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OpenAI is rolling out GPT-Live-1.1 and Quip to ChatGPT Voice, Codex, and dots, with 13 new voices. The system card reports regressions on sexual, mental health, emotional reliance, and gore evals. The API is not out yet.
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Six METR staff are inside Anthropic with hardware, office space, and access roughly on par with its risk teams. Anthropic cannot veto publication. Customer data, privileged material, and architecture details stay out.
Sachin Katti's last day leading OpenAI infrastructure is Nov. 15. He stays an adviser. Uday Ruddarraju, CTO of compute and formerly of xAI, runs compute, including Stargate. No plan price change.
Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office, in Singapore, and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. In-region Bedrock inference is the part that changes a build.
OpenAI's deprecations page lists GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 snapshots for removal from the API on January 14, 2027, and names GPT-6 Luna as the replacement.
The Commission says the AI Office has sent its first AI Act information requests, naming OpenAI and Anthropic over two summer lab incidents. No infringement has been found.
Epic released a preview of a new launcher it says it vibe coded, and says a Keywords Studios test started it 46% faster than Steam from a cold start.
What the September signings mean for builders: AI Transparency Act changes, chatbot disclosures, synthetic performers in ads, and companion chatbot audits.
What the October 7 alpha changelog actually adds: Thinking Mode on 8.2, shared folders, and a fixed 24-image draft grid. Useful for concept frames, not a 3D DCC.
What Anthropic published on October 12 about harvested training data, SWE-bench Verified, and banned accounts. These are Anthropic's figures.
