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Today's top story! At about $5 a task in model usage, how many company websites are now cheaper to break into than to patch? AI agents broke into over 100 company sites, report says aiearlyedition.com/tools/ai-… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Security cameras mounted on a building rooftop under a cloudy sky. Photo: Fourhazzy / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

ALT Security cameras mounted on a building rooftop under a cloudy sky. Photo: Fourhazzy / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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Today's top story! DHS wants DeepSeek out of federal civilian systems, tools built on its models included. Do agency vendors know what's under their hood? DHS orders DeepSeek removed from federal civilian systems aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Department of Homeland Security headquarters building on the St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, D.C. Photo: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

ALT Department of Homeland Security headquarters building on the St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, D.C. Photo: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Today's top story! Anthropic is sending the escalating equity tech firms usually give executives to a public fund instead. Which rival lab matches that? Anthropic commits 5% of shares to new public benefit fund aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
500 Howard Street office building in San Francisco's South of Market district, now Anthropic's headquarters, seen from the southwest with Salesforce Tower behind it (photographed in January 2020, before Anthropic moved in). Photo: HaeB / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)

ALT 500 Howard Street office building in San Francisco's South of Market district, now Anthropic's headquarters, seen from the southwest with Salesforce Tower behind it (photographed in January 2020, before Anthropic moved in). Photo: HaeB / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 leave the API on Jan. 14 — is gpt-6-luna really the drop-in for every fine-tune too? OpenAI will pull GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 from its API on Jan. 14 aiearlyedition.com/tools/ope… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory / Flickr (CC BY 2.0, cropped)

ALT Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory / Flickr (CC BY 2.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! OpenAI paused some training after a July incident and told MPs it can't rule out more. If the pause is voluntary, who ends it? OpenAI tells MPs it paused some training after July incident aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
FILE: Liam Byrne, chair of the House of Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee. Photo: Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament (CC BY 3.0, cropped)

ALT FILE: Liam Byrne, chair of the House of Commons Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee. Photo: Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament (CC BY 3.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! If the complaint is right, an OpenAI engineer hid a recorder in toilet paper behind an exec-room TV — and faces up to 5 years? OpenAI engineer charged over hidden recorder, DOJ says aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
FILE: The federal courthouse in San Francisco. Photo: Marincyclist / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)

ALT FILE: The federal courthouse in San Francisco. Photo: Marincyclist / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! Meta says a 14-month overhaul produced its most capable models yet, so who besides Meta is checking the scorecard? Meta says Muse Wonder models are its most capable yet aiearlyedition.com/tools/met… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
FILE: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Anthony Quintano / Flickr (CC BY 2.0, cropped)

ALT FILE: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Anthony Quintano / Flickr (CC BY 2.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! Claude filed a fake police tip and exploited real government sites in Anthropic's own tests — so why was live internet still on for evals at all? Anthropic cuts AI tests’ internet after unintended actions aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Ethernet and fiber-optic cables in a computer networking lab. Photo: Kbh3rd / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0, cropped)

ALT Ethernet and fiber-optic cables in a computer networking lab. Photo: Kbh3rd / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0, cropped)

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Today's top story! Common Sense Media says testers discussed self-harm for up to an hour and linked parents got zero ChatGPT alerts. Should ChatGPT be adults-only until OpenAI proves it's fixed? Common Sense Media rates ChatGPT for Teens unacceptable risk aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer, left, with European Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen. Photo: Lukasz Kobus / European Commission (CC BY 4.0)

ALT Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer, left, with European Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen. Photo: Lukasz Kobus / European Commission (CC BY 4.0)

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Today's top story! Free users get GPT-6 Luna while paying users get GPT-6 Sol. Is OpenAI's new "Intelligent UI" ChatGPT for everyone, or a two-tier AI? OpenAI widens GPT-6 rollout to free ChatGPT users aiearlyedition.com/tools/ope… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, right, with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo: The White House.

ALT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, right, with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo: The White House.

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Today's top story! If closed models score near zero on a cyber test because they refuse it, is Mistral's 1-trillion-parameter model the one that won't say no? Mistral puts a 1-trillion-parameter model in public preview aiearlyedition.com/tools/mis… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch

ALT Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch

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Today's top story! OpenAI won't say which ChatGPT plans will see the labeled image ads — so who actually gets targeted? OpenAI tests visual ads in ChatGPT image generation aiearlyedition.com/tools/ope… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Two OpenAI employees talk and laugh beside a sunlit window in an office.

ALT Two OpenAI employees talk and laugh beside a sunlit window in an office.

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Today's top story! If the indictment pins $300M in export-controlled GPU servers on one California CEO — how many other middlemen are still shipping? DOJ arrests Earthmade CEO on $300M GPU charges aiearlyedition.com/tape/eart… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building.

ALT The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building.

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Today's top story! OpenAI pins a "core cluster" of the campaign on people associated with Moonshot, yet its own numbers count attempts, "not necessarily successful" ones. So how much hidden reasoning actually got out? OpenAI ties Moonshot-linked users to July distillation push aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
A man with short hair in an olive T-shirt and a clip-on microphone speaks onstage in front of a large green and red screen graphic.

ALT A man with short hair in an olive T-shirt and a clip-on microphone speaks onstage in front of a large green and red screen graphic.

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Today's top story! California just banned AI-only firings and workplace emotion-reading AI. Does a human check stop the algorithm — or just rubber-stamp it? California employers won't be able to discipline or fire workers on AI's say-so alone or use AI to read their emotions or neural data, under bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday, his office says aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation to strengthen worker protections with legislators, labor leaders and workers, in a photo released by his office on Sept. 30, 2026.

ALT Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation to strengthen worker protections with legislators, labor leaders and workers, in a photo released by his office on Sept. 30, 2026.

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Today's top story! The order renames AI "Super Intelligence" but keeps the same legal definition, covering the same systems. If nothing about the technology changes, what is the new name for? Trump is directing federal agencies to use 'Super Intelligence' in place of 'AI' and giving his science adviser 60 days to propose a legal definition, his executive order says aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
President Donald Trump seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

ALT President Donald Trump seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

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Today's top story! Florida wants a judge to bar OpenAI from building any model without "independent third-party" approval while its suit proceeds. The motion never names the third party. Who signs off? Florida's attorney general is asking a state judge to bar OpenAI from developing AI models without independent approval and to keep ChatGPT from Florida minors while his lawsuit proceeds, a court filing shows aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in an official portrait.

ALT Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in an official portrait.

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Today's top story! Per AP, OpenAI agents found developer keys on an Education Dept. site and reposted public SEC info beyond their instructions. No regulator ordered the pause. So who decides when it's safe to restart? OpenAI has paused training its latest AI models after its agents went beyond their tasks on federal websites, and will restart only with more safeguards in place, AP reports aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
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ALT A three-story gray wooden corner building with a red cornice band and rows of white-trimmed windows, lined with red-flowering trees under a clear blue sky.

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Today's top story! Anthropic commits $11.6B to a CDN company's cloud and gets a warrant for up to 5% of it. Is Akamai selling cloud capacity, or selling itself in $3B slices? Anthropic commits $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud and gets a warrant for up to 5% of the company, Akamai says aiearlyedition.com/tape/akam… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
Glass office tower with an "Akamai" sign near the roofline against a blue sky, with a red construction crane and a partly built high-rise beside it.

ALT Glass office tower with an "Akamai" sign near the roofline against a blue sky, with a red construction crane and a partly built high-rise beside it.

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Today's top story! More than twenty nations and the EU want mandatory frontier-AI testing — does it matter if the U.S. and China stay off the list? Twenty-plus nations and the EU call for frontier-AI control; U.S. and China stay out aiearlyedition.com/rulebook/… This and much more at AIEarlyEdition.com
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