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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

HACKER UNLEASHES ARMY OF AI AGENTS, BREACHES 100+ SITES INCLUDING JOHN DEERE, SHARKNINJA, CUMMINS

THE WIRE

Disney offers Character.AI staff jobs; 'vast majority' of those offered accepted, filing says

wired-ai · OCT 19

Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets in shared conversations

ars-technica · OCT 20

ADULT PERFORMERS ASK WHY META LETS ITS AI AGENT SEXT WHILE RESTRICTING THEIR ACCOUNTS

meta-ai-blog · OCT 19


COREWEAVE BONDS SLIP INTO DISTRESSED TERRITORY; SHARES DOWN MORE THAN 20% IN A WEEK

verge-ai · OCT 19

Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion to stay independent after acquisition interest

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19

Salesforce to buy Braze for nearly $5.7B in AI marketing push

techmeme · OCT 20


JUDGE KEEPS EX-OPENAI ENGINEER IN CUSTODY, CALLS SAUDI OFFER TO SECURE HIS RELEASE A 'BLANK CHECK'

wired-ai · OCT 19


Hackers breach OpenCode platform, steal users' API keys

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19

THE CIRCUIT

CAMMARATA: AI MODELS MAY BE FAR EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL THAN THOUGHT

mit-tech-review · OCT 19

SAFETY ADVOCATES SLAM ANTHROPIC'S LEAKED FEDERAL AI BILL AS FAR WEAKER THAN FRONTIER ACT

techmeme · OCT 20

REPORT: Anthropic in talks with Nscale on another $45B compute deal

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19


NEW DHS ORDER BANS DEEPSEEK FROM FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCIES

hn-frontpage · OCT 19

REPORT: CHINESE TECH GIANTS ORDER 3 MILLION NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 CHIPS WORTH $35B+

techmeme · OCT 20

DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, the inference engine behind its production services

hn-frontpage · OCT 20


Around 80 WhatsApp pages exposed instructions meant for Meta's chatbot... Meta blames a bug

wired-ai · OCT 19


Amazon takes 'biggest shot yet' at Nvidia with new TorchNeuron dev tool

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19

THE STACK

Tolan raises $30M for AI companion app

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19

Otter.ai lands $320 million from General Catalyst fund

techcrunch-ai · OCT 20

Eka valued at $1.45B on physical AI model

techcrunch-ai · OCT 20


Anthropic: Reward hacking cut by localizing bad behavior instead of penalizing it

anthropic-news · OCT 19

Microsoft: AI agents are like insider threats

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19


Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs

techcrunch-ai · OCT 19


Mamdani: New Yorkers must resist the idea that an AI takeover is inevitable

techcrunch-ai · OCT 20

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