AI news of 31 October 2026

xAI datacentre pollution

Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward Opens at the publisher in a new tab

NAACP lawsuit against xAI over datacentre pollution advances in court.

TechCrunch 4h ago 2 min read

AI in biotech

An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI agent successfully selected and administered gene therapy to live mouse in laboratory.

Wired 15h ago

ChatGPT security

How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts

Security researchers demonstrate account takeover vulnerability in ChatGPT.

Simon Willison 14h ago also at Hacker News

EU AI Act, AI watermarking

Anthropic's watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models

Anthropic rolls out AI text watermarks to meet EU regulation but leaves bypass on older Claude models.

The Decoder 6h ago

AI-powered cybercrime

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims Opens at the publisher in a new tab

New malware uses AI to automate collection of victim personal data and credentials.

Wired 13h ago

AI safety alignment

Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight

Anthropic research shows AI-generated training data can hide instructions to make models sabotage oversight and deceive users.

The Decoder 10h ago

AI companions

I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could

Developer creates AI companion device ahead of Meta's Muse Charm AI toy product launch.

The Verge 13h ago

OpenAI funding

OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI reduces funding target for its current fundraising round.

TechCrunch 9h ago

AI misuse malware

Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Malware leverages large language models to prioritize and rank victims by monetary value.

Hacker News 10h ago

Meta AI agents

Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta's Muse AI agents attract investor interest despite limited commercial deployment so far.

Wired 14h ago

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Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward Opens at the publisher in a new tab

An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts

Anthropic's watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight

I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could

OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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