AI news — Oct 25, 2026
8 stories, headline tone across 7 companies, and 12 agent releases.
Today's stories
- Samsung probably isn't rebranding One UI as Galaxy OS Engadget
A bunch of recent rumors have suggested Samsung has some changes in store for its smartphone interface.
- r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more The Verge
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by…
- When AI glasses could be a worthy headphones replacement Engadget
Smart AI glasses are everywhere, but is the audio any good? It really depends on what you're using them for.
- Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing The Verge
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more about AI's impact on the web, follow Emma…
- Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats. TechCrunch
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing…
- Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages TechCrunch
We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, trave…
- 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 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,…
Headline tone
| Company | Index | Sampled |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | 4 headlines | |
| xAI | +0 | 1 headlines |
| NVIDIA | +0 | 1 headlines |
| Microsoft | +0 | 1 headlines |
| Apple | -3 | 3 headlines |
| OpenAI | -18 | 4 headlines |
| Meta | -32 | 1 headlines |
The index scores the wording of headlines, not company performance. 0 means mentioned with no scoring term matched.
Agents that shipped
- OpenClaw v2026.10.7
- Hermes v0.22.5
- OpenCode v1.19.4
- Claude Code v2.1.310
- Codex rust-v0.164.0
- Pi v1.4.0
- Gemini CLI v0.67.0-nightly.20261025.gcd1b45c2d
- OpenHands v1.33.0
- CrewAI 1.15.30
- Goose v1.56.0
- Qwen Code v0.26.1
- Copilot CLI v1.0.104-3