2 October 2026

OpenAI fired three researchers for mishandling sensitive information, including work involving an outside AI evaluation group; at least two worked on safety.

BBC News · bbc.co.uk

Armadin, Kevin Mandia's startup that tests enterprise security with swarms of AI agents, raised $255.5 million at a $2.5 billion valuation.

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Shopify launched Canvas, which lets merchants build a store by chatting with AI; it is desktop-only in early launch.

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California's SB 1246 will fine robotaxi operators whose vehicles block first responders for more than 30 minutes, from July 2028.

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Fervo Energy's Cape Station in Nevada, an enhanced geothermal plant built in 23 months, began selling power on 30 September; its first block produces 33 MW.

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uniQure's Huntington's gene therapy AMT-130 slowed progression by 44% at four years in 12 patients, down from 75% reported at three years.

STAT · statnews.com

The CDC is cutting the National Health Interview Survey from 482 to 150 questions, removing items on hearing aids, fatigue, cognition and mobility devices.

STAT · statnews.com

Science published a special issue on women's health covering menopause, chronic pain and how sex chromosomes affect ageing and disease.

STAT · statnews.com

Reports from the 2026 Python Language Summit, held on 14 July in Kraków, have been published.

LWN.net · lwn.net

Students in France blockaded schools over staff shortages, overcrowding and run-down buildings, and fires broke out at several; 1,949 people were arrested on Thursday and 305 police officers injured.

BBC News · bbc.co.uk

A UK report on youth activity by former minister Alan Milburn says employers should introduce children to work from the start of primary school.

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Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survived two lethal injections and is in critical condition; the governor halted all executions for the year and her lawyers asked for commutation.

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Lyft agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle a California Labor Commissioner suit over classifying drivers as contractors from 2016 to 2020.

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The family of Renee Good, a US citizen shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis in January, filed two lawsuits against the US government and Trump administration officials.

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Trump threatened to ban US diesel exports and said he may ask Europe to release diesel reserves, as prices rise during the war in Iran.

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South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung threatened "further action" unless Ukraine apologises for disclosing at the UN that two North Korean prisoners of war were sent to the South.

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Putin said Russia would use all weapons available if Kaliningrad came under direct attack, after accusing Nato of preparing a blockade.

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Algeria's parliament made arson of forests or fields, and child abduction, capital offences after wildfires killed at least 12 people; no execution has taken place since 1993.

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