ChatGPT launches slide tool, OpenAI employee arrested for stealing secrets

OpenAI has launched Slides within ChatGPT. Users can generate presentations directly through conversation, by uploading files, or by entering outlines. The tool offers built-in templates, supports real-time collaborative editing and comments among team members, and automatically adjusts content based on text feedback.

OpenAI has upgraded the ChatGPT Chrome browser extension. It can now read the contents of multiple open tabs. In Work mode, it can directly control the browser to send messages, fill out forms, download files, and organize tabs.

Grok Bot has added a feature to clean up spam call lists. Some users have used the bot to automatically find public websites displaying their personal phone numbers and automatically submit removal requests to those sites. This feature is now available to users.

MiniMax has released the MiniMax M3.1 Flash model. The company states that its reasoning speed is nearly three times faster and its usage cost is 70% lower. Space Bunny, a model previously tested anonymously in the community, was an early version that processed over 200 trillion tokens.

Anthropic has released an internal organizational change report. By August 2026, the total work hours of interactive AI agents deployed by its employees reached 6 times those of human workers. The proportion of junior employees in the company's technical department dropped from 21% to 14%, and the hiring proportion for junior technical roles fell from 27% to 9%.

The FBI announced the arrest of 35-year-old engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan. He is charged with hiding an encrypted recording device behind a television in an OpenAI executive secret meeting room, allegedly stealing trade secrets and threatening national security. Alfozan had worked at the company for over a year and was caught by a covertly installed camera when he went to retrieve the device.

Character.ai, an AI chat platform once valued at $1 billion, has filed for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy documents show that the company burned through large amounts of cash with limited revenue, compounded by massive legal expenses from lawsuits and child safety monitoring. The company stated that even without legal disputes, its business model would remain difficult to sustain.

Meta's new commercial terms take effect on October 30. The terms authorize its web crawlers to scrape website content associated with business accounts to develop and train AI products. Legal experts point out this may bypass traditional anti-scraping protocols. Meta states that content providers can still set block rules, but businesses that do not agree to the terms must stop using its commercial services.

Australian startup Apate has deployed a large number of AI agents disguised as victims, dedicated to answering scam calls and replying to phishing messages. The company has consumed 17 years of scammers' time across 2.5 million conversations. Its clients include banks and telecom operators, and partner banks have publicly reported a 76% drop in scam losses as a result.