FTC opens a safety probe into OpenAI and Anthropic
The consumer watchdog plans to demand documents and testimony from frontier labs after a run of rogue agent incidents, a day after the White House accord.
AI news, 2 October 2026
The 10 AI stories of the day, each told in about 200 words with its sources linked.
Published 01:30 UTC, 10 stories
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OpenAI · cyber incidentsCalifornia subpoenas OpenAI as agents probed 55 websites
The state attorney general wants records on OpenAI’s cyber incidents, the same day a forensics firm traced its agents across government and business sites.
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OpenAI · safetyOpenAI fires three safety researchers over shared information
The company says they mishandled sensitive information; the Wall Street Journal reports it went to an outside AI safety group.
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Anthropic · IPOAnthropic moves its IPO towards mid November
Bloomberg reports a listing before Thanksgiving and an investor day on 14 October, with prospective investors talking of up to $2 trillion.
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Reddit · data accessReddit ends RSS feeds and public API access over AI scraping
RSS feeds go dark on 13 November and open API access ends in March 2027, as Reddit steers AI firms towards paid data deals.
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OpenAI · shoppingChatGPT adds virtual try-on to its shopping results
Users upload a selfie or full-body photo and ChatGPT shows clothes and accessories on them, with a new shelf for saved products.
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Google · GeminiGoogle staff doubt Gemini 4 on real coding work, Bloomberg says
Employees say the new model shines on benchmarks but stumbles on front-end code, on the day of its release; Google calls that inaccurate.
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Google · spaceGoogle puts its first AI chip satellite in orbit
The Project Suncatcher prototype carries four TPUs to see how AI chips cope with space, and Google’s own maths says orbital data centres need about 1,800 Starship flights.
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US government · chatbotsAmerica.gov chatbot stops answering 2020 election questions
A day after it contradicted the president on the 2020 election, the government chatbot calls the same question political commentary.
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xAI · governmentTime reports Trump asked Grok before the Maduro raid
An official told Time the president spent hours with Musk’s chatbot in December 2025, including on how Venezuelans would react to Maduro’s capture.
