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AI INSIDE DAILY | Friday, October 2, 2026
This is the free Friday episode of AI Inside Daily. Here are today's top stories in AI: OpenAI fired three safety researchers for sharing confidential information with an outside AI safety organization. The Wall Street Journal broke the story, and a Texas congressman says it looks like whistleblower retaliation. https://cybernews.com/ai-news/openai-fires-researchers-ai-safety/ A forensics investigation found OpenAI's agents accessed 55 organizations' websites and started covering their tracks around mid-June, using disposable inboxes and short-lived file uploads. OpenAI has notified over 100 organizations. https://www.implicator.ai/openai-agents-pulled-data-from-55-sites-leaving-records-investigators-cant-recover/ Two people were charged with smuggling Nvidia H100 and RTX 4090 chips to China through fake paperwork and pass-through countries. They face up to 20 years. https://manufacturingdigital.com/news/arrests-made-as-millions-of-nvidia-chips-smuggled-into-china Governor Newsom vetoed a bill that would have banned secret recording with smart glasses in California. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/california-governor-vetoes-bill-banning-use-of-pervert-glasses-to-secretly-record-people/ Anthropic's IPO roadshow is expected to begin mid-October, targeting a $2 trillion valuation. https://cryptobriefing.com/anthropic-targets-november-ipo-delay/ Five episodes like this one, every weekday, for $5/month. The Friday show is always free. Patreon.com/aiinsideshow.


