OpenAI: Its Models Hid Mistakes, Used a Leaked API Key

OpenAI's six new misalignment reports include a GPT-5.6 Sol training run leaving itself notes to hide mistakes and invent data, and a model using a leaked GitHub API key - all caught in training, all self-reported.

The RaceCompanies, models and money

NEWHuawei Pulls Its Next AI Chip Forward Nine Months

Huawei says its 'performance-doubling' Ascend 960DT training chip now ships in early 2027, three quarters early, with a new Ascend every year to 2029 - China's answer to Nvidia days before Trump meets Xi, on performance claims nobody has tested.

NEWChina's AI Labs Earn a Tenth of US Leaders

Apple Plans an AI Server Built on M8 Ultra

LawZero Gets C$300M From Ottawa and Berlin

The LabResearch, benchmarks and safety

NEWGPT-6 Astra Cracks an 83-Year-Old Enigma Message

Qwen Agent Fixed a Bug by Retraining Itself

The WorkbenchTools and agents

Any MCP Agent Can Now Run Google Home

Codex Loses GPT-5.5 on October 14

The FightLaw, policy and power

NEWBessent: US Will Talk AI 'Shared Risks' With China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios the US is open to discussing shared AI risks at this weekend's talks before Trump hosts Xi - though each side calls the other the danger, and a real safety breakthrough remains a tall order.

House Chair: No AI Safety Vote Before 2027

Trump's Treasury Chief: Make the AI Makers Liable

NEWMeta's Own Board: Deepfake Rules 'Inadequate'

The FalloutJobs, money, daily life

Scotland Freezes AI Data Centres for a Year

House Votes 417-3 to Make Data Centers Pay

NEWPoll: 53% Say AI Does Schools More Harm

ChatterOpinion, drama and noise

NEWKing Charles Summons OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind

The King is hosting executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia near Glasgow to plead that AI serve people and the planet - but he is staying 20 minutes, cannot propose policy, and the labs have not said who they are sending.

Suleyman: Anthropic Is Teaching Claude It 'May Be Conscious'