AI news — Oct 24, 2026

8 stories, headline tone across 7 companies, and 12 agent releases.

Today's stories

How to improve your PC's airflow for better cooling Engadget
Here's how to think about your PC's fans.
'Father of the PlayStation' Ken Kutaragi sides with Sony on the physical discs debate Engadget
The debate about Sony's plan to stop making physical PS5 discs has raged since this summer.
Hacker reverses Samsung TV, finds on-board AI listening OpenAI account suspended Hacker News
OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” TechCrunch
OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.
OpenAI says it's cutting off internet access for frontier model training Engadget
OpenAI says it will no longer allow frontier models to access the internet during training in an effort to put in new safety measures after a serie…
OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access The Verge
OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday,…
Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend The Verge
Jack Dorsey's Block announced an AI model called Dessa that's trained "from scratch on nothing but human conversation," and to show off the model, …
Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents TechCrunch
Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.

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