Under Scrutiny

Eight states sue OpenAI in separate lawsuits from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana, alleging ChatGPT harms children and that the company misled customers about its safety. The suits also seek to force changes to how the products work for young users, and cover everything from the design of ChatGPT to recent rogue-agent issues.

Why it matters State attorneys general are now pursuing AI chatbot safety for minors through the courts, which could force design changes across the industry.

Anthropic's quarterly revenue hit $16.8 billion, up 45% from the prior quarter, according to figures shared at an investor meeting. Growth slowed from the 140% jump in Q2, and the company reportedly reached adjusted profitability for the first time, with an IPO planned as soon as next month.(paywalled)

Why it matters The numbers will shape how investors value one of the largest AI listings yet, and whether slower growth cools expectations.

Spyware is arriving via ads, according to Citizen Lab, which published the first technical evidence of mercenary spyware distributed through online advertising. Researchers found two Israeli companies manipulated ads to install surveillance software on dozens of computers at Al Jazeera.(paywalled)

Why it matters If ad networks can deliver targeted surveillance tools, even people who never click anything are exposed.

YouTube Music now labels AI songs with a Made with AI tag on the player page, covering tracks that were altered or fully generated using AI, including partial uses such as composition and vocals.

Apple Intelligence is headed to China in December with iOS 27.3, after two years of regulatory delays, though Siri AI will not be included in the first launch.

Why it matters China is one of Apple's most important markets, and the delay has kept its flagship AI features out of it.

Palo Alto patches an exploited zero-day in PAN-OS, a high-severity remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2026-0322 that has been used against firewalls. CISA has added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities.

TSMC posted record profit again, its sixth straight quarter, beating expectations as AI orders rushed in, and its CEO sees no sign of a slowdown.

WhatsApp now lets anyone join calls as a guest through an invite link, no account required, with free end-to-end encrypted calls, though guests currently have to join from a desktop.

Gemini AI Plus loses Pro models in mid-November, Google is telling subscribers by email, leaving the tier with access to Flash models only.

Why it matters Subscribers who want Pro-level models will have to move to a pricier plan.

UK AI safeguards remain undecided for the Cyber Security Bill, with officials saying amendments are still under consideration despite a minister's pledge to act.