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Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
ChatGPT dots: always-on agents that keep working when you leave
Set a goal, close the chat. The dot carries on in the background.
Office of the Governor of CaliforniaCalifornia: AI can no longer fire or discipline staff on its own
GoogleGoogle announces Gemini 4 Argon, but only cyber defenders get it first
EuronewsAI firms sign a voluntary White House pledge to police themselves
Claims Journal (Reuters)US appeals court: copying to train a rival AI tool is not fair use
The RegisterOpenClaw Enterprise: Red Hat, Nvidia and OpenAI try to make agents safe for work
Help Net SecuritySecurity tools can now watch what staff share with Claude
Help Net SecurityAn Irish firm launches AI-assisted cyber checks for small businesses
Help Net Security92% of serious flaws in UK firms stay open for more than 90 days
CNBCThe FTC opens an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms
Reddit is ending RSS feeds and free API access because of AI scraping
TechCrunch· 30 SepReddit will switch off RSS feeds on 13 November and end its public API in March 2027, blaming large-scale scraping by AI bots. Developers must register their apps by 12 January 2027 or lose access. Paid data licensing stays. Social listening tools, research apps and AI assistants that read Reddit for free are the ones affected.
- If a tool you pay for watches Reddit for mentions of your brand or competitors, ask the vendor now whether it will still work after March 2027.
- If you follow subreddits in an RSS reader for leads or customer questions, plan another way to check them before 13 November.
Source: TechCrunch. This is our short summary of their reporting. The commentary in it and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. Picture from the source, unless it is our own graphic. How we source and credit
TechCrunchDoorDash launches an AI agent you order food from by text message
EngadgetMeta's Edits app gets an AI assistant that reads your Instagram numbers
TechCrunchMeta denies that its Muse agent read a user's messages without permission
The Next WebMistral's boss says the US safety debate covers for rivals' negligence
Help Net SecurityGenea lets AI agents manage who can open which door
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