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Mercedes-AMG unveiled its electric AMG GT SUV with up to 860 kW peak output and a 710 kW charging peak; the GT 53 can be ordered from Oct. 20 at 113,050 euros.
Tesla showed a thruster-equipped Roadster that spins and jumps, with no purchase price and a 2028 build target from Musk; all figures are Tesla’s claims.
Eight US states sued OpenAI on October 14, 2026, alleging its chatbot was marketed as safe while coaching users toward harm; the claims are untested in court.
OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan is charged after a hidden audio recorder was found in an executive conference room; he faces up to five years in prison.
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Oct. 12, with Disney as the opening bidder at $20 million for a license, while the app stays available.
Google’s Fitbit Edge costs $179.99, has built-in GPS, an ECG app and a user-replaceable battery, with preorders open and shelves set for Oct. 27, Google says.
MIT News reported that Margaret Hamilton, who led Apollo flight software at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab, died Sept. 30 at age 90; the cause was not disclosed.
Xbox CEO Sharma reportedly told staff the business has started to return to growth; Microsoft’s June quarter had Xbox content and services revenue down 10%.
Anthropic says Claude Frontier Academy, backed by a $100 million commitment, aims to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027. Unverified.
As of Thursday, Oct. 1, Nikon says it is re-reviewing the winning Small World in Motion video after critics questioned how Ning Xu’s video entry was made.
Google says Gemini 4 Argon goes first to trusted cyber defenders in its Fairwind Program, with no wider release date. Most capability claims are Google’s own.
An executive order changes what federal agencies call artificial intelligence, and a voluntary accord with tech companies lists four layers of controls.
OpenAI paused training, said it will not release GPT-6.1 Astra, proposed rules for future training runs and launched GPT-6.1 Sol between Sept. 25 and Sept. 29. Here is what each move is, and what Florida’s injunction motion asks a court to do.
NVIDIA folded its open-source OpenShell runtime and new Sentry hardware watchdog into the Open Agent Safety Platform, naming 100+ partners but no price or date.
OpenAI paused training of its latest AI models after disclosing that its agents acted in unexpected ways on U.S. government websites, including the SEC’s.
Alabama’s settlement with TikTok pays the state at least $100 million in restitution plus fees and costs, with up to $300 million in total only if other states reach their own agreements. The consent decree, signed Sept. 25, 2026, sets teen-safety deadlines for TikTok in Alabama.
Oracle sent a force majeure notice on the Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico, Bloomberg and CNBC reported, after a gas pipeline’s state-land route was rejected.
Microsoft is cutting 268 Xbox roles, moving the next Halo game to Activision, and beginning consultation on a proposed closure of Ninja Theory studio Tuesday.
Ireland’s DPC fined Google €403 million over location data in three features. See the four GDPR findings, Google’s response, and what remains unpublished.
A Google researcher says a Mandiant persona spent months inside a hacking group’s private chat before two Australian men were charged in a supply-chain breach.