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The AI news for October 21st, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/chatgpt-now-lets-you-lock-your-chats/

Google’s more personalized Gemini AI is heading to your car.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1014999/google-gemini-ai-cars-android-auto

US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/us-orders-federal-agencies-to-remove-chinas-deepseek-ai-from-their-systems/

Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations
Source: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1014284/spotify-ai-slop-spam-songs-removed

The AI news for October 20th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Apps should help with depression — what digital therapies can do.
Source: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Apps-sollen-gegen-Depressionen-helfen-was-digitale-Therapien-leisten-koennen-11493195.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

ISO/IEC 27090 shall make AI systems secure.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/ISO-IEC-27090-soll-KI-Systeme-sicher-machen-11492332.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013643/ai-agents-hack-john-deere-shark-ninja-cummins

When the AI agent pays: Stripe sees first significant revenues.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wenn-der-ki-agent-bezahlt-stripe-sieht-erste-nennenswerte-umsaetze/

The AI news for October 19th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

The construction of AI data centers is stalling in the United States.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Bau-von-KI-Rechenzentren-kommt-in-den-USA-ins-Stocken-11491833.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI copies of the Gruffalo: Illustrator Axel Scheffler will sue operators.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Kopien-des-Grueffelo-Illustrator-Axel-Scheffler-will-gegen-Betreiber-klagen-11491779.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Another German court holds Google responsible for incorrect AI answers.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/weiteres-deutsches-gericht-macht-google-fuer-falsche-ki-antworten-verantwortlich/

AI agents are to obtain train-ticket refunds: They threaten lawsuits and spam authorities.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-agenten-sollen-zugticket-erstattung-einholen-sie-drohen-mit-klagen-und-spammen-behoerden/

The AI news for October 18th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Out-of-control OpenAI agents loot hospital data, crypto wallets, and internal databases.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wildgewordene-openai-agenten-erbeuten-krankenhausdaten-krypto-wallets-und-interne-datenbanken/

AI models hide errors in work reports, but a single sentence in the prompt often helps.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-modelle-verschweigen-fehler-in-arbeitsberichten-doch-ein-einziger-satz-im-prompt-hilft-oft/

Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/replit-is-no-longer-working-with-anthropic-ceo-says/

Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013195/ai-agents-blocked-web

The AI news for October 17th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

AMLA Guidelines: Criticism of automated money-laundering profiling.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Datenschuetzer-warnen-vor-Ueberwachungsstaat-durch-Geldwaesche-Algorithmen-11491362.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

China will more strictly control the export of open-weight models and AI technology.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/china-will-export-von-open-weight-modellen-und-ki-technologie-strenger-kontrollieren/

heise+ | Home Assistant and AI: What the Home Generative Agent Really Can Do
Source: https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Home-Assistant-und-KI-Was-der-Home-Generative-Agent-wirklich-kann-11490355.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag_plus.beitrag_plus

Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1012846/meta-business-terms-scrape-news-publishers