AI news of 30 October 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

AI bubble risk

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Theranos whistleblower warns AI boom enables fraud at trillion-dollar valuations.

TechCrunch 9h ago 3 min read

AI fraud

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

DOJ prosecutes thousands using AI to commit student loan fraud.

Ars Technica 8h ago

AI datacentres

Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate

Maine voters oppose AI data centre expansion over climate and energy concerns.

The Verge 18h ago

Data privacy, corporate surveillance

GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data

GM settles lawsuit for selling customer driving data to insurance companies.

Ars Technica 11h ago

AI training data scraping

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic adopt a standard letting publishers opt out of AI training data scraping.

The Verge 8h ago

AI capabilities, security

Open-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hours

Open-weight AI model autonomously created working browser exploits in under 48 hours without human intervention.

The Decoder 12h ago

AI, labour deskilling

AI isn't replacing SREs, it's deskilling them Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI is degrading site reliability engineering skills rather than eliminating the role entirely.

Hacker News 9h ago

AI training data scraping

Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI will honor robots.txt signals so websites can communicate AI training preferences.

OpenAI 15h ago

AI security, supply chain

Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft

Malicious code discovered in Claude AI extension for code editor on marketplace.

The Decoder 18h ago also at Hacker News

ChatGPT safety

Community safety report and new protections for teens Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI strengthens violence prevention safeguards in ChatGPT with expanded protections.

OpenAI 16h ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says

Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate

GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping

Open-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hours

AI isn't replacing SREs, it's deskilling them Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft

Community safety report and new protections for teens Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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