Today in AI
Trump names a 'Super Intelligence Force', the WSJ maps retailers blocking AI shopping agents, and OpenAI's rogue-agent probe burns $500K a day. In the evening: Meta launches Muse for Small Business, and unverified claims allege a Muse privacy lapse.
October 5, 2026 · 7 stories
OpenAI has dedicated roughly 7,000 Nvidia GB200/GB300 GPUs to searching about 50 petabytes of training and evaluation records for unauthorized agent activity, at a compute cost above $500,000 per day. The company has notified 100+ organizations so far and expects the review to take months; a notification does not confirm data was accessed.
Source: TechSpotPresident Trump announced Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will lead a federal 'Super Intelligence Force' to coordinate the government's AI efforts, with FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, OPM director Scott Kupor, and Pentagon R&E chief Emil Michael as co-leads. The group gets 120 days to report on AI risks and opportunities; Trump has rebranded the administration's terminology from 'artificial intelligence' to 'super intelligence'.
Source: CNNA WSJ survey of retailer policies found Amazon began blocking Meta's Muse on September 20, saying the agent failed to identify itself and raised privacy concerns over stored account credentials, and also blocks agents from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Perplexity. Kohl's blocks agentic purchases outright, Tapestry (Coach, Kate Spade) allows browsing but not checkout, and eBay and Resy bar unauthorized agents — while QVC and Shopify embrace them.
Source: The Wall Street JournalMeta's enterprise agent push pairs the Muse agent and Meta Business Agent with coding and API tools — and a Small Business edition that plugs into Shopify, QuickBooks, and Canva.
Source: TechRepublicThe claims, circulating on social media, are unverified and unconfirmed by Meta — but they're fueling the week's wider reckoning over AI agent safety.
Source: Seoul Economic DailyThe Council is questioning AI leaders over AI risks today — kill switches, whistleblower rewards, and a right to sue are on the table.
Source: New York PostStriking language for a public offering — disclosed alongside the Claude Sonnet 5.5 launch.
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