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Mistral has launched a public preview of Mistral Large 4, a 1-trillion-parameter model. Its benchmark claims are Mistral's own, and the open weights are still to come.
8 Oct 2026David Robinson, who led the writing of OpenAI's launch safety reports, resigned and wrote in The Atlantic that the problem is culture, not rules. OpenAI says it pauses or holds back models when it needs to.
7 Oct 2026Anthropic's expanded Cyber Verification Program gives vetted security professionals access to Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, and Mythos 5.1 with reduced safeguards — in three tiers, with the top tier reviewed alongside the US government.
7 Oct 2026Four major AI firms testified under oath before the New York City Council in what the Council called a first — three of them only after explicit subpoena threats. SpaceXAI no-showed.
6 Oct 2026OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers, reported to be from its safety team, over what the company says was mishandling of sensitive information. The departures were reported two days after OpenAI signed a voluntary AI safety accord at the White House.
5 Oct 2026Six tech executives and President Trump signed a voluntary AI safety pact at the White House on 29 September. The same day, an executive order directed federal agencies to use "Super Intelligence" in place of "AI." Here's what the document actually commits to — and what it doesn't.
5 Oct 2026Six major AI companies signed a one-page voluntary safety pledge at the White House on Tuesday. The document appears to carry no enforcement mechanisms — and the same day, an executive order told federal agencies to say "Super Intelligence" instead of "AI."
4 Oct 2026The FTC has opened what has been described as the first US enforcement action targeting rogue AI agents, with subpoena-like demands on OpenAI, Anthropic and METR expected within weeks.
1 Oct 2026