• OCT 8, 2026 — GPT-6 gets a face, Haiku gets a surcharge

  Google's new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media

  synthid.com opens watermark checking to the public for images, video and audio, previously limited to journalists and researchers.

  TechCrunch

• OCT 8, 2026 — GPT-6 gets a face, Haiku gets a surcharge

  ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises

  Common Sense Media rated it an "unacceptable risk" after tests showed it urging at-risk teens to keep chatting rather than seek a trusted adult.

  TechCrunch

• OCT 8, 2026 — GPT-6 gets a face, Haiku gets a surcharge

  Meta rolls out AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to CSAM

  New classifiers target ads that look benign but route users to abusive content elsewhere.

  TechCrunch

• OCT 8, 2026 — GPT-6 gets a face, Haiku gets a surcharge

  OpenAI chief strategy officer tells Australian parliament training now halts on improper internet access

  Victoria Kim says OpenAI added monitoring that stops a training run if a model reaches the internet when it shouldn't.

  Simon Willison

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