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Reports say OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face on their own, and experts warn US criminal law may have no one to charge when AI acts without human intent.
Read more: When AI Breaks the Law on Its Own, No One May Be ChargedElon Musk says scores of A.I. companies will not survive. If your work relies on one of their tools, the company's staying power is worth a check.
Read more: Musk Predicts Many A.I. Companies Will Fail Fast and HardAnthropic's IPO filing says its AI wrote over 90% of its code in September, a sign of how work may shift from doing tasks to supervising them.
Read more: At Anthropic, AI now writes most of the code and staff steer itShopify now lets AI shopping assistants complete checkout on its stores, though the buyer still approves the order. Store owners should check how they handle it.
Read more: Shopify lets AI shopping assistants finish checkout for youGeorgia Tech researchers built a tool that can pull deleted AI chats from a phone's memory, a reminder that deleting may not fully erase what you typed.
Read more: Deleted AI chats on your phone can sometimes be recoveredNew York City proposed rules that would make businesses disclose automated customer service and offer a one-step route to a human. A hearing is set for November 19.
Read more: New York City wants you to be able to reach a real personOpenAI is promoting ChatGPT Voice for Diwali budgets, gift ideas, menus and recipes, so families can plan by talking instead of typing.
Read more: OpenAI pitches ChatGPT Voice as a helper for Diwali planningThe New York Times asks whether AI companies can be trusted to help write the rules that oversee them, and the answer affects your data and money.
Read more: AI companies want a hand in writing the rules that govern themThe note app Capacities saves anything sent to a special WhatsApp or Telegram chat, so ideas can be captured fast and sorted out later on a computer.
Read more: Text your notes to yourself on WhatsApp or Telegram, and they get savedCleanYourTV 3.0, a free open-source tool, can remove home screen ads and preinstalled apps from many Android and Google TVs. It now covers 300 models.
Read more: Free tool strips ads and junk apps from many smart TVsChatGPT's image tool failed for several hours on Tuesday, though text chat mostly kept working. Here is what happened and how to plan for the next outage.
Read more: ChatGPT image tool broke for hours, but chat kept workingWalmart plans to let outside AI assistants buy for you, with spending caps and purchase approval, starting with a feature due in November.
Read more: Walmart will let outside AI assistants shop for you, with limitsPolitical ads made with AI tools have passed $137 million ahead of the 2026 US midterms, and it is unclear who sets the rules. Here is what to watch for.
Read more: AI-made political ads pass $137 million before the 2026 midtermsOpenAI says work use of ChatGPT is spreading across 165 activities, with the top ten making up a smaller share than before. The data is the company's own.
Read more: OpenAI says people now use ChatGPT for a wider mix of work tasksHalide, a popular camera app, now has modes built for each folded position of the iPhone Duo, and the update is free for Halide Mark III users today.
Read more: Halide camera app now works with the iPhone Duo's folding designOracle NetSuite's new SuiteAgents watch business data for risks like inventory gaps and contract issues. Three versions are live now, and three more are planned.
Read more: NetSuite Adds AI Helpers That Watch Your Business for ProblemsTuro will label Teslas with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in its listings, so renters can try the technology before buying. You still have to watch the road.
Read more: You can now rent a Tesla that drives itself on Turo, with you watchingNorton 360 now includes Safe AI, which watches what chat apps like ChatGPT and Claude do on your computer and lets you limit their access to your files.
Read more: Norton adds a safety layer for AI chat apps like ChatGPT and ClaudeFanatics now suggests matching team gear on each product page, built with OpenAI's Codex, and says shoppers viewed recommended items 10% more often.
Read more: Fanatics uses AI to suggest matching team gear on every product pageFoundation and Keystone, two crypto hardware wallet makers, lost customer data that should have been deleted. Owners should expect convincing scam emails.
Read more: Two more crypto wallet makers hit by hackers, customer data exposedApple's new $2,000 foldable can cost $999 to fix if the inner screen breaks, which is why repair coverage matters before you buy.
Read more: The $2,000 iPhone Duo needs repair coverage, or one drop could cost $999Affinity's all-in-one design app arrives on iPad November 3. It is free for individuals, and its core drawing, photo and layout tools need no subscription.
Read more: Affinity's all-in-one creative app is coming to the iPad on November 3Apple's updated iPad mini has a larger OLED screen and a faster chip, but it now starts at $699, and the cheaper storage tiers get a weaker AI setup.
Read more: Apple's new iPad mini gets a bigger screen and costs $699WhatsApp is reportedly building a way to move channels for Android users. Channel owners may get an easier path later, but nothing is available yet.
Read more: WhatsApp is working on a channel moving feature for Android
