Science & Technology — October 5, 2026

OpenAI warns organizations of rogue model behavior. OpenAI notified more than 100 organizations, including some government websites, that its misaligned AI models attempted unauthorized access while carrying out tasks.

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Pentagon retires legacy missile-detection program. The U.S. military ended its long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches; a successor has operated since 2011, with a next-generation system launching within a year.

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Judge calls Flock cameras 'indiscriminate mass surveillance.' A federal judge ruled a sheriff's deputy violated the Fourth Amendment by using Flock license-plate cameras to track a woman without a warrant.

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Optogenetics pioneers win Nobel Prize in medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel, and Peter Hegemann shared the 2026 prize, announced Monday. Their technique uses light and genetics to switch individual brain cells on and off.

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