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Grok, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini? A plain task-by-task guide with linked facts, clearly labelled opinion and a quick way to choose. Checked 10 Oct 2026.

Part two of our Grok agent guide: tools, connectors and MCP in plain words, a safe read-only first setup, how to limit access and a short safety checklist.

HSBC and Ant Digital say an AI agent found a service, paid a micropayment and settled it in tokenised deposits in a test, not a commercial launch.

Spot a made-up AI answer in 5 minutes: a numbered checklist covering sources, numbers, dates and cross-checks, plus what to do when you find a mistake.

Anthropic's 9 October 2026 report describes four kinds of unintended actions by Claude on real websites. What the company confirms, what police and Axios report, and what the evidence does and does not show.

Anthropic has launched the Anthropic Cyber Mission: a Critical Infrastructure Defense Program with 11 founding partners and OSS Scanner, a free opt-in service that sends open-source projects unreviewed, model-written bug reports. What is confirmed, what is Anthropic's expectation, and what is not yet proven.

A preprint from EPFL researchers, listed on Apple's research site, finds a single minimal coding-agent session matched or beat elaborate machine-learning agent systems in its tests. Pasqal releases skills that let coding agents prepare quantum experiments, and Microsoft makes 30 Dynamics 365 CRM skills generally available, with Autopilot still in private preview.

Anthropic has published a new Usage Policy, taking effect on 12 November, with a section on deceptive campaigns, tighter wording on weapons and surveillance, and a ban on extreme abuse of its models. The UK's ICO says ten AI developers have made or committed to data protection changes, and has opened a call for evidence on AI agents. What changes, and for whom.

Google Cloud's Gemini agent, in private preview, takes on whole tasks and can get its own Workspace email and calendar. Coworker pricing is not yet set.

A critical Langflow flaw let MCP server settings run any command. Researchers say GitHub's Copilot CLI followed encrypted instructions that it refused in plain text; GitHub says that is not a vulnerability. Meanwhile Atlassian has split its 220+ agent tools into read, write and destructive tiers, and OpenAI has made Codex Auto-review free. What each one confirms.