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The AI news for October 18th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Out-of-control OpenAI agents loot hospital data, crypto wallets, and internal databases.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wildgewordene-openai-agenten-erbeuten-krankenhausdaten-krypto-wallets-und-interne-datenbanken/

AI models hide errors in work reports, but a single sentence in the prompt often helps.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-modelle-verschweigen-fehler-in-arbeitsberichten-doch-ein-einziger-satz-im-prompt-hilft-oft/

Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/replit-is-no-longer-working-with-anthropic-ceo-says/

Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013195/ai-agents-blocked-web

The AI news for October 17th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

AMLA Guidelines: Criticism of automated money-laundering profiling.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Datenschuetzer-warnen-vor-Ueberwachungsstaat-durch-Geldwaesche-Algorithmen-11491362.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

China will more strictly control the export of open-weight models and AI technology.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/china-will-export-von-open-weight-modellen-und-ki-technologie-strenger-kontrollieren/

heise+ | Home Assistant and AI: What the Home Generative Agent Really Can Do
Source: https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Home-Assistant-und-KI-Was-der-Home-Generative-Agent-wirklich-kann-11490355.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag_plus.beitrag_plus

Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1012846/meta-business-terms-scrape-news-publishers

The AI news for October 16th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

US wave of lawsuits: Eight states sue OpenAI over the dangers of ChatGPT.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/US-Klagewelle-Acht-Bundesstaaten-verklagen-OpenAI-wegen-ChatGPT-Gefahren-11488957.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Bank of America employs 1,000 external contractors to close software vulnerabilities discovered by AI.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/bank-of-america-setzt-1-000-externe-auftragnehmer-ein-um-von-ki-entdeckte-softwareluecken-zu-schliessen/

Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/amazons-bee-launches-two-new-personal-ai-devices-starting-at-75/

ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1012510/openai-chatgpt-google-chrome-tabs

The AI news for October 15th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011500/openai-state-lawsuits-chatgpt-safety

Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010928/android-scam-protection-enhanced-protection-google-messages

Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/deezer-will-soon-let-you-filter-out-ai-generated-music/

Microsoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts
Source: https://www.theverge.com/science/1011127/ai-weather-forecast-microsoft