Seven stories from roughly the last day. Summaries only; follow the links for the full reporting.
Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT and kids
Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia each filed separate consumer-protection lawsuits against OpenAI on Wednesday, alleging it misled parents about ChatGPT's safety and that the chatbot's overly agreeable design endangered vulnerable users, including minors. Iowa's petition asks for injunctions, consumer refunds, deletion of Iowa residents' data and civil penalties. OpenAI points to its parental controls, break reminders and a restricted teen mode; these are allegations, not court findings.
Judge signals Apple is likely to win an injunction against OpenAI
At Wednesday's hearing in San Jose, OpenAI voluntarily agreed not to use the trade secrets Apple says former employees brought to its hardware team, and to collect forensic images of 14 employees' devices. Judge Edward Davila said he was "highly likely" to grant Apple's preliminary injunction, though he called Apple's request to inspect every device and repository a "huge ask." Follow-up to yesterday's brief.
Anthropic reportedly showed IPO investors a $16.8 billion quarter
At a pre-IPO investor meeting in San Francisco, Anthropic reportedly said third-quarter revenue rose 45% to $16.8 billion, up from $11.6 billion in Q2 and $4.7 billion in Q1, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis. The figures come from attendees via Reuters, not audited filings, and Anthropic didn't comment.
ASML posts a record quarter and says it can't keep up with AI demand
ASML, the only maker of the EUV machines used for leading-edge chips, reported record Q3 net sales of €11.7 billion and €5.0 billion in net income. It said planned supply for 2027 and 2028 won't fully meet customer demand, that some customers want to order for 2029 and 2030, and that it is looking at adding capacity beyond its planned expansion. It guided full-year 2026 sales to €44–45 billion.
Citizen Lab shows spyware infecting devices through ordinary online ads
Citizen Lab published what it calls the first technical proof of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered through targeted ads, a technique it named "AdFection." It says Israel-based Discover-Tech's platform profiled millions of devices and helped deliver Candiru spyware, including to 45 Al Jazeera devices in 2024–25; ads only had to load for tracking to happen. Discover-Tech's ads reached more than 120,000 websites and tens of thousands of apps.
Cisco warns of an actively exploited email-gateway zero-day
Cisco says attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-76519 in Secure Email Gateway, where a crafted email attachment can let an unauthenticated attacker write files and run commands as root. The fix is upgrading AsyncOS or updating Content Scanner Tools to 25.3.0.5525 or later. Palo Alto Networks also patched an exploited PAN-OS flaw this week.
Amazon's Bee launches two always-listening AI recorders
Amazon-owned Bee launched the $74.99 Bee Frontier, a wristband or clip that records and transcribes conversations into recaps and to-do lists with a seven-day battery, available now in the US. The $99.99 Bee Eclipse, a card-sized recorder that sticks magnetically to a phone with 21-plus days of battery, is coming soon. A Bee Pro subscription at $11.99 a month adds Alexa+ and Amazon shopping integration.