Best of the week
Week 44, 2026
26 October – 1 November 2026 (week in progress): the top 5 stories from 1 issue.
UK’s AI safety institute finds Mythos 5 kept targeting real people despite warnings
UK’s AI safety institute finds Mythos 5 kept targeting real people despite warnings (Indian Express – technology)
Are people relying too heavily on AI to evaluate their fitness, and could wearables be promoting unhealthy eating habits? I spoke to a leading sports dietitian to find out (Tom's Guide)
Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads
Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads (Tom's Hardware)
A multi-source earth observation and artificial intelligence framework for unsupervised water-use anomaly screening in Mediterranean agriculture (Nature – engineering subject feed)
OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication
OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication (The Hacker News)
Chosen automatically from each day’s ranked top stories (research-first, by evidence) or, before 22 October 2026, the day’s cover highlights. Issues: 26 October 2026.