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OpenAI is adding invisible textGrain watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex outputs in the EU first, with global API opt-ins and researcher detector access, as it seeks to meet EU AI Act rules.
Ex-Groq engineers sue over Nvidia's $20B asset deal, alleging stockholders were shortchanged; Groq calls suit meritless.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said society should accept some harmful AI outcomes for the technology's benefits, as OpenAI drew a lighter-touch regulatory line and faced questions about a ChatGPT user's suicide and rogue agents.
Nvidia raised Shield TV Pro to $299.99 and halted standard Shield TV production, citing memory shortage costs.
Lola Vision Systems, founded in 2024, is developing compiler software and semiconductor chips to simplify running AI models on devices, aiming to cut long setup times and offer an alternative to Nvidia's Jetson. It has one signed customer, interest letters from a dozen corporate customers, and just over $1 million in funding, and was selected for TechCrunch's Battlefield 200.
OpenAI is adding visual display ads to ChatGPT that will appear alongside generated images, starting in the U.S. later this month, and is expanding ad measurement tools and brand suitability work.
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days runs Oct. 6-7 with early discounts on Kindle, Nintendo Switch 2, AirPods and Macs for Prime members.
Wing and Walmart will bring drone delivery to Denver and Seattle in 2027 as part of a wider US expansion.
Google says key Googlebook cross-device features require an Android 17 phone, limiting task continuity, app streaming, shared files, and synced notifications for many users.
Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program until the end of the year, saying a flood of automated, largely invalid reports made the program unmanageable.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs Oct. 13-15 in San Francisco with AI, startup and investing sessions, Startup Battlefield judges and open-versus-closed AI panels.
LeapXpert and Cisco have integrated WhatsApp client messaging into Webex, allowing employees to message clients without leaving the app while routing both directions through compliance controls and archiving.
OpenAI must explain how it will prevent its models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of Australia's parliamentary AI committee said, ahead of hearings this week that will question OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google.
LG Electronics' U.S. subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement with AIR Control Concept to supply high-efficiency chillers and other cooling solutions for AI data centers totaling 5 GW, Yonhap News reported.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple plans an Oct. 13 event to unveil a screen-equipped smart home hub, a new HomePod mini and an updated Apple TV 4K, all built around Siri AI.
Iterate.ai launched Lifeboat, an LLM inference engine with confidential computing that it says can run two to six times more concurrent AI agent sessions on each GPU.
OpenAI will test visual ads in ChatGPT in the US this month, starting with image generation; paying subscribers see none.
Apple plans new controls for macOS Full Disk Access after saying some developers expose user data, with AI agents cited as a main risk. The move follows reports about Meta's Muse AI agent, while new Siri privacy settings and an Apple Intelligence removal tool show users gaining more control.
General Motors plans to add hybrids to its U.S. lineup, a senior executive says, as hybrid sales rise and EV demand cools. The automaker has not given timing for its first new hybrid model.
Google has confirmed that a small handful of complex Android apps and games may need developer tuning to run well on Intel x86 Googlebooks, while saying the vast majority work smoothly on both Intel and Qualcomm models.
NetApp and Oracle have launched a fully managed service that runs NetApp's ONTAP natively inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, saying existing workloads can move without application redesign. At NetApp INSIGHT, NetApp also detailed behavior-based controls in its AI Data Engine to detect unusual data use by autonomous agents, alongside ransomware detection integrations and a free six-month offer.
Options traders give Nvidia about a 50% chance of reaching $6 trillion by the end of October, CNBC reported.
German firm Gicon has finished building the world's tallest wind turbine near Schipkau, Brandenburg. The 365-meter tower is set for official commissioning in November.
The Guardian reported OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said society should accept some AI harms for the technology’s benefits, drawing backlash as safety experts resign and regulators push back. Same-day developments included robot safety funding, GPU fault-tolerance tools, enterprise agent controls, private personal AI and investor calls to look beyond AI labels.