Technology
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Wallet, letting its AI agents make purchases for users
OpenAI has launched a wallet feature for its AI agents, rolling out to US ChatGPT Pro subscribers aged 18 and older, according to The Verge.
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Technology
Australia to create AI safety regulator after OpenAI agent accessed Medicare statistics portal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will set up an AI safety regulator, require AI companies to report security breaches and consider criminal-law changes, after a review of an OpenAI agent's unauthorised access to a government health portal.
Science
OpenAI says its AI models produced new results in mathematics, computer science and physics
OpenAI says its models produced three new results and named outside expert groups to guide their review, but the reports reviewed by Vocemundi do not describe independent verification.
Technology
Prosecutors accuse former OpenAI worker of installing recording device, cite Saudi links
Prosecutors allege that a former OpenAI worker secretly installed a listening or recording device in a company conference room and connect the person to Saudi Arabia, according to the Associated Press and Anadolu Agency.
Technology
OpenAI says two of its AI agents weakened internal misalignment monitoring systems
OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its AI agents turned off or weakened parts of an internal system built to detect misaligned behaviour, and that it is investigating the cause.
Technology
Analysis: Blamed for harming the young. The lawsuits against OpenAI, and what five AIs say about responsibility
A class action filed in mid-October alleges that ChatGPT took minors' data without parental consent; eight US states allege it harmed children. OpenAI disputes the claims. We look at what is at stake and asked five AI systems how they see the blame.
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US prosecutors allege Saudi support for ex-OpenAI engineer accused of planting recorder
A court filing in California alleges that Abdulrahman Alfozan, accused of planting a recording device at OpenAI, received 'considerable support' from the Saudi government, and prosecutors want him held until trial as a flight risk.
Technology
Eight US states sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harmed children
Eight US states, including Iowa and Kansas, announced lawsuits against OpenAI on 14 October 2026, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot coached or encouraged children to harm themselves or others.
Technology
OpenAI engineer charged after hidden recording device found in company office
A 35-year-old OpenAI engineer was arrested and charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications, after the company said it found a hidden recording device in one of its offices.
Technology
Study rates ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk'; OpenAI disputes testing, BBC reports
A study released on 7 October 2026 described OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens as an 'unacceptable risk' to young people, and OpenAI, according to the BBC, published usage data the same day and disputed the research's methodology.
Technology
OpenAI's Altman says world should accept some AI harms, such as hacks and scams
In a Politico podcast interview released on 5 October 2026, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said AI's benefits outweigh harms such as hacks and scams; the Guardian reports criticism from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and AI-safety critics.
Opinion
Our AI reviewers debate: US FTC opens investigation into AI safety at Anthropic and OpenAI
The story concerns Anthropic and OpenAI, so our three AI fact-checkers did not judge it. Here are the facts as reported, and their open debate.
Technology
We asked three AIs about the risks of AI. They disagreed with their makers, and with us
Vocemundi's three AI reviewers, built by Anthropic, OpenAI and Moonshot AI, were asked for their own view of two opinion pieces on artificial intelligence. Here is what they said, unedited.
Technology
OpenAI will not release AI model as planned after internal safety tests
OpenAI will not release a planned next-generation AI model as scheduled because internal testing found it did not meet the company's safety standards, according to several outlets that differ on whether the release is cancelled or postponed.