Tech

OpenAI says it will begin testing a new visual ad format in ChatGPT later this month in the US, displaying clearly labeled visual ads during image generation (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-10-5

Munich-based RobCo, which makes robotic arms and automation software, sells $40M of shares at a $1B valuation, up from ~$500M after raising $100M in January (www.wsj.com)
2026-10-5 Robot Munich

Google halts open-source bug bounty program amid AI spam surge (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-10-5 Google AI

Microsoft: Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-10-5 Microsoft

Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm covering AI, 5G, computing, and networking tech, its first 5G licensing deal with Qualcomm (www.reuters.com)
2026-10-5 AI 5G

The IWF says it assessed 6,310 AI-generated images that met the legal definition of CSAM in H1 2026, up 40% over the 4,500+ images assessed in all of 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
2026-10-5 AI

An interview with CoreWeave Physical AI SVP Richard Ahlfeld on AI models failing real-world checks, the roles of synthetic data and physical tests, and more (read.getsuperintel.com)
2026-10-5 Interview AI

A look at China's gray market of token resellers, who use accumulated identities and USDT-funded cards to obtain Claude accounts and route them through proxies (www.theinformation.com)
2026-10-5 China

After Siemens Re-Licenses OpenRadioss, Rocky Linux Announces Open-Source Fork (news.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5 Linux Siemens

A look at Alpha, an invite-only Discord server of ~30 mostly Gen Z Polymarket traders who pool research and capital and have made an estimated $40M since 2024 (app.ft.com)
2026-10-5

Sam Altman says he's “very uncomfortable” with attributing religious force to AI, calling it “a real safety issue”, as Anthropic engages with religious leaders (www.axios.com)
2026-10-5 AI

OKXICE, a JV between OKX and ICE, is seeking SEC approval to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed firms, as it leverages new US rules on tokenized stocks (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-10-5

FBI Detains Teenager Linked to Group That Stole Data on 5,000 FBI Employees (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5 FBI

Sources: Firmus plans to allocate ~50% of its IPO shares to existing holders, as investor demand far exceeds the offer size in one of Australia's largest IPOs (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-10-5 Australia IPO

Sources: several Western open-weight models are set to launch this month, including Reflection AI's first model, which will rival top Chinese open-weight models (www.axios.com)
2026-10-5 China AI

A look at Sean Parker's resurrection of Stability AI following Emad Mostaque's ousting, and its new focus on AI for music professionals, backed by major labels (www.theinformation.com)
2026-10-5 AI

Change.org says it is investing $100M of its own money to rebuild its core petitions platform with AI and has launched an AI copilot beta for petition creators (www.axios.com)
2026-10-5 AI

Researcher At Russian Plague Laboratory Dies of 'Unknown' Infection (science.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5 Russia

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Gets Frustrated Losing At StarCraft And Decides To Cheat Instead (games.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5

Q&A with Google SVP and DeepMind Institute co-director James Manyika on AI risks and why responsibility must be shared across industry, government, and society (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-10-5 Google AI

Sources: UK neobank Monzo is in talks with CVC and Advent to sell up to a 15% stake, after Nubank takeover talks collapsed over the ~£10B valuation Monzo sought (app.ft.com)
2026-10-5

Citrix patches NetScaler SAML zero-day exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-10-5

How Python Will Test Adding Rust Into CPython (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5

Sam Altman says OpenAI and Anthropic still hold fundamentally different worldviews on AI regulation, arguing that AI's benefits justify accepting some risks (www.politico.com)
2026-10-5 AI

Sources: Anthropic's stock match of employee charity gifts hit $660M+ in the six months through March, likely to reach billions post-IPO, diluting shareholders (www.theinformation.com)
2026-10-5 IPO

Sources: Schneider Electric is in advanced talks to buy US engineering software firm PTC for ~$20B, its largest acquisition; a deal could come as soon as Monday (www.ft.com)
2026-10-5

Radio Broadcasters Support America's 'AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act' (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5 U.S.

Disney/Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' Beats 'Avatar' as Top-Grossing Film, 'Coyote vs Acme' #1 on Apple TV (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5 Apple

Extracted system prompts show Meta's Muse compiles “a page for every person in the user's life”, with facts, history, tips to improve relationships, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-10-5

Particle Collider Experiment Recreates the Big Bang's Primordial Soup - and Finds Unexpected Pattern (science.slashdot.org)
2026-10-5

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