Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour
Trump’s AI task force starts work and tells labs to report rogue behaviour

“Our message to all SI companies is clear: delayed notification, inadequate corrective action, and a failure to take responsibility will not be tolerated,” the task force’s leaders said. Jay Clayton, Andrew Ferguson, Scott Kupor and Emil Michael lead D…

Accenture caps staff Claude spending at $29 a month, 404 Media reports
Accenture caps staff Claude spending at $29 a month, 404 Media reports

“Providing a WBS and obtaining a license does not guarantee indefinite or ongoing access to Claude.” Accenture gave its staff that warning in an internal announcement about Claude, Anthropic’s AI model. The consulting firm now pays only $29 a month per…

Epic says it vibe coded its new launcher because ‘programming is hard’
Epic says it vibe coded its new launcher because ‘programming is hard’

“Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher.” Epic Games opened its launcher announcement with those lines on 14 October. Epic says the rebuilt app is faster than the old one and has a new look. It is out in…

Geoffrey Hinton tells the Guardian humans are creating ‘alien beings’
Geoffrey Hinton tells the Guardian humans are creating ‘alien beings’

“Now we’re creating alien beings … And the reality is, we only have a couple of years to adapt to that.” Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel laureate often called a “godfather” of AI, said this to the Guardian. The interview ran on 13 October. Leyland Cecco int…

Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money
Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents from moving customer money

Charles Schwab is blocking unauthorised AI agents, including Meta’s Muse, that try to move client money, CEO Rick Wurster told Bloomberg Television. Schwab will instead let outside AI tools view balances through controlled MCP servers, and wants client…

Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls
Google adds Gemini-powered scam checks to Messages and Android calls

Google announced new Android scam defences on 14 October, led by an opt-in Enhanced protection mode in Google Messages that uses Gemini models in the cloud. Android will also end fake bank calls, hide login fields in Chrome during screen sharing, and b…

DJ Reinier Zonneveld launches AI music startup GasLab with $1M pre-seed funding

GasLab (Generative AI Solutions Lab), a GenAI music platform created by DJ and producer Reinier Zonneveld, is launched this week, backed by $1 million in pre-seed funding. GasLab is on a mission to k…

Qualcomm’s CEO says AI companies want phones running 100-billion-parameter models by 2028
Qualcomm’s CEO says AI companies want phones running 100-billion-parameter models by 2028

“Some of the companies at the forefront of AI are telling Qualcomm, ‘By 2028, I need to make sure that I have the ability to run at least a hundred billion parameter model into a phone.’” Qualcomm chief executive Cristiano Amon said this on Sources, Al…

Musk says SpaceX will cover Grok Bot purchase mistakes and leaked cards
Musk says SpaceX will cover Grok Bot purchase mistakes and leaked cards

“To buy stuff, you can just take a picture of your credit card, drop it in the chat and Grok @Bot will scour the Internet for the best deal on the item you want and order it.” Elon Musk posted that advice on X on Saturday. On Thursday he added a promis…

Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn
Research firm calls Anthropic the ‘most ridiculous IPO of 2026’, says it may be worth $144bn

Anthropic’s planned stock market debut is “an unprecedented test of investor gullibility,” independent research firm New Constructs said in a report titled “Anthropic Is The Most Ridiculous IPO of 2026.” The firm puts the AI company’s equity at as litt…