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Apple says it will flag AI requests for Mac data after Meta's Muse draws complaints.
Source: CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/apple-says-it-will-flag-ai-requests-mac-data-after-metas-muse-draws-complaints-6428346
#TechPolicy #Apple #Meta

The most powerful AI models are often run inside the labs that build them with key safeguards switched off, and safety tests published may not reflect actual use.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/we-cant-trust-them-completely-labs-safeguards/
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Apple announced it will limit full disk access on Macs because AI agents increase risk. The new controls will let users grant that level of access only when they truly intend to.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004295/apple-limit-mac-disk-access-ai-agents
#TechPolicy #Apple

A US appeals court has blocked Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in an XAI lawsuit. The injunction halts enforcement of the law pending further review.
Source: CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/us-appeals-court-blocks-minnesotas-ai-nudification-law-now-in-xai-lawsuit-6428281
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RemoteThreat says its offensive cyber operations startup aims to evolve red teaming beyond traditional methods to simulate attackers' increasingly advanced capabilities.
Source: Dark Reading
https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/remotethreat-bets-security-teams-need-to-test-what-happens-after-defenses-fail
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Sean Parker, who once taught the music industry what asking for forgiveness looks like, is now back with the labels' blessing and money. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/sean-parker-is-rebuilding-stability-ai-around-music/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nvidia hit a record for the first time since May, leaving it under $300 billion short of becoming the first company worth $6 trillion.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-6-trillion-record-asml-gap
#Tech #Nvidia

Cloudflare says its new Clef model means humans no longer need to be in the loop for AI agents.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/cloudflare-says-its-new-clef-model-means-humans-no-longer-need-to-be-in-the-loop-for-ai-agents/
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The President highlighted that cyberspace is essential for America's innovation and strength, and announced a commitment to strengthen cybersecurity during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Source: White House OSTP
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/10/presidential-message-on-national-cybersecurity-awareness-month/
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The Quantum-Safe Summit 2026 warns of an encryption crisis that no one is ready for.
Source: OpenGov Asia
https://opengovasia.com/quantum-safe-summit-2026-the-encryption-crisis-no-one-is-ready-for-is-your-data-truly-secure-in-the-quantum-era-power-talk-23/
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Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/apple-says-its-tightening-macos-full-disk-access-controls-due-to-new-risks-from-ai-agents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The White House rebranded AI as "super intelligence." President Donald Trump signed an executive order to that effect.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/video/its-not-ai-anymore-its-super-intelligence-according-to-the-white-house/
#TechPolicy #WhiteHouse

The White House gathered major tech CEOs to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called morally binding.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/podcast/call-it-ai-call-it-super-intelligence-only-2-of-consumers-are-buying-it/
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This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.” Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding AI as “super intelligence,” and meanwhile, Meta and OpenAI are putting friendlier faces on their AI products,…

Allen Institute for AI announced Olmo-core 3, a framework that improves training efficiency for mixture-of-experts large language models.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/02/ai2-releases-olmo-core-3-to-make-developing-large-mixture-of-experts-llms-more-efficient/
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With all the talk about how AI might one day ill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people, psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created "crash test dummies" to solve that. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/circuit-breaker-labs-hopes-to-make-ai-safer-for-your-kids-and-you/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is developing a roadmap for its semiconductor ecosystem. It aims to find a niche in the ASEAN semiconductor supply chain.
Source: ANTARA News
https://en.antaranews.com/news/433969/seeking-niche-in-asean-semiconductor-supply-chain
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Debt financing for data centers and related infrastructure has grown rapidly enough to become its own category, with credit analysts separating AI-linked from non-AI debt.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-data-center-debt-showing-everywhere
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Meta will start charging businesses using the official WhatsApp Business Platform in October 2026.
Source: Technext
https://technext24.com/reviews/chatpaddi-adebo-david-alternative-whatsapp/
#Tech #Meta

The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/paramount-and-warner-bros-discovery-to-become-skydance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon