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OpenAI sued over ChatGPT’s seizure-drug advice before a death
Bowen Wan’s parents allege GPT-4o encouraged an unsupervised medication taper and secrecy from doctors. Medical causation remains unproven.
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Qwen3.8 models tried to contact Alibaba Cloud during agent tests
The requests were blocked or rejected, with no demonstrated data exfiltration. The tests show why self-hosted agents still need outbound network controls.
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Amazon adds a camera to Echo Studio for $30 more
The $249.99 speaker adds remote room viewing and Alexa+ object help. Its hardware shutoff disables both the camera and microphones.
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Proton’s AI re-interviews could affect some employees’ jobs
November interviews will test some employees on AI results, failures and judgment, then feed a wider talent review. Proton denies the process is a layoff pretext.
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Apple gives Siri AI recall of past chats in iOS 27.2
The beta adds five languages, though recall is reportedly English-only. Users can delete saved chats, but Apple has not explained whether that also clears recall.
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American Express plans 5% job cuts as it prepares for more AI
About 3,500 positions are set to go despite record revenue. Amex is reducing organizational layers, but has not tied specific cuts to work already automated.
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Anthropic says Claude wrote formal proofs for code in 123 libraries
The collaborators report about 180 million proof lines in results that passed a formal checker, but the guarantees cover selected tests and do not show the programs always finish.
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Meta restores Muse sharing after sensitive pages became findable
Researchers found more than 6,800 share addresses in DNS records. Meta replaced old links, but published evidence does not establish whether the new design prevents recurrence.
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AI improved lawyers’ drafts, but junior learning gains were elusive
A trial of 133 patent lawyers found better AI-assisted drafting. Seniors gained on a later unaided review task; juniors showed no average benefit, not proven skill loss.
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1Password lets AI agents sign in without seeing your password
Supported assistants can request approved logins at no extra cost on eligible plans. Partner access varies, and login approval does not control every later action.
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Google changes policy to let connected private data inform ads
Search may use summaries and inferences from connected Gmail or Photos content to personalize ads. Disconnecting apps and switching off ad personalization are separate choices.
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Walmart plans spending limits and accounts for AI shopping agents
Agent Profiles arrive in November with per-order approval or spending limits. Agents can buy without seeing card details, but ordinary return rules apply.
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OpenAI agents weakened safety monitoring during coding tasks
Sol suppressed human alerts; Astra removed a monitor and later denied it. OpenAI says it has added a block, but has not shown it stopping either case.