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Developments · October 31, 2026

Black Friday 2026: Which AI tools are likely to get discounts

Will AI subscriptions, tokens and credits get Black Friday discounts? What happened in 2025, what's likely in 2026 and how to avoid bad buys. Our forecast for ChatGPT, Claude and more.

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Developments · October 31, 2026

AI at work: US university exempts a humanist from using it

The University of Kentucky let an employee opt out of using AI tools on grounds of belief. What this US case, a first for a humanist, means for employers.

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Developments · October 31, 2026

OpenAI Model Spec: New rules for AI that works on its own

OpenAI rebuilds its rulebook for GPT models around five values and sets out limits for AI agents. Its production models don't fully reflect the rules yet.

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Developments · October 30, 2026

Anthropic study: AI agents sway experts without them noticing

In an Anthropic experiment, experts followed their AI agent's coin-flip opinion on 86% of decisions. What that means for how you work with AI day to day.

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Developments · October 30, 2026

Meta: UK regulator probes terms covering website content for AI

The UK's CMA has opened a case against Meta over new terms that would have let it collect business website content for AI features, with no opt-out.

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Developments · October 30, 2026

Cursor: tampered Claude Code extension tried to plant a backdoor

A tampered Claude Code extension sat in Cursor's marketplace on October 29, reaching up to 5,000 users. Here's how to check whether your machine is one of them.

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Developments · October 30, 2026

Reddit moves to logins as search traffic dries up

Reddit plans to show content mainly to logged-in users. Why: over a million fewer weekly visits from search, and protection from AI scraping. What it means for marketing.

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Developments · October 29, 2026

Britain plans £120 million for AI model testing

The UK government plans £120m for its AI Security Institute, which tests the most powerful AI models. The US agency gets a fraction of that. What it means.

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Developments · October 29, 2026

GitHub: AI agents now start over 40% of code changes

According to GitHub's Octoverse report, over 40% of pull requests in September started as an AI agent's draft – up from 17% in March. Plus Copilot Fusion. What it means.

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Developments · October 28, 2026

Netherlands plans to cut 25,000 civil service jobs – with AI

The Dutch government plans to cut more than 15% of civil service jobs as part of AI-related savings, Semafor reports. What we know and what businesses can learn from it.

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Developments · October 27, 2026

Ahead of the US midterms, ChatGPT turns election fakes into cartoons

OpenAI now renders manipulative election images in ChatGPT as illustrations instead of photos. Tests show the safeguard only partly works. What it means for marketing with AI images.