Pentagon stops using Anthropic’s AI tools
A defence official tells the BBC the department has ceased using Anthropic products, months after the company was labelled a supply chain risk.
AI news, 6 October 2026
The 10 AI stories of the day, each told in about 200 words with its sources linked.
Published 02:30 UTC, 10 stories
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OpenAI · regulationOpenAI adds a hidden watermark to ChatGPT text in the EU
ChatGPT and Codex output in the EU gets an invisible statistical mark to meet the AI Act; API customers anywhere can switch it on.
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OpenAI · advertisingChatGPT will show ads while images generate
OpenAI is opening a visual ad slot during image generation in the US this month, with new conversion and attribution partners.
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Anthropic · enterpriseMeta and Microsoft cut staff use of Claude
Two of Anthropic’s largest corporate customers are steering employees towards their own AI tools, The Information reports.
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TikTok · commerceTikTok adds an AI shopping agent and one-click checkout
Shopping Assistant answers product questions and completes the sale in a chat; Buy Direct lets viewers pay a brand from the For You feed.
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Health · regulationUtah lets an AI app write first acne prescriptions
Nolla Health’s app can issue new acne prescriptions under a state pilot, with physician checks that loosen in stages.
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Safety · regulationAI child abuse images pass 2025’s total by June, IWF says
The Internet Watch Foundation counted 6,310 criminal AI-generated images in the first half of 2026, 40% more than in all of 2025.
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Etched · chipsEtched weighs bids of up to $50 billion
The inference-chip startup is reviewing offers at $40 billion to $50 billion, about two months after a round at $21 billion, TechCrunch reports.
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Reflection AI · modelsReflection unveils Beam, a 501B open-weight model
The Nvidia-backed lab says its first model nears GLM 5.2 on reasoning with three to four times less inference compute; weights follow later this month.
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Groq · NvidiaEx-Groq engineers sue over the $20 billion Nvidia deal
Two former employees who kept their shares say Groq’s board sold the company to Nvidia in all but name without the vote Delaware law requires.
