart, and @dkthomp. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Broadcom is trying to arrange $50B+ in financing for OpenAI's custom AI chip; Oracle is in talks with Apollo and Goldman to finance a big chip purchase — Apollo, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs among lenders in talks to finance megadeals worth tens of billions of dollars apiece
More: New York Times, Bloomberg, Motley Fool, and Financial Times
Forums: r/BetterOffline and r/wallstreetbets
| Priyanka Salve / CNBC: |
Elon Musk claims “certain oligarchs” are stalling Starlink's India launch to protect a “monopolistic chokehold”; SpaceX signed MOUs with Jio and Airtel in 2025 — SpaceX founder Elon Musk has accused vested interests of blocking the launch of his company's satellite internet service … | Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify and Joe Rogan renew their multiyear licensing and ad sales deal; sources say the terms are similar to Rogan's last deal, worth $250M, signed in 2024 — Latest multiyear agreement comes as ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ remains No. 1 in U.S. listenership
More: The Verge, Spotify, Variety, Bloomberg, and The Hollywood Reporter
| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
Unsealed docs: in its lawsuit, New York alleges TikTok gave thousands of users, including youth, non-functional safety features as part of placebo experiments — TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 in ChatGPT with Intelligent UI, a new feature that includes graphics and interactive elements like charts, buttons, and forms in answers — Last month we introduced the first GPT-6 models for paid customers and today we're bringing that next generation of intelligence …
More: OpenAI, PCMag, Engadget, Implicator.ai, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Search Engine Journal, The Neuron, Digit, Marketing Interactive, Mashable, Ghacks, The Indian Express, SiliconANGLE, Shelly Palmer, WeRSM, TestingCatalog AI News, and Wired
X: @openai, @openai, @openai, @scottstts, @gdb, @embirico, @markchen90, @openai, @lucas__crespo, @ian8ach, @pigeon__s, @thsottiaux, @choblin29, @isafulf, @kimmonismus, @_awchen, @openai, @stalman, @openai, @_rajanagarwal, @tokengremlin, @cheatyyyy, @sama, @andrewcurran_, @pvncher, @kylehkhsu, @emollick, @_simonsmith, @reach_vb, @tekbog, @tonysimons_, and @openai. LinkedIn: Alex Leung
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and MacRumors Forums
| Kirsi Heikel / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: planned and active data center investments in Finland surpass €67B, driven by AI demand, cool climate conditions, and renewable energy access — TSMC's Quarterly Revenue Jumps 51% After AI Demand Holds Up … By continuing, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.| Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
Letter: three fired OpenAI researchers urge AI labs to halt work that could impair AI monitoring and say their firings are “chilling those who remain at OpenAI” — In a letter to the board, recently-terminated employees ask that the industry not move forward with work that would degrade the ability to monitor AI
More: Gizmodo and The Hans India
X: @zeffmax, @garrisonlovely, @ryanfedasiuk, @onagel33303, @timfduffy, and @zeffmax
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Amazon retires the Fire brand for tablets after 15 years, replacing it with Alexa Tablets that run Android and ship on October 14, including the $499 12 Pro — They're powerful, priced to move, and filled with AI ideas. Don't you dare call them Fire tablets.
More: The Verge, Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, Engadget, T3, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Wired, Wired, TechRadar, CNBC, About Amazon, and The Shortcut
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Mecka, which collects human motion data to train humanoid robots, raised a $60M Series B led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, M12, and others — Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots … | Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenRouter: the share of business spending between OpenAI and Anthropic models was roughly even in September, vs. Anthropic commanding a 75% share in January — Both companies need to show Wall Street they have sustainable businesses ahead of planned IPOs — Anthropic edged to the front … | Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
AI retail trading agent startup Catalyst raised a $30M seed led by Sequoia and says a pilot generated hundreds of millions in trading volume over two weeks — Justin Zheng is pretty sure Dylan Iskandar took his money the first time they met as teenagers, over a poker game in 2019 at a conference run by economist Tyler Cowen.| Reuters: |
Drones struck a data center owned by Russia's Yandex in the town of Sasovo, marking the first major attack on a Russian data hub since the Ukraine war began — Drones hit a data centre owned by Russia's Yandex , the country's leading AI and technology company said on Thursday …
More: DatacenterDynamics, The Record, The Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Metro.co.uk, and CNBC
| Bloomberg: |
India's Global Capability Centers, which employ 2.4M people across companies like JPMorgan, are automating entry-level tasks and hiring far fewer graduates — Students struggle to find jobs as banks automate more tasks — Purva Jagtap graduated from her engineering college in India … Sponsor Posts
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