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TUE 29 SEP 2026 / 7 stories / 2 min read

Models & Labs 3Business & Money 1Tools & Products 2Code & Agents 1

‘New kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack and reveals extent of attack

7 stories worth your time from 29 September, across Models & Labs, Business & Money, Tools & Products and more.

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    Business & MoneyTechCrunch

    Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

    From TechCrunch: Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.

  2. 03

    Tools & ProductsSearch Engine Journal

    Google Rolls Out AI Mode Info Monitoring To All Users Globally

    From Search Engine Journal: Google is rolling out AI Mode’s information monitoring globally, with ongoing updates and suggested monitoring tasks in Search.

  3. 04

    Models & LabsTechCrunch

    OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns

    From TechCrunch: A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.

  4. 05

    Code & AgentsThe Guardian

    Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house

    From The Guardian: The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users When Usman asked if a keyboard for sale on Facebook Marketplace was still…

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    Models & LabsOpenAI

    How we will do better for Australia

    From OpenAI: OpenAI apologises for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cyber defences.

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    Tools & Productsr/artificial

    AGI qustion

    From r/artificial: So I want to start off by saying I know very little about the hard core sciences and all behind AI but I think we absolutely need safeguards on it and it should only be…

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