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Four of the biggest names in AI testified under oath before the New York City Council on October 5, 2026, and one notable invitee did not show up at all.

The Council's Committee of the Whole, which includes all 51 Council members and is reserved for matters of significant citywide importance, convened at City Hall to examine the risks artificial intelligence poses to New Yorkers. According to the Council, the hearing marked the first public testimony under oath on AI risks by the leading companies building the technology.

Read more about New York City Puts Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta Under Oath on AI Risks

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OpenAI has thrown the mathematics world into turmoil. On October 6 and 7, the company published 722 manuscripts on GitHub claiming progress on 372 families of long-standing open problems, spanning theoretical computer science, physics, and mathematics, produced by an unreleased internal AI model whose full capabilities have not been disclosed.

Read more about OpenAI's 722-Paper Math Drop: Millennium Progress or a Verification Crisis?

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South Korea is going big on AI sovereignty. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced October 6, 2026 that the country will launch a 4.7 trillion won program, roughly 3.5 billion dollars, starting in March 2027 to develop a frontier AI model that can compete with the best in the world.

Read more about South Korea Bets 3.5 Billion Dollars on a Homegrown Frontier AI Model