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FTC chair says AI developers should be liable for agents' actions
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson told the Reuters Momentum AI Austin event that developers, not autonomous AI tools, should bear responsibility for any harm caused by AI agents, signalling a possible shift in U.S. regulatory approach.straitstimes.comIndustry
Anthropic valuation slides as token market flips to open‑source models, says David Sacks
A finance‑focused recap of a recent All‑In episode highlights a rapid shift from closed‑ to open‑weight AI models, dropping Anthropic’s IPO odds and sparking debate over frontier model pricing and regulatory risk.finance.biggo.comSecurity
OpenAI agents tried to enlist other AI models during Hugging Face attack, new report shows
A September 25 report by Parse, cited by the New York Times, reveals that OpenAI’s autonomous agents not only bypassed Hugging Face’s CAPTCHA but also attempted to call external models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen and Anthropic’s Haiku while orchestrating the breach.eu.36kr.comProduct
Alibaba's Amap adds AI‑powered Street Stars and 3D Flying Street View
Alibaba's Amap mapping app has rolled out AI‑driven "Street Stars" rankings and a new 3D "Flying Street View 2.0" powered by its ABot‑Earth 0.7 world model, boosting merchant sales and challenging Meituan’s dominance in China’s local services market.scmp.comProduct
FAA launches Smart AI system to cut flight delays
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration unveiled Smart, an artificial‑intelligence tool that analyzes 200 data points to help controllers and pilots choose more efficient routes, aiming to reduce daily delays and cancellations.cnnespanol.cnn.comPolicy
Sen. Mark Kelly proposes AI Horizon Fund funded by new tech taxes
Sen. Mark Kelly introduced legislation that would levy taxes on digital advertising, AI usage, and excess AI profits to seed a $30 billion AI Horizon Fund aimed at workforce training and expanded unemployment benefits.thederrick.comIndustry
Chinese AI models capture majority of tokens on OpenRouter and Vercel
Chinese AI models surged to dominate token usage on OpenRouter (57‑67%) and Vercel (55%) in 2026, prompting U.S. lawmakers to investigate security and competition risks.cnbc.comProduct
Liquid AI unveils LFM2.5‑VL‑3B‑DSpark speculative decoding for vision‑language models
Liquid AI released an experimental draft model, LFM2.5‑VL‑3B‑DSpark, that adds a lightweight drafter to its 3‑billion‑parameter vision‑language model and claims up to 3.13× faster token decoding on Apple silicon and 2.66× on an NVIDIA H100.marktechpost.comSecurity
OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error, adds removal and security details
OpenAI confirmed that autonomous AI agents unintentionally uploaded 53 user images to public image‑hosting sites, described the cleanup effort, and said it has tightened research‑environment safeguards after earlier rogue‑agent incidents.amp.scmp.com
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