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| Mikita Balesni / @balesni: |
AI researcher Mikita Balesni says he believes OpenAI fired him, Tomek Korbak, and Jasmine Wang “for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI” — Two other safety researchers and I were fired from OpenAI last week. We wrote this letter to leadership. I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation.
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| Michael Considine / CNBC: |
OpenAI says it didn't fire three researchers for “raising safety concerns or speaking out”, but for violating “clear policies on handling sensitive information” — OpenAI on Friday defended its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying they had committed a “significant breach of trust.”| Associated Press: |
Microsoft denies JD Vance's claim it replaced thousands of US workers with foreign workers in 2025, saying 80% of H-1B applications were for existing employees — President Donald Trump's administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms …
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| Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Reuters: |
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic launches OSS Scanner, which provides free, opt-in security audits for open-source projects by sending AI-generated reports without human review — We're launching OSS Scanner, an opt-in vulnerability scanner for the open-source ecosystem informed by our experience using Claude …
More: Engadget, The Verge, The Register, Help Net Security, Cyber Security News, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph. Bluesky: @timkellogg.me
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
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| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
President Trump awards Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Sergey Brin the National Medal of Science at a White House summit promoting US innovation — President Donald Trump joined Michael Kratsios to award the Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su and Sergey Brin amid announcements about new science funding.
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| Washington Post: |
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple told some suppliers to cut iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max component production by 15%-20% as higher memory costs pushed up prices and hurt demand — TAIPEI — Apple has told some of its suppliers to cut production of components for its newly launched iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max …
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| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's decision to launch Muse despite safety concerns, after seeing that AI startup Instinct's similar agent product gained traction — Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg's hand.| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX agrees to acquire a low-band spectrum portfolio to help Starlink “become a major mobile carrier in the US”; AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon fall 6%+ after hours — Elon Musk's SpaceX said it acquired low-band spectrum that will enable it to use its Starlink satellites to become a …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning an event on or around October 27 for its first touchscreen MacBook, an OLED iPad mini, a 14" MacBook Pro with M6, and an iMac with M6 — Apple Inc., already set to introduce a revamped smart home strategy next week, is planning a second launch in October to introduce … | Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
Nvidia commits $1B over five years to build out the US' “capacity for super intelligence R&D” in fields like quantum computing, healthcare, and energy security — Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers
More: Nvidia Newsroom and Quartz
| Financial Times: |
Docs: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50B at the end of September, well below the $70B reported by the media based on investor docs — AI giant recently told investors the key figure was approaching $50bn in September, far less than the $70bn that was widely reported
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| CNBC: |
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| Lucinda Shen / Axios: |
Meanwhile, a Sam Altman-backed bitcoin life insurance provider, raised $37.5M led by Bain Capital, sources say at a $350M valuation, up from $190M in April 2025 — Meanwhile, a Sam Altman-backed company offering life insurance in bitcoin, raised $37.5 million in funding, CEO Zac Townsend tells Axios exclusively.| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech — Founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the UAE in recent weeks| IDC: |
Global PC shipments dropped 20.1% YoY in Q3 to 62.7M units due to higher prices and supply issues; Lenovo dropped 22.6% YoY, HP 30.9%, Dell 25%, and Apple 11.3% — Q3 delivered the widely expected PC downturn, with supply constraints, high price points, and logistical disruption eroding the usual seasonal lift
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| Sarah Hilton / Bloomberg: |
A slew of cyberattacks hit Japanese companies in September, exposing the data of millions and prompting calls for security checks, as AI lowers hacking barriers — A cascade of cyberattacks has hit Japanese companies over the past few weeks, prompting the government to call for security checks … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A US judge sentenced Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430M in illegal transactions — The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years …
More: US Department of Justice, Decrypt, CoinDesk, The Record, and Bitcoin News
| Bloomberg: |
Meta bans ByteDance ads and paid marketing, plus third-party campaigns linking to TikTok, in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam — Meta Platforms Inc. banned advertisements in the US from ByteDance Ltd., the former controlling owner of TikTok, intensifying the competition with the popular social video site.| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Anthropic updates its usage policy to ban “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude; ending chats is “the primary enforcement mechanism” — The usage policy update also adds new rules addressing propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development.
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| Matthew Belloni / Puck: |
Sources: Netflix is preparing for layoffs that will impact ~5% of employees, or ~850 jobs, amid pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price — Facing pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price, the streamer is prepping for a round of layoffs in the near future, per sources.Sponsor Posts
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