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Jay Clayton has been appointed to lead former President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence task force and is expected to deliver a report within 120 days.
Source: CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/jay-clayton-lead-trumps-ai-task-force-deliver-report-in-120-days-wsj-reports-6430231
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OpenAI launched its latest model. The company cancelled an updated version because of safety concerns.
Source: The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/astra-the-latest-leap/article71541623.ece
#AI #OpenAI

Bitchat, the decentralized messaging app founded by Jack Dorsey, has been removed from Google Play and Apple's App Store in India after the IT ministry issued a takedown order.
Source: Inc42
https://inc42.com/buzz/jack-dorseys-bitchat-goes-offline-in-india-apple-cites-meity-order/
#Tech #Apple #Google

US authorities arrested a California man accused of smuggling more than $300 million of AI servers to China, the Justice Department said.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/greg-lui-earthmade-ai-server-smuggling-china
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Donald Trump to sanction the Russian and Chinese companies building Russia's answer to Starlink.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/zelensky-trump-sanctions-rassvet-starlink-rival
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A safety leader at OpenAI resigned, saying the company's culture was broken and that AI firms were not being nearly careful enough about developing the technology.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/03/openai-safety-leader-quits-warning-ai-companys-culture-is-broken
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

Angola Cables is upgrading its transatlantic submarine cable network with Ciena technology due to rising demand from artificial intelligence and cloud services.
Source: BusinessDay
https://businessday.ng/technology/article/angola-cables-upgrades-atlantic-network-as-ai-reshapes-global-data-demand/
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A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.  https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

David Robinson said he hired the PR firm Spitfire Strategies after resigning from Open AI.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/david-robinson-can-do-more-for-safety-outside-open-ai-2026-10
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said alarmism about AI without solutions is not leadership. He made the comments in an Axios interview.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/bessent-says-ai-alarmism-without-solutions-is-not-leadership
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An OpenAI safety team member has resigned, warning that the company is not taking enough care with AI's risks.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-david-robinson-quits-nuclear-safeguards
#TechPolicy #OpenAI

Amazon says it no longer uses nondisclosure agreements in its data centers.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/amazon-responds-to-data-center-backlash-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas/
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Meta is developing Muse, a personal AI agent that can access data from WhatsApp, Instagram, email and calendars to act for users.
Source: Business Today
https://www.businesstoday.in/tech-today/video/meta-muse-how-much-should-your-ai-really-know-about-you-tech-today-559275-2026-10-03?utm_source=rssfeed
#AIAgents #Meta

Only 2% of Singapore organisations are confident they can withstand cyberattacks accelerated by frontier artificial intelligence models.
Source: Frontier Enterprise
https://www.frontier-enterprise.com/only-2-of-singapore-firms-recovery-plans-ready-as-frontier-ai-threats-loom/
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Google has launched a refrigerator-sized satellite that carries four Tensor Processing Units to test artificial intelligence computing in space.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/google-tests-ai-computing-in-space-with-satellite/
#AI #Google

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/amazon-responds-to-data-center-backlash-says-it-no-longer-uses-ndas/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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