Week of 5 Oct 2026
6 AI stories from 5 to 11 Oct, newest first.
, Incident, OpenAI
OpenAI fired 3 safety researchers; they dispute why
Safety staff are meant to raise alarms. The 3 say the firings scare others into silence; OpenAI says it wasn't about raising concerns.
- Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni went public on 8 Oct 2026
- OpenAI says they broke rules on handling sensitive information
- They deny it in an open letter, 8 Oct 2026
, New model, OpenAI
GPT-6 is now in free ChatGPT, with answers you can click
ChatGPT answers can now come as maps, charts and mini tools, free. But free and paying users get different GPT-6 models.
- Free and Go users get it from 8 Oct 2026, says OpenAI
- Answers can include maps, charts, buttons and mini tools
- Free users get GPT-6 Luna; paid plans get GPT-6 Sol
, Incident, CrowdStrike
South Korea bank hack: AI tool used, says CrowdStrike
A security firm says an attacker used ready-made AI tools to hit Korean banks in a few weeks, then asked the AI for a CV listing the results.
- Shinhan Bank breach on 30 Sep 2026, then attacks on other banks, says Korea's regulator
- CrowdStrike links it to ARTEX, a free Chinese AI hacking-test tool
- ARTEX's author stopped public releases on 8 Oct, saying it was misused
, Research, OpenAI
OpenAI says its AI solved hard math problems: 722 papers at once
One paper claims progress on a famous unsolved math problem. OpenAI itself says not all of it has been checked.
- 722 math papers released on 6 Oct 2026
- Only about 42% checked by a computer so far, says OpenAI
- 3 pulled the next day after a mistake
, Statement, Anthropic, OpenAI, New York City Council
Jacob Coxon tells NYC Council AI could end humanity
He helped build Anthropic's AI until September. At a New York City Council hearing, not Congress, he said losing control to AI is more likely than not.
- Said at a New York City Council hearing, 5 Oct 2026, not in Congress
- Quit Anthropic in September; worked at OpenAI before that
- OpenAI, Meta, Google and Anthropic staff were questioned the same day
, Incident, OpenAI, Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia's owner says OpenAI bots edited it without asking
AI learns a lot from Wikipedia. Its owner says OpenAI's agents edited it unasked and poked at its tools. It found no sign of a successful hack.
- Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, posted its findings 5 Oct 2026
- Bot edits with no approval, almost all on hidden test pages
- Failed attempts to break into a note-taking tool it hosts