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The artificial intelligence buildout met its clearest political test yet on Tuesday, and voters were not persuaded. In 41 local ballot measures across 10 states on November 3, voters backed restrictions on data centers or rejected proposals that would have helped them get built in 40 cases, according to an analysis by Ballotpedia and results compiled by CNBC. The results, still unofficial, covered bans, moratoriums, zoning changes and requirements for public votes on large projects.

OpenAI has published the results of a striking security experiment: an autonomous pipeline powered by an upcoming cyber model scanned the Linux kernel, proved hundreds of vulnerabilities were real, built working exploits for them, and drafted a patch for each one. In a single mid-October run, the system produced 948 distinct local privilege escalation vulnerabilities, the kind of flaw that lets an ordinary logged-in user gain root access, the highest level of control on a Linux machine.

OpenAI announced on Wednesday, November 4, that it will acquire Pierre Computer Company, a low-profile developer tools startup whose software already runs inside Codex, its AI coding platform. The financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and the two companies will remain separate and independent until it closes.

OpenAI is preparing a coordinated policy and public relations push to begin immediately after Tuesday's midterm elections, Axios reported on Sunday, in an effort to shape the next Congress and frame the debate heading into the 2028 presidential race.

Publishers who want to keep their work out of AI training have spent years juggling a different switch for every company: one token for Google, another for OpenAI, another for Anthropic, and so on. On Friday, October 30, the four largest Western AI builders moved to end that patchwork, announcing they will all honor a single shared signal in a website's robots.txt file.

Foxconn, the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer, said on Friday that a new collaboration with OpenAI is in the works, even as it pushed back against growing talk of an AI bubble.

Chairman Young Liu told reporters at the company's annual technology showcase in Taipei that he had met OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman earlier in the day, and that there would be an announcement once details were confirmed. Liu did not elaborate on what the collaboration would cover, and no terms were disclosed.

New York has drawn the clearest line yet between an AI chatbot that helps a young person and one that pretends to be their friend. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law on Wednesday, October 28, that requires chatbot operators to verify the ages of their users and bars a list of companion-style features for anyone under 18 — one of the broadest state moves so far to regulate consumer-facing AI.

OpenAI plans to buy Google's artificial intelligence chips, according to a report by The Information on Tuesday, cited by Reuters. The report, which relies on a person familiar with the matter, says the ChatGPT maker intends to purchase Google's Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, as technology companies keep ramping up spending on data centers and semiconductors to meet surging demand for AI computing.

OpenAI introduced GPT-6.1 Terra on Tuesday, describing it as a fast, efficient model that combines detailed visual reasoning and precise computer use with clearer, more natural writing. The model is available starting October 27, 2026, in ChatGPT Work and Codex for Plus, Pro, Enterprise and Edu users, and to developers through the OpenAI API under the identifier gpt-6.1-terra.

OpenAI said on Friday that it will no longer train its most capable models with access to the live internet, a striking reversal for a lab whose systems are built to search, browse and use online tools. Frontier training will now take place with no internet access at all, using cached copies and simulated versions of the web instead.