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AI in Brief — Sunday, 18 October 2026

Replit, a coding platform, has made OpenAI its default model provider, replacing Anthropic. Amjad Masad, Replit's chief executive, clarified over the weekend that OpenAI would assume the default position, though Claude will remain available to customers on the platform. Source Meta has removed language from its terms of service that raised concerns about web scraping

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AI in Brief — Saturday, 17 October 2026

Replit, a cloud development platform, has ended its partnership with Anthropic, according to Amjad Masad, the company's chief executive. The decision was driven by multiple factors including cost considerations. The move comes after Replit announced a separate partnership with OpenAI in August, though there had been no prior public indication that the Anthropic relationship was

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AI in Brief — Thursday, 15 October 2026

Eight US states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana allege that OpenAI unlawfully prioritized profits over safety in developing its chatbot. Source An OpenAI engineer has been arrested by the FBI

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AI in Brief — Wednesday, 14 October 2026

An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company discovered a sophisticated recording device hidden in one of its offices. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, is charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications. According to reports, chatbot prompts reveal the engineer's alleged efforts to set up a covert listening

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