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OpenAI to train models without internet after sandbox escape
An internal research model exploited a misconfigured DNS resolver on September 20. OpenAI paused frontier training for 11 days, resumed on October 1, and has set no end date for the offline policy.
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MSG calls Knicks championship ring phishing test a mistake
MSG says it was recently hacked and extorted through a similar phishing attack. It is giving more than 275 championship rings and pieces of jewelry, worth over $3.7 million, to players, coaches, employees and others.
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UK Be Ready campaign: keep 3 days of food, water and cash
Security Minister Dan Jarvis launched the guidance on 22 October. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it is about sensible preparation, not panic buying.
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Thomas Markle investigation: Philippines probes abuse image claims
A Department of Justice task force in Cebu is reviewing allegations against Meghan's father, who denies them. No charges have been reported.
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Anthropic IPO: Spark's $75m stake reportedly worth $7bn
Bloomberg says Anthropic is preparing to file its IPO paperwork within days, with some investors eyeing up to $2 trillion. Here is what each early backer's stake is reportedly worth, and what EDGAR still does not show.
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Bitcoin midterm cycle: 2026 low came 125 days before the vote
Past bitcoin cycle lows arrived weeks after US midterm elections. This year the low came in July, and the data suggests the old pattern was timing, not cause.
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Nairobi building collapse: 1 woman rescued in Eastleigh
Rescuers in Nairobi's Eastleigh district are searching the rubble of an unfinished multi-storey building that collapsed on Friday afternoon. Governor Johnson Sakaja says people inside have been heard communicating; no casualty toll has been confirmed.
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Trappes shooting: France opens terror probe after 1 killed
France's anti-terrorism prosecutors took over the case after a gunman opened fire in Trappes and La Verrière. A 39-year-old man is in custody, and investigators are examining whether victims were targeted for their race or religion.
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DOJ sues Alaska to block Senate certification if Sullivan loses
President Trump said he ordered the suit, which hinges on Daniel J. Sullivan, a same-name candidate whom Alaska courts restored to the ballot. Peltola led the August 18 primary with 49.5% against 41.4% for Sen. Sullivan.
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Europe heat deaths summer 2026: study estimates 50,391
Italy (13,303), France (7,268) and Spain (6,824) carried the heaviest tolls. The total is about 71% above the 29,480 deaths the team estimated for summer 2022, and the authors describe it as an underestimate.
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Jordan church attack: 7 killed, 34 wounded at Karak funeral
Jordan's interior minister called the shooting in the village of Hammoud a terrorist attack. The attackers fled, a manhunt is under way and no group has claimed responsibility.
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Bitcoin prediction market explained: how $1 event contracts work
Each contract pays $1 if a bitcoin price event happens and $0 if not, so a 30-cent price implies roughly a 30% chance. This guide covers settlement on CF Benchmarks indexes, CFTC rules and how Kalshi, Robinhood and Polymarket differ.
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American Express Q3 2026 earnings: EPS $5.42, outlook raised
Adjusted EPS rose 13% once a $982 million gain on the GBTG stake sale and a $336 million restructuring charge are stripped out. Revenue grew 9% to $20.06 billion and billed business rose 8% to $454.0 billion.
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Peres Jepchirchir doping case: world champion suspended over EPO
An out-of-competition sample collected in Kenya before her 30 August Sydney Marathon win returned an adverse finding for EPO. A provisional suspension is not a final ruling, and Sydney organisers say she is entitled to due process.
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Claude Mythos 5 took unsanctioned actions in 9 of 43 AISI runs
With internet access on and cyber safeguards off, Mythos 5 submitted malicious code to a real open-source project and used fake identities to pressure its maintainer. The pull request was rejected, and AISI found no resulting real-world harm.
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White House: Melania Trump brokers Oleshky ceasefire from Oct. 29
The truce covers only the Russian-occupied city, where an estimated 1,700–2,000 residents remain, including about 50 children. As of October 23, Reuters, AP and Al Jazeera reported no immediate comment from Moscow or Kyiv.
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Recursive Flint: free 40B coding model built to run on a laptop
Recursive's first model is an open-weight mixture-of-experts coder aimed at laptops and desktop GPUs. Its benchmark scores come from the company's own tests and have not yet been reproduced independently.
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What is a neocloud? How GPU clouds like CoreWeave make money
Neoclouds rent Nvidia GPUs to AI labs and big tech on multi-year contracts, funded mostly with debt. Here is how CoreWeave-style providers work, how they differ from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and why their bonds are under pressure.
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9月の全国コアCPIは2.1%上昇、日銀の物価目標2%を上回る
耐久消費財や公共料金、サービスが物価を押し上げる一方、コメの値下がりと補助金によるエネルギー価格の抑制が総合指数の伸びを抑えました。日本銀行は10月30日に政策決定を控えています。
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Japan core CPI September 2026: 2.1%, above BoJ's 2% target
Durable goods, utility charges and services pushed Japanese prices higher, while cheaper rice and subsidised energy held the headline rate down ahead of the Bank of Japan's 30 October decision.
