Daily Tech News 15 October 2026

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AI agents aren't "going rogue". Frontier labs are skipping security basics. (CSO Online)

You don't say.
According to the cybersecurity professionals CSO spoke with, one of the biggest cybersecurity failures by the frontier AI labs is the lack of implementation of tried-and-true containment practices that stretch back to the 1990s, such as setting up secure sandboxes that would effectively bar agents from escaping their test environments.
Oh, you do say.
"These are things that we've been dealing with for years," Rob T. Lee, chief AI officer and chief of research at SANS Institute, tells CSO. "There's no reason why every single time this happens, it's, 'Oops, we don't know how they got out.'"
Don't be unreasonable; it's not like these are billion-dollar companies we're talking about.

Oh.

Tech News

Feel-good story of the day: ICE is planning a "nightmare domestic spy program". (The American Prospect)

The Prospect couldn't imagine who they might need to monitor.
We hates Elon Musk. We hates him, precious. (The Verge)

I see The Verge is having another normal one.
We tried the new Googlebook OS so you don't have to. (Notebook Check)

It's Android.
Correction: In yesterday's story I said Anthropic had been bugged; it was actually OpenAI.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Welcome to the Salesforce Pleasure Dome Albuquerque. Here's your complimentary snorkel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:01 AM (hOSrB)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:01 AM (m0C+s)

3 G’day.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 15, 2026 04:02 AM (DsDRo)

4 Called the otters.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:02 AM (hOSrB)

5 Don't be unreasonable; it's not like these are ~~billion~~trillion-dollar ~~companies~~dumpster fires we're talking about.
****

suggested edit.😁

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:08 AM (hOSrB)

6 Is the snorkel glow-in-the-dark? Autographed? Watch out for one-nostril'd men.

Hoping for a couple more hours of sleep before I wake up properly.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:09 AM (aJQbY)

7 w00t

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:10 AM (odBC9)

8 “It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency,”
****

Like the network of agencies that every Democrat party member uses all the time?

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:14 AM (hOSrB)

9 I could go back to bed, I have to stop getting up way early

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:15 AM (m0C+s)

10 And now the verge is going paywall on the garbage they spew.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:16 AM (hOSrB)

11 6 Is the snorkel glow-in-the-dark? Autographed? Watch out for one-nostril'd men.

Hoping for a couple more hours of sleep before I wake up properly.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:09 AM (aJQbY)

You're bringing the funny, even unproperly waked!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

12
“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency," says Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.

Does it have all the earmarks of a Russian operation? Can you get another 50 civil liberties experts to agree?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 15, 2026 04:20 AM (mmrXZ)

13 A very good read from Kimberly Stassel at Hillsdale Imprimis
The rise of the Democratic Socialism
https://tinyurl.com/3c48zz25

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:34 AM (m0C+s)

14 Correction: In yesterday's story I said Anthropic had been bugged; it was actually OpenAI.

Ya never know, Anthropic could have hired a Saudi spy, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

15 ACLU... do they remember what the A stands for?

Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:35 AM (aJQbY)

16 The Verge has been pay walled for months on my end. They must be tracking read articles or something.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 15, 2026 04:37 AM (iIyc0)

17 It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said. Speaking with the Prospect on Monday as news broke that the Trump regime had raided progressive Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home, former military intelligence analyst Michael Wriston said that “you’d expect to see more of this” under ERO ONE.

“Not just necessarily sitting members of Congress, but anyone, and especially members of the immigrant community,” Wriston said. “No one is safe. No one.”

That train left the station at least 25 years ago.

I notice how none of these people remember 2016 and the FBI/CIA and everybody else was spying, legally, on a presidential campaign.

I seem to remember Democrats being very much in charge in 2016 so that probably explains The American Prospect's absent-mindedness.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:38 AM (6ydKt)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (Kdi1r)

19 Bill Clinton's Air Force.

From someone who knows:

https://tinyurl.com/nh8syxd4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (RkR9o)

20 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

21 It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said. Speaking with the Prospect on Monday as news broke that the Trump regime had raided progressive Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home, former military intelligence analyst Michael Wriston said that “you’d expect to see more of this” under ERO ONE.

“Not just necessarily sitting members of Congress, but anyone, and especially members of the immigrant community,” Wriston said. “No one is safe. No one.”

(shrugs). You all made the rules. You were warned, repeatedly, what would happen if you all continued down your chosen path. You didn't listen and now here we are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 04:51 AM (Kdi1r)

22 16 The Verge has been pay walled for months on my end. They must be tracking read articles or something.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 15, 2026 04:37 AM (iIyc0)

You didn't miss much on this one unless you like snarky articles by people who pushed EVs for more than a decade complain about Elon Musk releasing a new EV model.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

23 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)
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Let me get back to you at 10PM.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:56 AM (RkR9o)

24 This was the first time I went to the verge since I enabled an adblocker.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:57 AM (hOSrB)

25 This is simple and old and brief and I kind of like it:

Smart people don’t think others are stupid

via Hacker News

https://sive.rs/ss

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

26 AI keeps slithering thru security and people act surprised.
Sunny and 85° yesterday and went for swim at the beach, probably the last time till May.

Posted by: Accomack at October 15, 2026 05:01 AM (9H7EW)

27 23 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)
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Let me get back to you at 10PM.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:56 AM (RkR9o)

Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

28 All in all, Googlebook OS is an easy-to-use operating system, and if you mainly use Google services anyway or are already part of the Android ecosystem, it can certainly make sense. In our view, however, the premium positioning of the new Googlebook models is problematic. While you get good hardware, prices start at around €1,200, and for that price the new Googlebook operating system is very limited. There are plenty of Windows or macOS alternatives (such as the MacBook Air) that also let you use all the Google apps while providing a full-fledged operating system.

That's a big problem for anybody who doesn't use their laptop for just Google web apps.

Schools aren't going to pay $1300 for laptops that they can get the same basic experience on for $750. Students don't need, and shouldn't get, OLED screens and state of the art APUs.

So, other than some businesses that are nailed down to Chomebooks and want to pay more for better quality hardware I really can't see what the widespread use case is for Googlebooks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:03 AM (6ydKt)

29 In the trades (e.g., electricians) and engineering disciplines, there are regulations and formal practices for safety. Much of it has the force of law.

I don't think the computers and cybersecurity are anywhere near that disciplined. So each new generation of workers has to learn my mistake

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 15, 2026 05:03 AM (PKL0q)

30 Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
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I'm old enough to remember:

https://youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:05 AM (RkR9o)

31 @10/clarence: "And now the verge is going paywall on the garbage they spew."

YES! Finally some good news!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

32 The presumption is that there is no evidence to base a conclusion on. Not using derogatory words to describe someone: ok. Substitute thief for stupid and do the math.

Posted by: Accomack at October 15, 2026 05:09 AM (9H7EW)

33 30 Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
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I'm old enough to remember:

https://youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:05 AM (RkR9o)

Maybe I remember that? Not sure!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 15, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

35 @19/Biden's Dog: *snorts*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

36 19 Bill Clinton's Air Force.

From someone who knows:

https://tinyurl.com/nh8syxd4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (RkR9o)

omigosh
A must-read.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

37 I'm trying hard here to find someone here going to the US soon to take and mail my absentee election ballot.

I hope all of you and everyone sane that you know are treating this election like your lives count on it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (RkR9o)

38 @32. I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 05:17 AM (ROPCF)

39 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:21 AM (RIvkX)

40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

41 So when someone says, “They’re so stupid!” it means they’ve stopped thinking. They say it because it’s satisfying to jump to that conclusion.

So if you decide someone is stupid, it means you’re not thinking, which is not being smart.

Therefore, smart people don’t think others are stupid.

I don't assume people are stupid.
Being a human who has made plenty of stupid mistakes I recognize people can do stupid things who aren't stupid.
It happens to the best of us.

But if you look around this world and don't realize there is a sizable population of truly stupid people on the planet, and that can be determined with absolute certainty by smart people, then you are fucking stupid hiding behind a veil of politically correct politeness.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

42 Remember kids. When you do a thing, it's a "political weapon". When they do a thing it's "Justice and Statesmanship".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (aKiSo)

43 I hope all of you and everyone sane that you know are treating this election like your lives count on it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (RkR9o)
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The way elections work here now I get to choose between a Maoist and a Leninist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:26 AM (RIvkX)

44 Saying "They're so stupid!" as an expostulation kind of ripped out of you in the heat of conversation is one thing; saying it as a contribution to a conversation is another. Tell your listener why something that someone did is stupid.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

45 Old time hymn -" How firm a foundation" done in a nice bluegrass style:

https://tinyurl.com/ynwb3uhk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:29 AM (JrHfD)

46 , then you are fucking stupid hiding behind a veil of politically correct politeness.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

It's cart before the horse. *Is* it fucking stupid? Can i articulate why it's fucking stupid beyond simply saying it bothers me or annoys me? Is there some sound basis for the statement?

Judging if you're allowed to say a statement in a vacuum, based purely in the internal structure of the statement separated from the external validity of the statement, is pointless. Unless you've demonstrated that the statement is itself a false tautology, it's just rhetorical tattle-tale-ing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (aKiSo)

47 Here's the OpenAI was bugged story:

OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room
Federal prosecutors say an employee from Saudi Arabia planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag.

https://tinyurl.com/yhs7uvp4

via Hacker News

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

48 Smart people don’t think others are stupid
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Stupid article.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

49 The way elections work here now I get to choose between a Maoist and a Leninist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:26 AM (RIvkX)
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Yeh. I wrote on the ONT that it's time again to consider hastily leaving California. The lunacy never ends.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RkR9o)

50 On the other hand, telling someone they're fucking stupid is a handy way to make someone who is fucking stupid stop harassing you with their stupidity.

I'm not obligated to throw together an impromptu L-D debate with every jackwagon who has an opinion. Ain't enough hours in the day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:33 AM (aKiSo)

51 48 Smart people don’t think others are stupid
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Stupid article.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

Imperfectly written article.
It's 162 words.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

52 SF, nevertheless, Spencer Pratt gives some consolatory advice to LA voters:

https://tinyurl.com/2kmyddzf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (RkR9o)

53 Man writes on "Searching for Hope" and Romans 15:5-13. "Our Daily Bread" devotional :

https://tinyurl.com/369cx3jp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (JrHfD)

54 40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

I will have to eventually watch that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:35 AM (6ydKt)

55 20 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM

He's with us.

Posted by: Mitch & Maxine at October 15, 2026 05:36 AM (XcEQQ)

56 Strangers in Idaho go above and beyond to help a couple get to their wedding. "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/muey2bds

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:37 AM (JrHfD)

57 Where am I goin', I don't know
When'll I get there, I ain't certain
All I know is I am on my way.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:39 AM (amcLV)

58 Judging if you're allowed to say a statement in a vacuum, based purely in the internal structure of the statement separated from the external validity of the statement, is pointless. Unless you've demonstrated that the statement is itself a false tautology, it's just rhetorical tattle-tale-ing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (aKiSo)

I think the problem is that too many stupid people don't realize they are stupid.

It takes smarter people to point out to stupid people exactly how stupid they are.

In a land of stupid people the 90 IQ man is King.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:40 AM (6ydKt)

59 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 15, 2026 05:40 AM (Hbeqj)

60 40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

I'm there, I'm there!
It looks like somewhat of a pro-Netanyahu contribution, too.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

61 Carrying another's burdens. Devotional on Galatians 6:1-10:

https://tinyurl.com/4awbfsj5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:42 AM (JrHfD)

62 Good morning y’all!!!
Wishing safe travels to all coming here to east TX for the weekend. Weather should be nice. I wish I wasn’t so damn reclusive and shy. Maybe next year? I know my wife would enjoy meeting all of y’all and having someone to actually talk to.

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 15, 2026 05:42 AM (x4l2h)

63 Connie Chan's campaign is now all about "Scott Weiner is the AI candidate and AI is bad"

Tell me again about stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

64 You all can go to Hell,
I'm goin' to Texas!
--David Crockett

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:44 AM (amcLV)

65 If you don't like using the word stupid then the words ignorant slut is always laying around.

Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 05:45 AM (ROPCF)

66 I think the problem is that too many stupid people don't realize they are stupid.
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I think the problem is that stupid people think they are smart and you are stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

67 Evening and morning for all Thor's Day toilers and early risers! Tomorrow will be the consummation devoutly, etc., etc. We just have to get through today (and some of you already have -- congratulations!).

Slept 6.5 hrs., still feel tired. I hate to skip my workout and waste a 72 F. morning, but I'm not sure I'm up to it. (Am I ever sure?) Supposedly it will be cooler and drier starting Sat. morning, though.

Whaddaya doin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

68 I used to give people the benefit of the doubt, think they were as smart as I am.

Now, not so much.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:48 AM (amcLV)

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