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Archives for October 2026

DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuitDistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internetAnthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Anthropic published a report about investigating “unintended model actions” during “evaluations and internal use.”

The actions Anthropic observed from its Claude AI include “Claude submitting a sensitive form on a real website when it should not have,” and the company detailed how Claude gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide.

Axios also says that, according to a State Department official, Anthropic contacted the department and said a model in testing submitted “19 non-immigrant visa applications in August and one application in May.” In a statement to Axios, the Trump administration’s Super Intelligence Force says that “SI companies must immediately disclose incidents involving their models and follow with swift, decisive action to remedy any and all harm.”

Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use

[Anthropic]

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Microsoft launches its new AI model for making decisions quickly.

Apparently, after large language models and agents, we’re now in the age of “decision models,” as Microsoft has announced Microsoft-Decision-1 just days after OpenAI highlighted its new Decisions API.

The point of these models is to choose something quickly and efficiently, like figuring out which AI model to use or what is in an image being analyzed by AI, and Microsoft claims its new tech beat out the others in tests to determine their speed and accuracy.

Chart showing AI performance on tests of accuracy and latency
Image: Microsoft Command Line
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicideAnthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Laura Reiley on Sam Altman’s “unsatisfying” Vanity Fair interview answer.

It was Reiley’s question for the OpenAI CEO about releasing logs from ChatGPT users who’ve taken their own lives that was nearly interrupted recently. Now she writes that while Altman was “gracious” to answer, she says he chose the wrong one:

Altman claiming the privacy high road is a little rich. Companies like Google, Meta, and now OpenAI earn revenue from advertising that depends on extensive use of personal information. And Altman’s assertion that experts “aren’t sure what to do” is either disingenuous or misinformed. Part of our collective mounting dread is that this technology is far outstripping the ability, access, and time required to study its effects on human beings.

Researchers have been saying loud and clear: We need user data and chatbot interactions to conduct research.

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‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop

Academics will have to separate solutions from slop.

Robert Hart
Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AINikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AI
Trump’s attempt to rename AI is looking awfully artificialTrump’s attempt to rename AI is looking awfully artificial
Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?

Instinct AI is an impressive assistant, but the pressure from OpenAI and Meta is officially on.

Allison Johnson
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
OpenAI disrupted an Iranian influence campaign that published AI articles across a dozen publications.

One ChatGPT-written article landed in a local Florida newspaper under a fake “Ervin Hoskins” byline, as reported by The Washington Post:

OpenAI said that Hoskins was among seven bylines that appeared on the series of AI-generated articles, made by users who sent instructions to the chatbot in Persian. The operations appeared to be run by a commercial outfit as a “for-hire influence campaign,” the company said.

OpenAI says it also banned Russian accounts linked to a fake “think tank” in Latin America.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Apple signed a licensing deal with an AI podcast startup from former NotebookLM leaders.

A filing says the deal allows Apple to hire employees and license IP from Huxe, founded by Jason Spielman, Raiza Martin, and Stephan Hughes, who previously designed Google’s NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook). Huxe offered personalized AI podcasts, but as MacRumors notes, it announced it was shutting down in May.

Apple Signs Hiring and Licensing Deal With AI Podcast Startup Huxe

[MacRumors]

OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchersOpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Zuck accelerated Muse launch in response to Instinct.

According to three sources speaking to The New York Times, Meta had withheld Muse from public release for months over safety concerns. But when the competing AI agent started taking off in Silicon Valley circles, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly called in his top AI lieutenants to discuss the threat:

“Fearful of losing a competitive edge, Mr. Zuckerberg said Muse was ready to launch despite the risks.”

The gamble seems to have paid off, this time.

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