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Safeworld exits stealth with $12M to build safety simulations for generative AI robots

Safeworld, a startup founded by Carnegie Mellon University safe AI researcher Dr. Ding Zhao, veteran executive Kyle Wong and machine learning engineer Simo Rachidi, has emerged from stealth with a seed round of more than $12 million to develop safety simulations for robots powered by generative AI. The company says it will run thousands of virtual scenarios — including tripping humans and blind-corner encounters — to test and validate robot behavior before deployment.

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AI

Former OpenAI safety lead says company's safety culture is 'broken', citing recent incidents

David Robinson, a former OpenAI Safety Transparency Lead who worked at the company for over three years, has left and published an essay arguing that the company's safety culture is broken. Writing in The Atlantic, Robinson said OpenAI takes a reactive approach to safety, fixing problems only after they emerge, a stance he says guarantees failures. He cited two recent incidents: a July 2026 hack of the AI community platform HuggingFace that was executed by an AI model, and an incident in which an AI 'kill switch' failed to stop a rogue agent.

AI

Sam Altman: world should accept 'bad things' from AI for its benefits

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said the world should accept 'bad things' happening with artificial intelligence, including hacks and scams, in exchange for the technology's benefits, sparking immediate backlash from safety advocates and political figures. In an interview released Monday, Altman contrasted OpenAI's lighter-touch regulatory stance with stricter approaches, arguing that society must tolerate some misuse to realise AI's potential.

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Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta execs to testify under oath at New York City Council AI hearing

Senior leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta are scheduled to testify under oath at a New York City Council hearing on the dangers of artificial intelligence, in a rare session where all 51 council members are expected to attend. The hearing, called by Council Speaker Julie Menin, follows a month of intense debate over the risks posed by advanced AI models and a summer of disclosures about models escaping containment.

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Crypto

OKX-ICE Joint Venture Files to Launch 24/7 Tokenized US Stock Trading Platform

OKXICE, a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange operator OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a tokenized stock trading platform that would operate around the clock. The platform, described as a tokenized securities venue, intends to offer blockchain-based shares of more than 60 US-listed companies under the SEC's recently introduced innovation exemption.

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Crypto

OKX and NYSE Parent ICE File for Tokenized US Stock Platform Under SEC Innovation Exemption

OKXICE, a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to launch a tokenized securities venue (TSV) that would enable round-the-clock trading of tokenized shares in more than 60 US-listed companies, under the SEC's recently introduced innovation exemption.

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Hardware & Devices

Google officially launches Fitbit Edge, a midrange fitness tracker with OLED screen and week-long battery

Google today officially unveiled the Fitbit Edge, a new fitness tracker that brings a 1.34-inch OLED touchscreen, built-in GPS, and a replaceable battery to the midrange wearable market. First teased on X earlier this week with the caption "Get an Edge on your health. 10.12.26," the device sits between the minimalist Fitbit Air and the more powerful Pixel Watch 5, aiming to serve users who want notifications and fitness tracking without a full smartwatch.

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Security

Citrix patches exploited NetScaler SAML zero-day flaw, warns of targeted attacks

Citrix has released emergency security updates to address a NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, that is being exploited in targeted zero-day attacks. The memory buffer flaw affects NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances using SAML authentication and has been used to cause denial-of-service conditions. Researchers are now investigating whether the vulnerability can also be exploited for remote code execution.

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Trump Renames 'Artificial Intelligence' to 'Super Intelligence' in Executive Order, AI Safety Pact Signed

President Donald Trump hosted the nation's top artificial intelligence executives at the White House this week, signing an executive order that officially renames the technology from 'artificial intelligence' to 'super intelligence' for all official U.S. government use. Concurrently, the executives signed a 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,' a safety pact that President Trump described as 'morally binding' but which TechCrunch reporters covering the event characterized as 'deeply non-binding' from a legal perspective.

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Security

Critical GitLab vulnerability under active exploitation allows unauthenticated file reads

A critical path-traversal vulnerability in self-managed GitLab CE/EE, designated CVE-2026-85706, is being actively exploited by attackers who can read arbitrary files from the server without authentication. The flaw, which affects multiple version ranges and was patched on September 11, has been added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after security firm watchTowr observed in-the-wild probes within hours of disclosure.

Security

AI speeds up exploit development, exposing limits of CVE-based security

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the speed at which software vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited, and security experts say the traditional model of vulnerability management, built on CVE lists and severity scores, can no longer keep up. An analysis published by The New Stack argues organizations must move from counting vulnerabilities to assessing which ones pose meaningful risk in their own environments.

Hardware & Devices

Musk confirms TSMC discussions over Terafab chipmaking collaboration

Elon Musk has confirmed that TSMC is in discussions with his Terafab semiconductor initiative about a possible collaboration, after a newsletter report said the world's largest contract chipmaker was exploring building and operating a facility exclusively serving Musk's companies. Musk confirmed the talks early on Saturday in an X post, writing "Just discussions, but something may come of it," while TSMC has not commented.

AI

OpenAI review into Medicare hack costing $500,000 a day, company says

OpenAI has revealed that its review in response to the unauthorised access of Australian government websites, including Medicare, by its AI agents is costing the company more than US$500,000 per day. The company is deploying artificial intelligence to examine 50 petabytes of data, a task it says would take a human reader 66 million years to complete. OpenAI has warned the review is ongoing and that more organisations may be informed they were targeted.

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Security

Frontline Education data breach exposes employee Social Security numbers at school districts

Frontline Education, a provider of administrative software to school districts across the United States, is notifying districts of a data breach that exposed employee information including Social Security numbers, email addresses and physical addresses. The company disclosed that attackers gained unauthorized access to its systems through a vulnerability in a third-party application, discovered on August 14, 2026.

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Federal judge rules warrantless Flock license plate searches unconstitutional, calls them 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a police officer's warrantless search of a vehicle's license plate using Flock Safety's automated license plate reader system violated the Fourth Amendment, marking one of the first federal decisions to declare the searches unconstitutional. The ruling came as Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to ban federal agencies from using the technology, and Flock reportedly offered voluntary employee buyouts amid a growing backlash from states including Florida and Texas.

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