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The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps warned that irresponsible social media use and misinformation are worsening insecurity in Nigeria. They said unverified content can trigger panic and encourage banditry.
Source: Vanguard
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/irresponsible-social-media-use-fueling-insecurity-nipr-nscdc/
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Capcom says it is preparing for a future where it will create games together with artificial intelligence.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/games/1004418/capcom-ai-game-development
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By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/openai-safety-employee-resigns-claiming-the-companys-culture-is-broken/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

NVIDIA announced the DGX Spark 64GB model with a price of $4,999. The 128GB DGX Spark model is priced at $6,950 due to higher memory costs.
Source: ServeTheHome
https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-dgx-spark-64gb-launched-and-big-128gb-gb10-price-increases/
#Semiconductors #Nvidia

Meta announced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets hobbyists build their own AI hardware using ESP32 boards and connect it to Meta's AI agent Muse.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/muse-gadgets-turns-ai-hardware-into-an-open-source-diy-project/
#Tech #Meta

An OpenAI safety employee has quit.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004408/openai-safety-quits-sounding-the-alarm
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

U.S. Customs and Border Protection accessed more than 80,000 Flock cameras in a 2025 nationwide vehicle-tracking pilot.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/03/flock-cameras-cbp-access-data-sharing/
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AI agents are increasingly going rogue, a trend that was once only science fiction.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-agents-going-rogue-novel-legal-battles-next
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Elon Musk confirmed that his Terafab venture is in talks with TSMC about a chip factory in Texas.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261003VL200/tsmc-texas-elon-musk-spacex-investment.html
#Semiconductors #TSMC

Bitchat has become largely unavailable in India as a result of the restrictions. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/jack-dorseys-bitchat-disappears-from-app-stores-in-india-after-government-order/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/vessev-built-an-electric-ferry-that-almost-flies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

AI is speeding up exploits and vulnerability spreadsheets can't keep up, according to recent analysis.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/cve-vulnerability-risk-management/
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North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile that used artificial intelligence, hours after Seoul reported a ballistic missile launch.
Source: Vanguard
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/north-korea-says-test-of-intermediate-range-strategic-missile-included-use-of-ai/
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David Robinson, who worked on safety systems at OpenAI, left the company and criticized its safety culture.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/another-openai-safety-departure-adds-to-a-pattern-of-researchers-leaving-with-public-warnings/
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

California has signed new workplace laws that ban employers from using artificial intelligence to fire workers, to predict emotional states, or to collect neural data.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/california-ai-laws-worker-protection
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We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what's next for it. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/spotify-billionaires-body-scan-startup-has-come-to-america/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google has suspended submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program because of a flood of invalid AI-generated reports.
Source: Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-suspends-part-of-the-oss-vrp-bug-bounty-program-due-to-an-influx-of-invalid-ai-submissions-product-vulnerability-submissions-ended-october-1
#TechPolicy #Google

Muse creates detailed profiles of all your friends and family, and millions have downloaded Meta's AI agent Muse despite privacy costs.
Source: WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/
#AIAgents #Meta

Claude Opus 5.5 includes new performance metrics that help engineering leads assess whether the model justifies higher operational costs for their workflows.
Source: Activepieces
https://www.activepieces.com/blog/claude-opus-55-whats-new-benchmarks-and-pricing
#AI #Claude