AI news — Oct 18, 2026
8 stories, headline tone across 6 companies, and 14 agent releases.
Today's stories
- Your smart TV has one big problem: It's tracking what you watch Engadget
If you don't want your TV manufacturer to know everything you watch, here's what to do about it.
- How to use your Windows PC to make and receive phone calls Engadget
Windows 11 can connect to your phone to make calls, letting you manage them in one place instead of picking up your phone.
- OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge Engadget
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants a humanoid that can operate in a world designed for people, though the CEO says a robot 'brain' is a much bigger challe…
- Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings TechCrunch
The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.
- Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says TechCrunch
Over the weekend, Masad clarified that OpenAI would replace Anthropic as its default model provider. Claude will still be available to customers on…
- Websites are closing their doors to AI agents The Verge
Autonomous agents are the hottest thing in AI. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behal…
- OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites Ars Technica
The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.
- An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet TechCrunch
Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” w…
Headline tone
| Company | Index | Sampled |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | +8 | 3 headlines |
| Anthropic | +0 | 2 headlines |
| +0 | 1 headlines | |
| Apple | +0 | 1 headlines |
| OpenAI | -11 | 6 headlines |
| Meta | -11 | 3 headlines |
The index scores the wording of headlines, not company performance. 0 means mentioned with no scoring term matched.
Agents that shipped
- OpenClaw v2026.10.10-beta.1
- Hermes v0.22.2
- OpenCode v1.19.3
- Claude Code v2.1.302
- Codex rust-v0.164.0-alpha.3
- Browser Use 0.13.13
- Pi v1.3.0
- Gemini CLI v0.66.0-nightly.20261018.ged96faedf
- OpenHands v1.27.1
- Cline sdk/sdk/v0.0.95
- CrewAI 1.15.28
- Goose v1.55.0
- Qwen Code v0.25.2-nightly.20261017.39c237af3b
- Copilot CLI v1.0.100-1