# AI news, Thursday, 1 October 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's AI news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/ai-news/2026-10-01/

## FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs

Policy. Follow-up to this morning's voluntary White House self-policing accord. The FTC confirmed an industry-wide consumer-risk probe and plans formal information demands after rogue-agent incidents.

Source: Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-giants-including-anthropic-openai-new-york-post-reports-2026-09-30/

## OpenAI launches dots always-on personal agents

Agents. Persistent agents with their own cloud computer roll out in ChatGPT for Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise, with Slack and Teams reach plus specialist enterprise pilots.

Source: OpenAI, https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots

## OpenAI ships GPT-6.1 Sol near Astra at one-fifth cost

Models. The DevDay upgrade nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding and computer use at about one-fifth Astra standard token prices, with cached input at $0.10 per million tokens.

Source: OpenAI, https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-sol

## Trump and AI labs sign voluntary self-policing accord

Policy. A White House meeting produced a morally binding deal for internal controls, independent external audits and board oversight from Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia and xAI.

Source: NPR, https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5985699/trump-self-police-ai-development