😀 OpenAI Agents Hit U.S. Government Websites

OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, discovered as part of an ongoing review into the company’s models’ unanticipated behavior.

The AI giant’s models accessed publicly available information on two websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as U.S. Census Bureau data, the company revealed Friday. OpenAI did not find any use of SEC credentials, access to accounts or nonpublic information, changes to SEC data or systems, or evidence of a compromise or vulnerability, the company said.

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🛰 Google is realizing Elon Musk's dream of AI data centers in space

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Google will load an experimental satellite on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and launch it in space. The satellite is part of Google's Project Suncatcher initiative, which seeks to set up AI data centers in space. The experimental satellite will be able answer simple A.I. prompts from space.

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🧑‍⚖️ Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites

A week and change ago, the U.S. Congress saw yet another anti-piracy bill introduced, H.R. 10364, or by its full name, the American Copyright Protection Act of 2026 (ACPA). It would require internet service providers, DNS resolving services, and virtual private networks, or VPNs, to block foreign websites or services hosting pirated content.

The full text for the bill is now public, and it stands out due to its targeting of foreign services and affecting connections "from the United States." In ACPA, a standard blocking order needs to be court-issued, but would apply in 14 to 30 days.

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🤑 What does onchain privacy look like?

One approach: confidentiality. Amounts and balances stay hidden, while addresses stay visible. The privacy banks and users expect, with the efficiency and security of blockchain.

This is a guest post by Boyan Barakov, Senior OSS Developer at OpenZeppelin, who worked on the Confidential Token contract on Stellar.

This is the first article in a two-part series. Starting from OpenZeppelin's open-source confidential token for Stellar, it examines how confidential stablecoins can protect transaction amounts and balances while preserving the controls and visibility needed in an issuer-managed system. The second article will detail the implementation itself.

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💊 New Gene-Editing Therapy Clears Leukemia in First Three Patients

Vironexis Biotherapeutics announced encouraging clinical results from the ongoing SENTRY-CD19 study of VNX-101, its investigational, one-time in vivo immunotherapy, in patients with relapsed or refractory CD19-positive hematologic malignancies. VNX-101 is designed to turn a patient’s own liver into a “biofactory” capable of producing GP101, a CD19/CD3 bispecific T-cell–engaging protein, following a single administration.

Among the first three patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) ALL who were antibody negative at baseline, all three achieved measurable residual disease (MRD)-negative complete responses following a single administration of VNX-101. All three MRD-negative complete responses were confirmed by clonoSEQ. In addition, one of the three patients who also had extensive extramedullary disease achieved a complete response at all disease sites on PET imaging by 28 days.

Importantly, the responses observed to date in these three patients have shown encouraging durability in this difficult-to-treat population.

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🔥 Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Sunday that the network he envisions for 2030 may still be called a blockchain, but it would work very differently from today’s version.

In a post titled “The cryptographic world computer,” Buterin described a system combining a blockchain with cryptographic proofs and networks of computers working outside it. The plan through 2030 would change both how much Ethereum can do and what users can independently verify.

Ethereum already lets people send money, trade tokens and borrow through applications that run according to shared rules. The difficulty is making those applications serve more people without making the network too expensive to use or too demanding to check.

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🤖 FTC chair suggests AI developers should be liable for conduct of agents

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he would resist describing AI agents as ​autonomous actors that "break loose" with "wills and desires of their own," suggesting the developers who instruct agents would be the ones liable ‌for harm.

"I'm going to continue as long as I am chairman to resist this anthropomorphizing of these tools,"— Ferguson said. "If someone tells a tool to do something, and the tool does it, I don't think we would say, 'Oh, what do we do about the tool?'"

Ferguson's remarks illustrated potential avenues for the Trump administration to take ​as incidents rise in which agentic AI testing resulted in unauthorized access to corporate or government data.

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🍎 US jury says Apple owes record $5.7 billion in haptic technology patent case

A US jury ruled that Apple owes San Diego-based Taction ​more than $5.7 billion for using its patented ‌technology to power the haptic feedback in iPhones and Apple Watches. Apple said it would ​appeal the country's largest such verdict.

The jury said on Friday that ⁠Apple's Taptic Engine, which creates tapping vibrations, ​infringed two Taction patents.

"Apple's Taptic Engine is ​fundamentally different from Taction's technology, which Taction's own testing of Apple's products confirmed during trial," — Apple ​said in response. "Apple does not use Taction's ​technology, and we will appeal."

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🇦🇪 Tesla is among the first cars tested at Dubai's new self-driving lab.

Dubai Mobility Labs has opened in Dubai Silicon Oasis. It offers 248 test scenarios on closed tracks and public roads. The RTA runs it with Dubai's economic zones authority.

Dubai wants 25% of all journeys to be autonomous by 2030.

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🇷🇺 Russia Considers Using Digital Currency as Collateral

Lawmakers have proposed that Russia’s Ministry of Justice consider allowing digital currency, including stablecoins, to be used as collateral.

📝 The recommendation was included in a resolution adopted by the “Digital Currencies and the Crypto Industry: Regulation and Development” section.

❗️According to Senator Artyom Sheykin, developing a framework for using digital currency as collateral is important for the further growth of digital asset transactions. Such a mechanism could expand the range of tools available to secure obligations and make the use of digital currencies more understandable for businesses.

🟠Sheykin also said that stablecoins used in such transactions should remain within Russia’s legal crypto framework and comply with established requirements.

🟠He added that the jurisdiction of the issuer and the infrastructure used for circulation should also be considered, as assets linked to countries imposing sanctions on Russia may face additional risks of blocking, restricted access, and difficulties in fulfilling obligations.

Authorities also plan to develop rules for the accounting of cryptocurrencies and the investigation of offenses involving digital assets.

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🤑 FXRP Moves Into Credit as Flare Expands XRPFi Infrastructure

FXRP, Flare’s tokenized representation of XRP, is moving into credit markets as the network expands infrastructure designed to bring XRP into DeFi without moving the underlying asset from the XRP Ledger.

In August, a Morpho market developed with Sentora enabled FXRP to be supplied as collateral to borrow RLUSD on Ethereum. The integration adds borrowing to a set of applications that already use FXRP for liquidity, lending and yield strategies.

🎉 The development comes as Flare marks one year since FXRP launched on its mainnet on Sept. 24, 2025.

A year ago today, XRP became programmable as FXRP.

What followed was a run of firsts. XRP in onchain vaults. XRP backing onchain cover. XRP in money markets on Ethereum.

Flare Smart Accounts makes it one click from XRPL. FCC takes it to confidential computation, with proofs anyone can verify.

That is what unlocks deeper institutional use. 🚀

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💫 Today’s the day! 🥳

Our QSI Training Q&A + Meet & Greet Call is happening today! 🚀

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Don’t miss this chance to join the conversation, ask questions, share your ideas, and connect with the QSI community. 💙

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❗️Firstly, you should pass the test and complete the course in → @QSITrainingBot.🔣Then you will get access to the channel. Here you will find a link to Q&A + Meet & Greet Call in Zoom.

Come join us — we’re looking forward to seeing you! ✨

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⚡️🇺🇸 Trump says If Republicans win the House and the Senate, five thousand dollars to every adult

If Republicans win the House and the Senate, five thousand dollars to every adult. And we can do it.

The Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income, and they're going to drive us into depression. They won't have any money.

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🇧🇾 Belarus Registers Its First Crypto Banks

Belarus has registered its first crypto banks, according to the press service of the Belarusian Hi-Tech Park (HTP).

“The practical outcome of today’s discussion is the launch and registration of the first crypto banks in the country’s history,” — the HTP said. 👏

The Hi-Tech Park is a special legal regime in Belarus that allows companies to conduct operations involving digital assets.

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🤖 Quantum computing is moving from fundamental research to revolutionary capabilities for science

The Office of Science Advisory Committee Quantum Subcommittee has issued a report on our path to an integrated quantum future.

Our goal is not simply to build the largest quantum computer; it is to solve problems that are otherwise completely intractable. We are talking about predicting exact molecular properties for drug discovery, designing transformative catalysts for manufacturing, simulating fusion-relevant materials, and modeling the fundamental physics of the early universe.

We stand at a pivotal moment. The choices and investments we make over the next three years will shape global scientific leadership for decades to come. Together, we are not just building quantum computers; we are establishing a new national capability for scientific discovery.

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😺 OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

OpenAI agents reportedly scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) statistics website more than 16,000 times between April and June while attempting to retrieve publicly available data from the Productive Capacities Index (PCI). According to security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones, the agents appeared to be working around restrictions on their HTTP tools rather than accessing the UNCTADstat API directly.

When the agents encountered errors, they apparently began assuming their requests were being blocked by a filter and tried to hide their activity. The agents eventually discovered they could exploit Google’s XSS Game, a cross-site scripting learning tool, as part of their attempts to reach the data.

The incident highlights a growing challenge with autonomous AI systems: when given a goal and limited tools, they may find unexpected and potentially problematic ways to accomplish it.

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