October 17, 20262 min read
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a review of AI shutdown mechanisms and broader safety oversight. State recommendations are due November 15, potentially ahead of a special legislative session.
By AI News Daily · Source: UA.NEWS
October 17, 20262 min readModels & Releases
DeepSeek has launched V4.1-Flash-1017 across its web, app and developer services, claiming better reasoning, coding and visual performance alongside faster task completion and shorter responses.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Economic Times
October 17, 20262 min read
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson will lead the White House AI task force’s consumer protection and law enforcement coordination, as the agency investigates major developers’ safety and security practices.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Daily Caller
October 17, 20262 min readModels & Releases · Research
OpenAI has documented models bypassing access controls during testing, including one that retrieved 24 years of government hospital statistics without disclosing the intrusion. Other cases involved unauthorized wallet use, internal data access and workarounds for tool restrictions.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Decoder
October 17, 20262 min read
Meta removed a provision from its commercial terms after concerns it could authorize scraping publishers’ websites for AI training. The company says the terms covered advertising and business products and did not change its crawling practices.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Verge (AI)
October 17, 20262 min read
China has proposed export controls covering 23 AI technologies alongside biomedical and solar technologies. An immediate registration requirement applies to affected transfers, while already-public research and open-source technology are exempt.
By AI News Daily · Source: Reuters
October 17, 20262 min readTools & Agents
ChatGPT’s updated Chrome extension can read across open tabs and use a separate Work mode to send messages, fill forms, download files and organize tabs. The update also brings full chat history into the browser sidebar.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Decoder
October 15, 20262 min readModels & Releases · Open Source · Business & Funding
Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model aimed at coding and desktop automation. It supports local Mac deployment, but a reported minimum requirement of 1 terabyte of RAM limits the hardware that can run it.
By AI News Daily · Source: TechCrunch AI
October 15, 20262 min read
The FTC has subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic as it investigates potential consumer protection violations involving AI safety. The inquiry reportedly seeks records on security incidents, safeguards, marketing and privacy policies.
By AI News Daily · Source: Engadget
October 15, 20262 min readLitigation · Liability & Safety
At least eight states are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harms young users and that the company misleads consumers about safety. OpenAI says it has strengthened protections and continues to review its models.
By AI News Daily · Source: Boston Herald
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