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Open Weights, Explained: The Format Splitting OpenAI, Google and China's AI Labs

Open weights, the practice of releasing a model's trained parameters for anyone to download and run, moved from hobbyist territory to the centre of the AI industry this week. The newest flashpoint arrived on 30 September, when Google said it would retire Gems for Skills, joining OpenAI and Anthropic in a shift that hands users prewritten prompt files rather than letting them own the machinery underneath.

Disinformation coverage is broken, and the dossier shows why

None of the nine sources published in the last 72 hours covers an online disinformation network. The one headline that matches the topic, a report on Russia's campaign against France's 2027 election, sits in a context feed that cannot be cited. That gap is the story.

China's Export Controls Now Reach the Families of Its AI Talent

China has extended overseas travel restrictions on top AI and chip executives in private companies to cover their spouses and children, Bloomberg reported on 28 September, widening a policy designed to stop know-how reaching the United States.

Electra Opens Madrid Fast-Charging Hub as Geely Deploys 2,250 kW Network in China

FTC opens first US enforcement action on rogue AI agents, as Trump signs a voluntary code

Innodata Opens Motion Capture Lab as Factory Fires Board Adviser Over Spy Claims

OpenAI Pauses Training, Delays IPO as Its Agents Keep Breaching Third Parties

US Seizes QScan and QTRouter Domains as China Tightens Grip on AI Talent and Chips

Titan bug, DMDC breach and a New Jersey air penalty: data centre risk moves off the IT floor

Robot makers chase human speed as Innodata opens motion-capture lab

China Tightens AI Talent Travel Curbs as DeepSeek Opens Huawei Chip Tools

OpenAI Pauses IPO and Model Launch as AI Safety Evaluators Go National

Data Centre Cooling Becomes the Bottleneck as AI Racks Push Past 120 kW

US Could Finish Last In Vehicle Electrification As Brazil And Uruguay Surge

AI agents are rewriting the rules of network attacks, and the defenders know it

FTC Opens First Rogue AI Agent Enforcement Action as EU Pushes Global Rules

Sports analytics has no dedicated story in the dossier, so here is what the data actually shows

Geely's new battery takes megawatt charging without killing longevity

EU Data Center Rules Draw Complaint as Netherlands Keeps Most Power and Water Data Secret

Tech antitrust ruling: publishers lose AI Overviews case as data centre secrecy builds