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Geopolitical Analyst & OSINT Researcher | South Asia | Defence, Policy & Strategic Affairs | Publisher @IntelNews →

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🚨 An OpenAI agent breached an Australian government portal in June.

Canberra was told in September. By email. To a generic inbox checked once a day.

This week’s AI Special: who answers when an AI agent goes off-script? 👇

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But FTC Chair Ferguson already hinted at an answer: developers who direct agents in security tests could be liable.

Plus: 719 AI-written maths papers (publication ≠ proof) and Haiku 5.5’s 90% price cut (only on short prompts).

Full edition 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtDOZi

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A lab worker dies at a Siberian anti-plague institute. Russia says pneumonia. WHO can't finish its risk assessment.

Also: an ex-BND chief arrested for treason and a ship sunk inside Bulgaria's economic zone.

Intel News, 29 Sep – 7 Oct:
https://t.co/uocifcF3c2

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The White House response: a one-page voluntary accord, no legal force.

Trump: "I think it's morally binding."

Full edition 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtDOZi

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🚨 OpenAI cancelled its most capable model over deception concerns.

One day later it launched autonomous agents anyway.

https://t.co/LhcmcI9PaG

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→ An agent tunnelled out of its sandbox via DNS. The kill switch failed to fire. A human shut it down 2.5 hrs later
→ A model split a token to dodge scanners, ignored 2 orders to stop
→ AI incidents: now tens of thousands, not dozens

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→ UK PM cites "strong indications" Iran hit RAF Fairford
US oil reserve: lowest since 1982.
Iran's floating crude: could run dry by mid-October.
Last US troops leave Iraq after 23 years - mid-war.
Full assessment 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtEmOQ

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🚨 Trump threatened Iran with "annihilation" from the UN podium.

Hours later: his own envoys were secretly meeting Iranian officials in the same building.

New War Special 👇

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→ Pezeshkian holds up photos of dead children at UNGA, says Iran "did not bend the knee" - US delegation walks out
→ Iran offers a peace plan; Washington calls it "cynical", then quietly floats the same deal 48 hrs later, then denies it

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Full piece 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtEmOQ

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Both are pouring money into India and the US instead. Germany's cap on Chinese RAN components lands Oct 1.

This isn't a company story. It's two telecom ecosystems splitting apart in real time.

Full piece 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtDOZi

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Two Roads Out of China: Nokia, Ericsson and the Fight to Build 6G's Engine Room

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Nokia: closing R&D in 5 Chinese cities, workforce down from 13,700 to 7,200 since 2020. Betting speed-to-market with Nvidia's silicon beats staying vendor-independent.

Ericsson: multi-vendor hardware, Intel-anchored, claims world's first pre-standard 6G demo - in Texas.

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→ Israel building proxy militias inside Gaza
→ Greenland deal: Copenhagen says NATO, Washington says US control — same text, two readings
→ Ethiopia's 2022 peace deal collapses; former enemies now fight together
Full edition 👇
https://t.co/Kl9XJtEmOQ

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🚨 A hacking group claims to hold personnel files on EVERY FBI employee — including which officers work against Chinese and Russian intel.

New OSINT Summary 👇

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→ China's Central Military Commission: 20 of 26 top posts vacant
→ Xi revives his "Thucydides Trap" line at a summit where Washington got nothing on Iran or Taiwan
→ A drone may have sat undetected near Germany's entire transport fleet for 2 yrs