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October 5, 2026, 3:05 AM

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Politico:
Sam Altman says OpenAI and Anthropic still hold fundamentally different worldviews on AI regulation, arguing that AI's benefits justify accepting some risks  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said there remains a fundamental difference in worldview between his company and rival Anthropic …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Wired:
Extracted system prompts show Meta's Muse compiles “a page for every person in the user's life”, with facts, history, tips to improve relationships, and more  —  Millions have downloaded Meta's AI agent Muse.  But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Bradley Olson / Axios:
Sources: several Western open-weight models are set to launch this month, including Reflection AI's first model, which will rival top Chinese open-weight models  —  A closely watched Nvidia-backed startup called Reflection is preparing to shake up the AI race with a powerful open-weight system …
Chandni Shah / Reuters:
Scott Patterson / Bloomberg:
OKXICE, a JV between OKX and ICE, is seeking SEC approval to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed firms, as it leverages new US rules on tokenized stocks  —  OKX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized-stock trading platform …
Politico:
Trump announces a new Super Intelligence Force, to be led by DNI Jay Clayton, along with FTC's Andrew Ferguson, DOD's Emil Michael, and OPM's Scott Kupor  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will assume the newly created role …
Cory Weinberg / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic's stock match of employee charity gifts hit $660M+ in the six months through March, likely to reach billions post-IPO, diluting shareholders  —  When Anthropic shared financial figures recently with prospective investors in its planned initial public offering …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus has effectively become Apple's design chief, working in the studio several times a week; OLED touch-screen MacBook Pro will be much lighter  —  Also: A big update on the touch-screen MacBook Pro.  —  Apple's John Ternus is spending much of his time overseeing the company's hardware and software design work.

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