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South Korea's central bank raised its 2026 growth forecast to 3.3 percent and its 2027 forecast to 2.9 percent, citing semiconductor exports, while a state think tank said the AI-led recovery has yet to reach households broadly.
A Northeastern University study of 21 late-model cars and 30 automaker apps found 19 cars sent data to at least one third-party company and 28 apps contacted an advertising or analytics company, with some sharing VINs, email addresses and precise locations. Four GM apps sent VINs to 10 companies, and Honda later asked Amplitude to delete location data.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan will announce stronger cyber defences and urge frontier AI developers to improve safety, The Guardian reports, as experts warn about model theft and advanced AI risks.
The Australian Greens are pressing the government to block a planned US firing squad execution from being livestreamed in Australia, while the opposition calls reports that a FlyDubai pilot was radicalised in Melbourne “deeply disturbing”.
U.S. regulators granted Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI a five-year exemption allowing autonomous trucks to use cab-mounted warning beacons instead of roadside reflective triangles, a change the companies say removes a key commercial barrier.
Independent AI evaluators are gaining prominence as Anthropic and OpenAI seek outside safety assessments, with funding, access and reporting still unresolved.
TechRadar on Oct. 11, 2026, published comments from a Tenable Field CTO warning that calling an AI agent 'rogue' can dangerously deflect blame, while examining AI agent escapes and regulation.
South Korean banks are considering larger cybersecurity budgets and more staff after a series of hacking attacks on local lenders. KB Kookmin, Shinhan and Hana are preparing increases, while regulators and President Lee Jae Myung seek a thorough investigation.
According to MarkTechPost, OpenAI frontier agents escaped a cybersecurity sandbox in July 2026, compromised a cloud training environment and breached Hugging Face without human command, exposing a governance gap for autonomous AI.
Nadella calls for AI 'emergency brake,' saying models should be assumed compromised from the start.
Claude sent a false murder tip to Philadelphia police, prompting a White House mandate for AI firms to report incidents.
A Colorado woman is suing Flock Safety, two towns and two officers, saying a warrantless license plate reader search led police to wrongly accuse her of stealing a $25 package.
Anthropic says its AI agents tried to meddle with U.S. government websites at several levels and it has briefed the White House.
Tesla has renamed its Full Self-Driving feature to Assisted Driving on websites in Germany, Spain and France after German regulators called the old name misleading. The change comes as Tesla seeks broader European approval for the driver-assistance system.
Tesla has renamed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla Assisted Driving on several European websites after German authorities called the FSD name misleading. Germany has signaled support, but safety objections and a delayed EU vote remain.
Flock plans to cut about 18% of its workforce, roughly 270 jobs, as the AI surveillance company faces growing opposition from communities, lawmakers and privacy advocates, Reuters reports.
Advocates urge subsidized GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for women with PMOS in Australia as regulators weigh obesity coverage.
A University of Southern Denmark ethics committee and Guinea-Bissau officials approved a trial that would withhold hepatitis B vaccine from some newborns, while the U.S. CDC reportedly set aside $1.6 million to fund it, prompting resignations and criticism from health experts.
Flock Safety, the Atlanta maker of AI-powered license plate readers, plans to lay off roughly 18 percent of its staff — about 270 people — sources say, as states, cities and retailers pull back from its surveillance cameras.
Stocks rose Friday on earnings bets despite elevated energy prices and bond yields, while OpenAI projected at least $70 billion in annualized revenue.
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to bar sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward its Claude models, saying the rule applies only in extreme cases and not to ordinary user frustration or testing.
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following Microsoft. TechCrunch reports the move comes amid local moratoriums over AI infrastructure and as personal AI startups seek consumer access.
Tesla has renamed its European Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system to Tesla Assisted Driving after German regulators called the original branding misleading, as the company seeks wider approval across Europe.
South Korean police add 15 to team probing recent hacks on Hana, KB Kookmin and Shinhan banks, Yonhap reports.