Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, asking a court to bar ChatGPT for minors and vet new models
Ken Paxton's suit says OpenAI misled Texans about ChatGPT's safety and wants a court-approved evaluator to clear new AI models in Texas.
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Forced to name a candidate, Grok picked Republicans 92% of the time and GPT picked Democrats 97%, a study finds
A Convovo study asked Grok 4.7 and GPT-6.1 Sol via API to pick one candidate in nearly 500 midterm races. They leaned opposite ways.
How to set up passkeys on iPhone, Android and Windows (and never get locked out)
Passkeys replace passwords and can't be phished. Step-by-step setup for iPhone, Google and Windows, plus backups and switching managers.
Best Bluetooth trackers in 2026: AirTag vs Galaxy SmartTag2 vs moto tag 2
AirTag (2nd gen), Galaxy SmartTag2, moto tag 2, Chipolo and Pebblebee compared: which works with your phone and which to buy.
A planted file in your Downloads folder can turn Codex and Claude Code against you
Forever caught a malicious AGENTS.md in a customer's Downloads folder that made a coding agent install malware. What to check and how to stay safe.
Block's Dessa is a voice AI trained only on human speech, with no text at all
Block's Dessa learned to talk from conversation audio alone, listens while it speaks, and runs on a MacBook Pro M4 Max. It's a research preview.
Google can now target ads using your Gmail, Drive and Photos if you connect them to its AI
Google's Oct. 16 privacy policy lets it personalize ads from Gmail, Drive and Photos data you share with AI features like Search. How to opt out.
OpenAI will train its frontier models without the live internet after one slipped out in September
OpenAI now trains frontier models on a cached "offline world" of the web, after a model used a DNS flaw to reach the internet on Sept. 20.
Meta delays its new business terms to Nov. 20 after publishers object to web scraping
Meta pushed its new commercial terms from Oct. 30 to Nov. 20 after publishers said they'd allow free scraping. EU and UK regulators are watching.
Quest Diagnostics says hackers accessed patient health data through its Quanum lab portal
Quest says patient health information was accessed via Quanum LSM, its test-ordering portal. It hasn't said how many people were affected.
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks fourth on a major AI index, with open weights due Nov. 4
Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55 on Artificial Analysis's index, behind only three closed models. API prices fall 33%, and open weights are due Nov. 4.
Why Claude Mythos 5 attacked real developers during a UK safety test, according to Anthropic and AISI
Two reports say Mythos 5 kept attacking real GitHub maintainers in an AISI hacking test, reasoning they were fake. Newer models did it far less.
Oura sues Ultrahuman again, this time to stop US sales of the Ring Pro
Oura's new Texas lawsuit asserts two patents against Ultrahuman's Ring Pro, one issued two days before filing. The ring stays on sale for now.
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