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  1. CIO

    OpenAI bets enterprises are ready to delegate real work to autonomous agents

    OpenAI says true agentic AI has finally arrived, pushing beyond the trivial capabilities of early-stage virtual assistants. This week at OpenAI Dev Day, the company introduced Dots, which CEO Sam Altman described as “remarkably capable, always-on” agents powered by GPT‑6 Astra. Dots have their own...

  2. Security Week

    FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible risks to Consumers

    An FTC spokesperson confirmed the investigation but declined further comment. The post FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible risks to Consumers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  3. CIO

    CIO 100 Leadership Live Boston: Agentic AI pushes CIOs toward continuous enterprise reinvention

    BOSTON — Business leaders are looking beyond a single-minded focus on artificial intelligence and the returns generated by individual agents as they confront the broader challenge of continuously reinventing their organizations around what emerging technologies make possible. This shifting mindset...

  4. NY Times

    OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC

    Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.

  5. Dark Reading

    Malicious Custom GPTs Turn ChatGPT Into RAT Delivery Lure

    In yet another ClickFix-style campaign, threat actors abuse legitimate domains from OpenAI and Google to fool unsuspecting users.

  6. NY Times

    Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

    100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

  7. Wired

    The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

    President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.

  8. Dark Reading

    Trump, Tech Giants Strike Voluntary AI Safety Accord

    The new White House Accord on so-called "Super Intelligence" calls on companies to implement greater controls and oversight over AI safety.

  9. The Next Web

    Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars

    Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will co-direct Project Meridian. The Pentagon study will identify the technology the US military needs to fight future wars. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commissioned it on Wednesday, the Department of War said. The findings are due by 28 January 2027...

  10. Wired

    Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear

    Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.

  11. CIO Dive

    AI security training soars amid rising threats

    Enrollment in AI security training programs surged 665% globally as businesses rush to protect systems from vulnerabilities.

  12. NY Times

    Google Releases New Gemini Model With Guardrails Amid A.I. Safety Debate

    For safety reasons, Gemini 4 Argon will initially be available only to some companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense before it is more widely released, Google said.

  13. The Next Web

    Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, and cyber defenders get it first

    Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, the first new generation of its flagship AI model since Gemini 3 last November. A small group of cybersecurity defenders gets it first. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are next, Google said on Wednesday. Koray Kavukcuoglu, who now runs Google...

  14. The Next Web

    BMW’s electric 3 Series costs $4,400 less than its petrol M350 in the US

    BMW’s first electric 3 Series will cost $4,400 less in the US than its most powerful petrol sibling. The 2027 i3 50 xDrive starts at $61,500 and the petrol M350 xDrive at $65,900, BMW said as it opened US orders. Both prices exclude a $1,350 destination charge. BMW now sells the eighth-generation 3...

  15. CIO

    Trump and Xi set up an AI hotline and no AI limits. Here’s what that means for CIOs

    Xi Jinping left Washington on September 25 with an agreement to keep talking, a phone line and on generated text, images, audio and video. The White House fact sheet lists three AI items: the leaders agreed to call the technology “super intelligence,” established a dialogue with the next exchange...

  16. CIO Dive

    CIOs need transparent view of AI deployment

    Tech leaders should play the role of chief integration officer, tying spending back to value and helping businesses scale effective use cases, according to BCG's Vlad Lukic.

  17. The Next Web

    Tokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case

    A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that Japanese law protects the human voice. Anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda had sued TikTok over videos he says used an AI clone of his voice. He won in part, as the court turned down his request to remove the videos, Agence France-Presse reported. AFP believes the...

  18. The Next Web

    44,000 object to Palantir’s NHS data platform, the Guardian reports

    More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to stop the NHS’s Federated Data Platform handling their health records. The platform runs on Palantir software. The campaign asks NHS England to stop the platform sharing, storing or using their data, the Guardian reported on Wednesday. The...

  19. The Next Web

    Google is paying 100 publishers for AI answers, The Information reports

    Google is paying about 100 digital publishers when their content feeds its AI answers. For several small and mid-sized sites in the pilot, the payments come to less than a tenth of 1% of their advertising revenue, The Information reported on Tuesday. Alix Coutures and Catherine Perloff reported...

  20. Wired

    The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

    OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried both—and I suspect you will too.