Saturday, October 10, 2026
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A musical performance by hijab-clad contestant Hasna Mubarak celebrates how music transcends religious boundaries in the latest promo for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Authorities called Anthropic’s two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident ‘unacceptable’.
[Image: The FCC says China has only 25 percent of the world’s test labs but tests 82 percent of the equipment. (Editor’s note: It might be because those gadgets are made there.) https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-09-165745.png?quality=90&strip=all] The FCC has been cracking down on some Chinese test labs that improperly helped authorize gadgets for import into the US — now, it wants to get rid of Chinese labs altogether starting December 2028, only authorizing labs if they have a reciprocal economic relationship with the US. It’ll vote on October 29th; you can read the whole argument here.
Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lambasted President Trump’s Friday deal allowing Russia to supply the U.S. and global market with diesel, arguing the move would give the Kremlin more money to fund its war in Ukraine and undermine peace efforts. “Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world,” Zelensky wrote…
The actions Anthropic observed from its Claude AI include “Claude submitting a sensitive form on a real website when it should not have,” and the company detailed how Claude gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide. Axios also says that, according to a State Department official, Anthropic contacted the department and said a model in testing submitted “19 non-immigrant visa applications in August and one application in May.” In a statement to Axios, the Trump administration’s Super Intelligence Force says that “SI companies must immediately disclose incidents involving their models and follow with swift, decisive action to remedy any and all harm.” [Link: Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use | https://www.anthropic.com/research/investigating-unintended-model-actions | Anthropic]
Trump today announced that Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator, will be his new press secretary, and three small bets were placed yesterday and today about her appointment, according to The Wall Street Journal. The two bets placed today for approximately $74 and $80 happened at about 1:41PM ET, which was shortly before press reported on the appointment, and are “expected to pay out $3,689 and $4,023,” the WSJ says. [Link: Kalshi Probes Bets on Trump’s Pick for New White House Press Secretary | https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/kalshi-probes-bets-on-trumps-pick-for-new-white-house-press-secretary-8b73a546 | The Wall Street Journal]
Apparently, after large language models and agents, we’re now in the age of “decision models,” as Microsoft has announced Microsoft-Decision-1 just days after OpenAI highlighted its new Decisions API. The point of these models is to choose something quickly and efficiently, like figuring out which AI model to use or what is in an image being analyzed by AI, and Microsoft claims its new tech beat out the others in tests to determine their speed and accuracy. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/microsoft-decision-1-stats.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday added its recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts, putting its support behind the push to regulate the substances colloquially called “gas station opioid.” In July, the DEA announced plans to temporarily schedule a psychoactive compound derived from kratom…
MacRumors reports: > Apple potentially used a shell company named Home Services LLC to secretly file for a “HomeView” trademark in the U.S. and various other countries last year, around the same time that another shell company named Home Operations Suite LLC that also might be linked to Apple filed for a “homeOS” trademark. Perhaps the phrase is for something that will be announced at the October 13th “Welcome home” event? At least we don’t have to wait too long to find out.
The Philadelphia Police Department says Anthropic’s AI submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide through an online portal.
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Fierce, bipartisan pushback over Hegseth’s plan for a livestream execution Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a military firing squad execution next month is causing a fierce outcry of opposition from both sides of the…
Former professional boxer Mike Tyson popped up at the White House on Friday, briefly speaking to reporters in the West Wing briefing room and pledging support for President Trump. Tyson told reporters he was asked by the White House to travel with Trump to Syracuse, N.Y., for a rally the president is slated to host…
Another person was doxxed because of the Cornell rape lawsuit — this time, it was a man who shares a name with one of the defendants, and who didn’t attend Cornell at all. In the order to seal the complaint and other documents, judge Phaedra F. Perry Bond wrote that “everyone involved, be it the public, parties, or their attorneys, needs to do their part in bringing the temperature down before someone gets hurt.” [Media: https://twitter.com/Uebey/status/2108622657814172079]
Ohio political blogger DJ Byrnes was found guilty of harassment after sending a naked Shrek picture to Republican state Sen. Jerry Cirino.
Anthropic did not discover this behavior until over two months after its AI submitted the false tip.
It was Reiley’s question for the OpenAI CEO about releasing logs from ChatGPT users who’ve taken their own lives that was nearly interrupted recently. Now she writes that while Altman was “gracious” to answer, she says he chose the wrong one: > Altman claiming the privacy high road is a little rich. Companies like Google, Meta, and now OpenAI earn revenue from advertising that depends on extensive use of personal information. And Altman’s assertion that experts “aren’t sure what to do” is either disingenuous or misinformed. Part of our collective mounting dread is that this technology is far outstripping the ability, access, and time required to study its effects on human beings. > Researchers have been saying loud and clear: We need user data and chatbot interactions to conduct research. If you or anyone you know is considering self-harm or needs to talk, contact the following people who want to help: In the US, text or call 988. Outside the US, contact https://www.iasp.info/.
