An MIT Technology Review article published Oct. 9, 2026 argues that AI’s ability to refuse harmful requests has become the load-bearing wall of safety, but probabilistic refusal is unreliable and leaves dangerous capabilities intact.
MIT Technology Review profiles Trevor Wischnewsky, a remote pilot in command at FlyTrex, who coordinates delivery drone traffic in the Dallas–Fort Worth area as unmanned aircraft traffic management expands.
New research presented in Boston suggests GLP-1 drugs may reduce biological age by two to three years in overweight and diabetic users. Use is rising, side effects range from gastrointestinal issues to hair and nail changes, and WHO says it does not recommend the drugs for children under 10.
Lenovo's TianxiCode, paired with DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash, topped SWE-bench-Live Lite with a 71% solve rate and passed verification.
Aether AI released demos of CRIS-0, a causal-reasoning robot controller that halts in 0.2 seconds when a hand interrupts a task and replans in about two seconds after disturbances. QbitAI reported 9 of 10 perturbation recoveries and 18 of 20 correct responses to ambiguous instructions.
OpenAI is standing by its dismissal of three AI safety researchers, saying they violated policies on sensitive information. The researchers say they were fired for raising safety concerns and have called for more transparency.
A leak and a re-filed trademark suggest Samsung's first over-ear headphones in a decade may be called Galaxy Studio.
Google unveiled Gemini Agents, always-on cloud AI agents that work toward goals and can get their own Gmail accounts.
Google says a setup timing issue blocks some Pixel phones from pairing with Googlebooks, and a Play Services fix is rolling out.
A San Jose junior won NPR's Student Podcast Challenge for a story on how memory works and why some moments last.
Common Sense Media researchers tested OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens and found that most of its protections, including parental alerts, did not work in their scenarios. The group now recommends teens not use it; OpenAI disputes part of the methodology.
A TechRadar review of 14 financial-services websites in Europe and the US found tracking scripts in account-opening, mortgage, and loan flows sent contact details, financial intent, and device fingerprints to third parties, with nine sites doing so without valid consent.
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute their dismissals, saying colleagues may now be afraid to speak.
OnePlus has confirmed the OnePlus 16 will launch in China on October 12 with a 9,000mAh battery, a 165Hz BOE X4 display that can reach 185Hz in games, and 100W wired plus 50W wireless charging. It will not be sold in the US or EU.
Underdog released Saluki 27B under Apache 2.0, a 2-bit GGUF of Qwen3.8-27B that fits in 7.89 GB and runs in stock llama.cpp. It scores 88 versus 84 for the full model on Underdog Bench and 42 versus 35 on parallel tool calls, while losing 12 to 18 points on math and multi-step reasoning.
Google Cloud launched Gemini agent, a cloud-hosted universal enterprise agent for knowledge work, media, coding, and task delegation.
Google is rolling out several Pixel Watch 5 watch faces to the Pixel Watch 4 through the Google Pixel Watch Faces app, Android Authority reports.
German factory automation startup Daedalus, founded by ex-OpenAI robotics lead Jonas Schneider, has entered insolvency proceedings, Sifted reports.
TechRadar published an interview with Proton founder Andy Yen on age verification, Big Tech, AI and digital privacy. The headline quotes Yen saying nine out of ten people prefer Proton’s version of the internet over Google’s.
A Lancet study found Google's diagnostic AI chatbot AMIE safely assessed 98 patients before emergency visits, with no conversations interrupted and 90% diagnostic agreement, according to QbitAI.
OPPO is reportedly developing a 16:9 wide-format flagship phone with 1mm symmetrical bezels and a roughly 81mm-wide body, joining a wider-screen push so far led by foldables.
A review published by Sspai on October 9, 2026 says the vivo X500 Pro Max brings the company's straight-out-of-camera color philosophy to video, pairing Film Style presets with stabilization, audio capture and a new Humanities-mode monochrome simulation.
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko says studios that respect their games and their players should bring composers in early and stay away from library or AI music.
Porsche plans 5,000 more job cuts and a return to combustion-engine models, Tencent weighs up to $5 billion in offshore bonds, Alibaba's Tsai urges Europe to back open-source AI, and OpenAI makes GPT-6 available to all ChatGPT users.