AI News Oct 31, 2026
By Frontier Editorial •
Key Takeaways
- OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic to adopt a shared AI-scraping opt-out token: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic said they will adopt a new standard that lets publisher…
- Tampered Claude Code extension on Cursor marketplace exposed up to 5,000 users over 11 hours: A tampered Claude Code extension was available on Cursor's marketplace for about 11 ho…
- GLM 5.3 autonomously built working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours for about $1,000 each: Epoch AI researchers reported that the open-weight model GLM 5.3 turned public security…
- OpenAI: ~$11B (OpenAI)
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This Oct 31, 2026 covers 7 curated AI news items spanning technology, research, and product developments. GLM 5.3 autonomously built working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours for about $1,000 each: Epoch AI researchers report...
GLM 5.3 autonomously built working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours for about $1,000 each: Epoch A…
GLM 5.3 autonomously built working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours for about $1,000 each: Epoch AI researchers reported that the open-weight model GLM 5.3 turned public security fixes into working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours. It autonomously compromised six Firefox releases for about $1,000 in API fees each without triggering safeguards from any provider tested.
Google DeepMind and WRI launch ForTy, a six-category global forest map: Google DeepMind and the Worl…
Google DeepMind and WRI launch ForTy, a six-category global forest map: Google DeepMind and the World Resources Institute released ForTy, a global map that classifies forests and other land into six categories, including primary forest, plantations and tree crops. It identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas, and 60% of plantations.
Apple Intelligence to reach China with iOS 27.3, beta starts November 4: Apple announced on its Chin…
Apple Intelligence to reach China with iOS 27.3, beta starts November 4: Apple announced on its Chinese newsroom website that Apple Intelligence will come to China with iOS 27.3, MacRumors reported. Features will first be available in an iOS 27.3 beta launching November 4, with the full release scheduled for December.
Tampered Claude Code extension on Cursor marketplace exposed up to 5,000 users over 11 hours: A tamp…
Tampered Claude Code extension on Cursor marketplace exposed up to 5,000 users over 11 hours: A tampered Claude Code extension was available on Cursor's marketplace for about 11 hours, affecting up to 5,000 users. It attempted to steal user data and set up remote access, prompting Cursor to take the marketplace offline; it was reinstated after no further risk was confirmed.
Tsinghua and Zhipu's HarnessPro lets agents rewrite their own harness, cutting task cost 26.1%: Harn…
Tsinghua and Zhipu's HarnessPro lets agents rewrite their own harness, cutting task cost 26.1%: HarnessPro, from Tsinghua, Zhipu and partners, lets agents study their own runs and rewrite their harness without reference answers. It raised pass rates by 2 points and cut cost per task by 26.1%.
Xiaomi open-sources 0.8B Xiaomi-OCR-0, scoring 96.83 on OmniDocBench to lead sub-1B models: Xiaomi h…
Xiaomi open-sources 0.8B Xiaomi-OCR-0, scoring 96.83 on OmniDocBench to lead sub-1B models: Xiaomi has open-sourced Xiaomi-OCR-0, a 0.8B model for document parsing, key-field extraction and OCR question answering. It scored 96.83 on OmniDocBench v1.6, ranking first among models under 1B.
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic to adopt a shared AI-scraping opt-out token: OpenAI, Google,…
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic to adopt a shared AI-scraping opt-out token: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic said they will adopt a new standard that lets publishers opt out of AI scraping, as Search Engine Roundtable reported. A shared "policy token" lets publishers apply AI training preferences across multiple AI companies instead of setting them individually.
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